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一日做啲乜
大堂同出入口係主要崗位：登記訪客、核對住戶同送貨人員、監察閉路電視、按時巡樓、記錄異常，並喺突發事故（火警、水浸、有人受傷）時按程序通報同協助。唔同場地重點唔同——商場多人流管理，停車場重出入車輛登記，住宅就多住戶查詢同投訴。由於要輪班同通宵值勤，作息要有心理準備。服務單一私人住宅樓宇嘅守望工作屬甲類許可證，其他處所嘅一般守望工作多屬乙類，兩者都要持相應許可證。
保安人員許可證：真正嘅硬關卡
只要以個人身分為他人有報酬地擔任保安工作，就必須持有效嘅保安人員許可證，違者可被罰款同監禁。許可證按工作類別分甲、乙、丙、丁四類；年屆六十五歲或以上嘅甲／乙類申請人，須提交醫生證明書，並喺其後每兩年再交。屬丁類工作嘅申請人要證明具備相關技巧，首次申請須出示未來僱主嘅聘用信。
物業管理發牌制度關唔關你事
二零二零年八月一日起，《物業管理服務條例》下嘅發牌制度實施，過渡期於二零二三年七月三十一日結束。物業管理人若獲須持牌嘅物業管理公司委任，就物業管理服務擔任管理或監督角色，須持物業管理人牌照（分第1級同第2級）；其餘唔擔任管理或監督角色嘅前線員工就唔需要。換句話講，一般大廈管理員唔受物業管理人發牌規管，但做保安部分就要許可證。
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What a shift looks like
The lobby and entrances are the main posts: registering visitors, checking residents and delivery staff, watching CCTV, doing timed patrols, logging anything unusual, and reporting and assisting by procedure in incidents such as fire, flooding or injury. Different venues stress different things — malls focus on crowd management, car parks on registering vehicles, and residential blocks on residents' enquiries and complaints. With shift work and overnight duty, you should be prepared for the routine. Guarding a single private residential building falls under Category A, while general guarding of other premises is normally Category B, and each requires the matching permit.
The real gate: the Security Personnel Permit
Anyone performing security work for another for reward as an individual must hold a valid Security Personnel Permit; working without one carries fines and imprisonment. Permits are divided into Types A, B, C and D by the type of work. Applicants aged 65 or above for Type A or B must provide a medical certificate and resubmit one every two years afterwards. Type D applicants must show the relevant skills, and first-time applicants must produce an offer letter from their prospective employer.
Whether the property management regime applies
Since 1 August 2020 the licensing regime under the Property Management Services Ordinance has applied, with the transitional period ending on 31 July 2023. A property management practitioner appointed by a licensed property management company to a managerial or supervisory role needs a PMP licence (Tier 1 or Tier 2); other frontline staff not in such a role do not. In short, an ordinary building attendant is not caught by the PMP licensing regime, but the security part of the job still requires a permit.
