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JOB SUMMARY:

Guards industrial or commercial property against fire, theft, vandalism, and illegal entry by performing the following duties.

Essential Duties Responsibilities and Competencies:

Patrols, periodically, buildings and grounds of industrial plant or commercial establishment, docks, logging camp area, or work site.

Examines doors, windows, and gates to determine that they are secure.

Warns violators of rule infractions, such as loitering, smoking, or carrying forbidden articles, and apprehends or expels persons engaging in suspicious or criminal acts.

Inspects equipment and machinery to ascertain if tampering has occurred.

Watches for and reports irregularities such as fire hazards, leaking water pipes, and security doors left unlocked.

Observes departing personnel to guard against theft of company property.

Sounds alarm or calls police or fire department by telephone in case of fire or presence of unauthorized persons.

Permits authorized persons to enter property.

Registers at watch stations to record time of inspection trips.

Records data such as property damage, unusual occurrences, and malfunctioning of machinery or equipment, for use of supervisory staff.

Performs janitorial duties and sets thermostatic controls to maintain specified temperature in buildings or cold storage rooms.

Tends furnace or boiler.

Regulates vehicle and pedestrian traffic at plant entrance to maintain orderly flow.