Mall Control Room Operator

From a chair in a shopping mall security office in Midrand, you guide officers in the field to where they are needed. It's a practical job: you'll see what you got done before you go home.

Location: Midrand, Gauteng. Applicants who already live in the area get looked at first.

• Log every event and action on the monitoring software
• Monitor live CCTV feeds and zoom in on suspicious movement
• Dispatch the nearest response vehicle over the radio
• Hand over open incidents clearly at shift change
• Answer alarm signals and phone clients to verify them

• No criminal convictions (vetting is done before you start)
• Matric
• Computer literate and quick on a keyboard
• Able to stay focused through 12-hour day and night shifts
• Good memory for sites, streets and procedures

• Path to senior controller or supervisor
• Training on the monitoring software
• Indoor, air-conditioned work environment
• Shift allowance for nights

• Show you can stay alert at night. If you have done night shift before without problems, say so.
• Some companies give a typing and map test. Practise finding streets on a map quickly before the interview.