Night Shift Security Officer (Grade D)

Residents and staff at a distribution warehouse in Bloemfontein need to feel safe when they arrive; that is your job. If you learn fast and don't mind being shown things twice, you'll settle in within a few weeks.

This post is in Bloemfontein (Free State). Please only apply if you can travel there daily.

• Write every incident and shift change in the occurrence book (OB)
• Hand out and collect contractor access cards
• Open and close boom gates for residents, deliveries and contractors
• Search vehicles and bags leaving the site when company policy requires it
• Patrol the perimeter on a set route and scan checkpoint tags
• Direct traffic and parking during school drop-off or big events
• Keep the guardhouse clean and the OB up to date for the relieving officer

• Clean criminal record
• Speaks and writes basic English
• Grade 10 minimum; matric preferred
• Able to work 12-hour day and night shifts, including weekends

• Previous experience at a similar site type
• A Code 8 licence for vehicle patrols
• Firefighting or evacuation training

• Uniform, boots and winter jacket issued
• Paid night-shift allowance under the security sector rules
• Chance to be upgraded to Grade B with training
• Stable long-term site contracts

• List the types of sites you have guarded, like estate, mall or factory. Security companies place officers by site experience.
• Put your PSIRA number and grade right under your name. Recruiters check it on the PSIRA system before they even phone you.