A Corporate Security officer undertakes the role of looking after the business premises during office hours or after office hours, over varying shifts. This usually involves manning a front desk and carrying out general reception duties to control access to the business premises; restricting unauthorised personal, or permitting authorised personal.

They may also be involved in very basic switch board operations, and managing a security system to enable a keyfob, or swipe card of an authorised persons wishing to gain access to areas of a building they are permitted to access, and restricting them from the areas they are not; usually they swipe card or fob will be activated by security at the front desk and the individual assigned an access level, such as guest access, supervisor access, manager access, etc…

Corporate Security Officers will also work on a buddy system and while one manages the front desk, another will carry out a routine patrol of the business premises.

Usually to do this role, they must have good communications skills, a firm mindset, and SIA licence with a full 5 year checkable work history; references may also be required.