Security officer cover letter example
A security officer cover letter starts with your SIA licence and its expiry date, then shows the sites you have guarded, how you handle a difficult person and how well you write reports. Give the shifts you can work in the last line.
Fictional letter from Marcus Bennett, the applicant in the security officer cv example. Every person and employer in it is invented.
Why each paragraph is there
I am applying for the Security Officer post at your Brindley Quay site. I hold an SIA Security Guarding licence, valid until 2028, and I have four years' experience on retail and office sites in Birmingham city centre.
The post, the licence and its expiry date, then your experience: the order a security manager checks them.
At a 12-storey office building I run patrols, respond to alarms and lock up, and I monitor 40 CCTV cameras, radioing colleagues to incidents on the ground. I write the incident and daily occurrence reports that the client uses for insurance claims and police requests, so I keep them factual, timed and complete.
The duties in the advert, and the report writing that clients depend on.
As a store detective I learned to deal with people politely but firmly. When a man refused to leave the store after being caught shoplifting, I kept my distance and my voice level, explained what would happen next and waited with him for the police, with no one hurt.
One situation that shows how you handle conflict, the skill security managers ask about most.
I can work days, nights and weekends, I hold a full UK driving licence and emergency first aid at work, and I am happy to be screened for the post. My CV is attached. Thank you for considering my application.
Shifts, extra licences, screening and the CV.