Abdul Qureshi
Melbourne,Australia
Summary
Finance and Security professional with solid background in protecting assets and ensuring safety. Proven ability to assess risks, manage security protocols, and respond effectively to incidents. Strong focus on collaborative team efforts and adapting to evolving security needs. Reliable and skilled in surveillance, access control, and emergency response.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Security officer, Crowd Controller
The Security Hub
05.2024 - 04.2025
- Company Overview: The Security Hub is a Melbourne base security company that works as sub-contractors and provides security guards and Crowd controller to major security company such as MSS security and Secure Corp security for work in major sporting and corporate, and Music events in Melbourne.
- I am working with them as a casual crowd controller and security officer and over my employment period with them I worked on various sites in Melbourne such as, Department of Families and housing Victoria, Victoria Racing Club, Flemington racecourse, Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, (MCEC), Melbourne Immigration Museum, AAMI Stadium, Melbourne & Olympic Park, (M&OP) John Cain Arena, Road Laver Arena, Margaret Court Arena, Kia Arena, Melbourne Fruit and Vegetable Market in EPPING , and many more government and private sites , Events I work for includes , Melbourne Cup, Australian Open (AO) , Australian Soccer League, ( A League) , National Basketball League, Various Music Events, Land Forces exhibition, IT and other industrial exhibitions at MCEC.
- Some of the task that I performed are:
- - Static guard duties.
- - Control room monitoring
- - Crowd Controlling duties
- - Bag search, Accreditation check, tickets checks on entry points.
- - Asset protection duties.
- - Foot patrolling on sites.
- - Access control duties using scanning devices.
- - Manage and controlling vehicles and other traffic entry and exit for loading docks and for parking areas on sites.
Mobile patrol ,Cash in Transit Officer
Wilson Security
07.2020 - 01.2021
- Company Overview: Wilson Security Company is one of the biggest security service provider in all across Australia.
- I worked with Wilson Security company in Darwin NT as a Mobile Patrol Officer, Cash in Transit Officer following are some of the work I did.
- - Parking Inspector duties at Royal Darwin Hospital Parking.
- - Collecting money from parking machines from all over Darwin CBD area, counting the money and submitted to the Armaguard for safe deposit.
- - Cash in Transit work, collect money from different clients ( including NT government and private business clients) and deposit the money in different banks as per clients requirements.
- - Patrol client’s properties within the geographical boundaries, ensuring all checks are carried out within specified timeframes and accurately recorded.
- - Respond to remote alarm activations in a marked, fully equipped vehicle within a geographical area, within a specified time frame, communicate with central control room.
- - Attend to reports of unauthorised access, antisocial behaviour and/or damage and taking steps to resolve the issue.
- - Identify instances of unlawful or attempted entry, coordinate a response where required. Assess the situation and identify if de-escalation is required.
- - Maintain a thorough understanding of relevant legislation in relation to workplace practices to facilitate efficient operations and ensure compliance.
Security officer
Eye Watch Security
01.2015 - 09.2020
- Company Overview: Eye Watch was a small security service company in Darwin that works as a sub-contractor with other companies and run their own sites as well , provide security services from retails stores to sports and music events in Darwin.
- I worked with them on Casula basis and perform the following duties.
- - Performed static guard duties at various retail stores and clients, such as Chemist Warehouse ,shopping centre security .
- - Crowd controlling duties at various events, such as Mindil Beach market, music events, TIO stadium for AFL games, NTFL games, various other sports venues and corporate sites in Darwin.
- - Manage security at construction sites.
- - Performed Concierge duties.
Internship
Traditional Credit Union Bank
03.2016 - 09.2016
- Company Overview: Traditional credit union is a financial institution that provides banking and financial services to the Indigenous population of Northern Territory of Australia , based in Darwin NT.
- I have successfully completed six months training as an internship in banking and financial services with TCU as the requirement of my Master of Accounting Degree.
- - Working with accounts payable and accounts receivable.
- - Maintain daily accounts entries
- - Maintain accounts journals
- - Conducted account reconciliations.
- - Assisting in bank reconciliation.
- - Assisting with external audit team
- - Maintaining filing and archiving
- - Maintaining and handling contractors invoices
- - Performed photocopying and printing work
Aviation Protection Officer at Perth Airport
ISS Facility and Security Services
10.2011 - 06.2014
- Company Overview: ISS Facility and Security Services is one of the largest company that providing aviation and transport security services in all over Australia.
- I worked with this prestige organization for almost three years at Perth airport in Western Australia, where I enjoyed my time as a team member of a large group within a great working environment that helps me learning wider industry knowledge with a chance to develop and improve my personal and working skills. A short description of my duties are as below.
- - Performed general aviation security operation at the airport air side and land side.
- - Monitoring access point at various airport buildings.
- - Performed aircrafts security according with airport and airlines policy and procedures
- - Performed screenings of the passengers and the bags at the departure area.
- - Conduct screening for checked in bags at the checked bags services.
- - Worked at checked in area to help airlines staff for smooth check in process.
- - Handling passengers bags at the checked bags services.
- - Provide support to the operation team.
- - Follow up & comply with company and airport safety and security policy and procedures in all operations
Security,Crowd Control, Mobile Patrol Officer
Australian Event protection (AEP)
01.2010 - 06.2014
- Company Overview: AEP is a Perth based small to medium size security company which provides security services for all types of events all across Western Australia from a range of corporate and government clients to protect the big sports events.
- Site includes, City of Perth Multilevel parking sites, Perth Exhibition and convention centre, Perth Zoo, WACA ground for cricket games, Subiaco Oval for AFL games, rugby games, Perth arena for big music concerts, indoor games, outdoor music festivals, Royal Perth show and many more.
- I worked with them as a casual employee and gained a valuable industry experience with working within an experienced team. Some of my work highlights are as below.
- - Mobile Patrol for various government sites and private clients.
- - Static guard duties for pubs, hotels, sports events, and corporates clients.
- - Prepare and submit accurate and timely reports of daily activities, accordingly report all incident, equipment or property damage, graffiti , theft, presence of unauthorised person or unusual occurrence on site
- - Attend to reports of unauthorised access, antisocial behaviour and/or damage and immediately resolve the issue.
- - Act in accordance with site specific Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), Corporate Policies and Procedures and special instruction from management.
- - Crowd control activities for different sports stadiums and arenas which includes medium to big crowds.
Education
Certificate IV - Finance and Mortgage Broking
Entry Education
Melbourne, Vic01-2024
Master of Accounting - Professional Practice
Charles Darwin University
Darwin, NT01-2017
Diploma - Business
Business Technology Institute of Australia
Perth, WA01-2013
Certificate IV - Business
Business Technology Institute of Australia
Perth, WA01-2012
Skills
- Computer proficiency
- Report writing
- Customer service
- Incident reporting
- Customer relations
- General security
- Active listening
- Access control
- Data entry
- Patrol operations
- Critical thinking
- Relationship building and management
- Security screenings
- Conflict de-escalation
- Document management
- Operations management
- Asset protection
- First aid and CPR certified
Accomplishments
- Supervised team of 15 staff members.
- Documented and resolved site security issues which led to successfully extension of the site contract for another 3 years.
- Collaborated with team of 20 in the development and running of Parking project.
- Achieved new business sites contracts by completing and delivering performance base services to clients. with accuracy and efficiency.
Certification
- Security Officer, Crowd Control License
- First Aid with CPR Certificate
Languages
English
Full Professional
Urdu
Native or Bilingual
Punjabi
Professional Working
Awards
Awarded ‘Employee of the Month’, Recipient of an employer’s letter of appreciation, Entrusted to perform as a Supervisor in the field
Timeline
Security officer, Crowd Controller
The Security Hub
05.2024 - 04.2025
Mobile patrol ,Cash in Transit Officer
Wilson Security
07.2020 - 01.2021
Internship
Traditional Credit Union Bank
03.2016 - 09.2016
Security officer
Eye Watch Security
01.2015 - 09.2020
Aviation Protection Officer at Perth Airport
ISS Facility and Security Services
10.2011 - 06.2014
Security,Crowd Control, Mobile Patrol Officer
Australian Event protection (AEP)
01.2010 - 06.2014
Certificate IV - Finance and Mortgage Broking
Entry Education
Master of Accounting - Professional Practice
Charles Darwin University
Diploma - Business
Business Technology Institute of Australia
Certificate IV - Business
Business Technology Institute of Australia
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