Receiving Bay Security Checker

Retail in Ermelo runs on thin margins, and a supermarket needs someone guarding its stock. If you turn up on time and finish what you start, you'll fit in quickly.

Location: Ermelo, Mpumalanga. Applicants who already live in the area get looked at first. Overtime comes up in peak season and is paid.

• Help with stock counts and point out loss hot-spots
• Review CCTV footage to confirm suspected theft
• Share trends with the store manager each week
• Check receiving bay deliveries against invoices and seal numbers
• Record every incident with photos, times and value of goods
• Tag high-value stock and check security tags at the doors
• Walk the floor in plain clothes and watch for shoplifting behaviour

• PSIRA registration, Grade C at least
• Available for retail hours including month-end weekends
• Discreet, observant and honest
• Good report writing
• Knowledge of lawful arrest and search under the Criminal Procedure Act

• Previous store detective experience with case outcomes
• Retail loss prevention course

• Staff discount at the retailer
• Plain clothes work (no uniform in detective roles)
• Retail trading hours, no night shift in most stores

• Show you know the legal limits of search and arrest. A single unlawful arrest can cost a store badly, so they will ask about it.
• Give numbers on your CV: how many cases you opened, how many led to arrests. Retail security managers trust results.