Site Security Officer (Construction Yard) – Experienced

The gate at an office tower in Durban Central is the first line of safety, and you would be standing at it. It's the kind of job where doing the basics well every day gets you noticed.

This post is Durban Central-based, with most of your time spent at an office tower.

• Write every incident and shift change in the occurrence book (OB)
• Hand out and collect contractor access cards
• Patrol the perimeter on a set route and scan checkpoint tags
• Search vehicles and bags leaving the site when company policy requires it
• Open and close boom gates for residents, deliveries and contractors
• Watch for loitering, broken fencing and open doors during night patrols

• Speaks and writes basic English
• Physically fit for foot patrols
• Able to work 12-hour day and night shifts, including weekends
• PSIRA registration at Grade C or higher, paid up to date

• A Code 8 licence for vehicle patrols
• First-aid Level 1 certificate

• Stable long-term site contracts
• Provident fund contributions
• Paid night-shift allowance under the security sector rules
• 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.
• Put your PSIRA number and grade right under your name. Recruiters check it on the PSIRA system before they even phone you.