Reception Security Officer (Office Tower)

You'll control who comes in and out of an industrial park in Cape Town CBD, and log every visitor properly. It's the kind of job where doing the basics well every day gets you noticed.

This post is in Cape Town CBD (Western Cape). Please only apply if you can travel there daily. Start is planned for the beginning of next month.

• Open and close boom gates for residents, deliveries and contractors
• Watch for loitering, broken fencing and open doors during night patrols
• Hand out and collect contractor access cards
• Write every incident and shift change in the occurrence book (OB)
• Search vehicles and bags leaving the site when company policy requires it
• Keep the guardhouse clean and the OB up to date for the relieving officer
• Direct traffic and parking during school drop-off or big events

• Able to work 12-hour day and night shifts, including weekends
• Clear, neat handwriting for the OB and registers
• Clean criminal record
• Speaks and writes basic English
• Alert, polite and firm with the public

• Experience on estate access apps or biometric readers
• First-aid Level 1 certificate

• Paid night-shift allowance under the security sector rules
• Provident fund contributions
• Uniform, boots and winter jacket issued

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