As a law enforcement service, Avsec requires officers to maintain a high standard of honesty and integrity. When we recruit new staff, we do not employ candidates with any serious or recent convictions (even of a minor nature). All applicants are vetted by the New Zealand Police.

This job requires sensible, practical people, who have a good sense of judgement and are able to communicate with people at all levels.

You need to be fit and healthy. Because of the rigours of the job, Avsec cannot employ applicants with certain conditions. These include colour blindness, obesity, high blood pressure or back problems.

All short listed applicants will be required to have a comprehensive examination, as well as eye and hearing tests, an ECG, a chest x-ray and a urine test for drug use.

Once you have successfully joined the Aviation Security Service, you will be expected to honour a Service Code of Conduct, which, among other things, requires disciplinary action to be taken if you are convicted of any offence, or breach the Code in any way. This includes drink driving and some other serious traffic offences, or use of illegal drugs, including cannabis or marijuana.

As an equal opportunity employer, the service has a multicultural workforce and nearly half of our officers are women. The Service has a collective employment agreement.

A good grasp of the English language is very important, but knowledge of another language/culture can be a definite advantage. Aviation Security prides itself on being a good employer and has a number of policies in place to encourage equal operations for all employees.

Read the overview of Aviation Secuirty Service on this site.