Night Shift Security Officer (Grade D)

You'll control who comes in and out of a distribution warehouse in Durban Central, and log every visitor properly. If you turn up on time and finish what you start, you'll fit in quickly.

This post is in Durban Central (KwaZulu-Natal). Please only apply if you can travel there daily. Weekend work is on a roster, so you won't be on every weekend.

• Check visitors' IDs and capture them on the visitor app or in the gate register
• Hand out and collect contractor access cards
• Search vehicles and bags leaving the site when company policy requires it
• Write every incident and shift change in the occurrence book (OB)
• Test the panic button and radio when you come on duty
• Call the armed response or SAPS number from the call list when needed

• PSIRA registration at Grade C or higher, paid up to date
• Physically fit for foot patrols
• Alert, polite and firm with the public
• Clean criminal record
• Grade 10 minimum; matric preferred
• Able to work 12-hour day and night shifts, including weekends

• Firefighting or evacuation training
• Previous experience at a similar site type
• First-aid Level 1 certificate

• Provident fund contributions
• Chance to be upgraded to Grade B with training
• Stable long-term site contracts
• Uniform, boots and winter jacket issued

• List the types of sites you have guarded, like estate, mall or factory. Security companies place officers by site experience.
• Make sure your PSIRA fees are paid. A lapsed registration gets your CV thrown out, even if you have years of experience.