Locksmiths looking for some travel and adventure might just want to take a look at a tempting recruitment advertisement on the careers webpage of ASIS, the Australian foreign intelligence agency.
ASIS is, according to the ad, looking to recruit a “corporate locksmith”.
The ad states: ”This is a unique role for a highly motivated and dedicated locksmith to provide complex locksmith services and advice across our organisation. The position involves interstate and overseas travel, often at short notice.”
The successful applicant would, among other duties, be required to manage all purchasing of locks, safes and other and secure containers for the service.
In common with Australia’s five security and intelligence agencies – and others throughout the world, ASIS uses state-of-the-art secure containers to protect its many and varied ”products”. ASIS has undergone a remarkable decade of growth since the terrorist attacks of 2001, with its annual budget appropriations increasing from A$54 million in 2002 to A$246 million this year.
The service is changing in other ways. For the first time in its 60-year history, earlier this year the service’s director-general, Nick Warner, gave a public speech during which he said the 21st century had provided ASIS’s work with ”a new urgency and importance”.
The advert points out that all applications for employment with ASIS are handled in the strictest confidence. “It is essential that you maintain a similar level of confidentiality and that you not discuss your application with others,” it states.
The applicant must hold a qualification from the Australian Government Security Construction and Equipment Committee.
