Employment

Staff Recruitment

We take great care in the selection and recruitment of our security staff, and have developed a recruitment process to obtain the most suitable security officers available to work in our industry.

The professionalism of Statewide Security and our clients standards are documented for the Security Officer to follow provide many opportunities, and enquiries to join us are ongoing.

Statewide Security (Aust) have an affiliation with several national recruitment agencies designed to maintain staff levels in all areas of Australia. We have access to hundreds of staff in all areas as a source for additional staff for urgent placements if required. The agencies screen all applicants to meet our requirements and forward lists for us to delete any previous employees or unsuitable applicants.

This process frees Statewide management to maintain our clients’requirements and only interview the best applicants.

Applicants must:

• Hold current Level 3 Security Licences including First Aid
  

• Have trained with reputable training establishments committed to passing
  -Only suitable applicants
  -Be well presented
  

• Be available to work nights, weekends & Pub Hol.
  

• Have good people skills for client PR
  

• Have an ability to control situations verbally without unnecessary use of force
  

• Be able to compile reports in a legible and concise format
  

• Be available to attend further training when required
  

• Work as part of a team to achieve desired results
  

• Have their own reliable transport and, importantly:
  

• Be able to conform to all company policies
  

Statewide verify that Licences are current and that candidates have no pending or prior criminal convictions. We do not employ anyone with any previous criminal convictions.

Previous employers are contacted to check applicants’ details and their previous work ethics. We require reliability for our clients and any hesitation from previous employers is a concern to our recruitment staff.

All screened applicants are interviewed and selected on the above criteria, availability and desire to be part of a successful business partnership with our clients.

Processes used include: aptitude tests, medical checks, interview process and literacy and numerical assessments.
The most suitable applicants are then required to attend the Statewide Security induction and selection course.

This course will be 8 hours duration in a classroom environment and will determine an applicants disciplines to attendances, how they interact with others, punctuality and reliability to meet demands, attitude and attentiveness to standing orders, appearance and delivery of service standards.

An induction questionnaire will be the final selection tool.

On completion Statewide then select the most suitable applicants they must be flexible in attending all locations
within 30 - 40 minutes from their home. Officers that have restrictions on availability are not employed.

New officers then attend a full employment induction session of between 2.5 - 3 hours to cover all job requirements and employment conditions relating to the relevant sites they will be required to attend.
All new Security Officers are required to continue training, tailored to meet our clients requirements and become a more valued employee to the Statewide Security team and our clients.