Job Overview 

The role of Security staff is to maintain a safe and secure environment for customers and employees by patrolling and monitoring premises and personnel.

Skills

• •    a mature and responsible attitude to work
• •    honesty
• •    a polite and helpful manner
• •    a reasonable level of physical fitness 
• •    the ability to write short reports and follow written instructions
• •    the confidence to challenge people when necessary 
• •    the ability to use your initiative and make quick decisions
• •    the ability to work with technical equipment such as CCTV 

Qualifications 

You do not usually need academic qualifications to start work as a security officer but a good standard of general education would be helpful. 

Previous experience of working in the police or armed forces could also be useful. 

​Patchway is a town in South Gloucestershire, England, situated 10 km (6.2 mi) north-north west of central Bristol. The town is a housing overflow for Bristol being contiguous to Bristol's urban area and is often regarded as a large outer suburb. Nearby are the other Bristol satellite towns of Filton and Bradley Stoke. Patchway is twinned with Clermont l'Herault, France, and Gauting, Germany. It was established as a civil parish in 1953, becoming separate from the parish of nearby Almondsbury. It is surrounded by a main M road (M4) and the A38 (Gloucester Rd) making it very accessible via road vehicles. In addition, Patchy has its own train station called Patchway Train Station.