Crowd Controllers in Sydney

by Sumit S. Writter

Crowd control is the system of controlling or managing crowd where a huge rush is gathered and there are chances of stampede, outbreak or disorder, and any risk of riots. Let’s take a very small example of a soccer match, lot of crowd controllers like body guards, gatekeepers, bouncers are kept and they work in sync to avoid any mishap due to huge rush of people. For a better outcome of any religious, national or business event; a well-managed crowd control system ought to be active to manage the gush of people.

Let us understand the concept of crowd controllers in detail. In Melbourne, a crowd controller is a person who is retained or employed at any place in order to achieve the following tasks:

· Screening at the entry point,

· Controlling or Monitoring

· Managing the Exit

In short a crowd controller is a person who looks after everything which is related to the inflow and out flow of people at any place or at any big or small event.

Being a crowd controller in Australia is not a piece of cake. Crowd controllers in Melbourne and Sydney are trained by the concerned police department and they are being certified to accomplish the desired tasks. Unless they show their certificates they are not hired for the duties. This is the reason that the Crowd controllers in Sydney, Melbourne or the whole of Australia is so efficient and working with great discipline.

The work of a crowd controller is not very easy. There are various duties associated with their work. They are responsible for checking security passes at entry gates, ensuring and submitting receipts and other valuable belongings, helping their clients with court preparations by a proper investigation and submit a report of the same, maintaining order on properties, they should pay great deal of attention to the security systems and be on toes to alert authorities, they are supposed to advice clients for better security systems, guiding the guests towards the correct directions, patrol properties and ensuring that all entry points are safe and secure, be alert on safety hazards.

The tasks stated above simply cannot be managed by any tom, dick or harry. A dedicated and skilled person is required who can accomplish the said task. So there are some required skills to become a crowd controller.

Any person who wishes to become a crowd controller firstly should have that aura in himself to be so. He should have commanding voice which is heard by a large number of people, he should be able to work peacefully under the most stressful conditions, he should be a good decision maker, he should be able to stand, walk and sit for long shifts, he should possess a helpful and friendly persona, he should be polite but should be attentive towards the most minute detail.

After attaining these qualities and after an intense training, a person can become a good and successful crowd controller.