Night Shift Security Officer (Grade D)

The gate at a distribution warehouse in Pretoria East is the first line of safety, and you would be standing at it. It suits someone who likes knowing exactly what a good day's work looks like.

This post is Pretoria East-based, with most of your time spent at a distribution warehouse.

• Watch for loitering, broken fencing and open doors during night patrols
• Check visitors' IDs and capture them on the visitor app or in the gate register
• Write every incident and shift change in the occurrence book (OB)
• Hand out and collect contractor access cards
• Search vehicles and bags leaving the site when company policy requires it

• Clear, neat handwriting for the OB and registers
• Clean criminal record
• Alert, polite and firm with the public
• PSIRA registration at Grade C or higher, paid up to date
• Physically fit for foot patrols
• Speaks and writes basic English

• Previous experience at a similar site type
• First-aid Level 1 certificate

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

• List the types of sites you have guarded, like estate, mall or factory. Security companies place officers by site experience.
• Arrive for the interview in neat clothes with your certificates in a plastic sleeve. It shows the discipline they want.