Minister for Fair Trading Peter Lawlor said former security officer Robert Patrick Robison was found guilty of 46 counts of breaching the Security Providers Act 1993.
“Fair Trading inspectors conducted a random spot check at a Redlands club and found that Mr Robison was working without a crowd controller’s licence,” Mr Lawlor said.
“It was also identified that Mr Robison had been working as an unlicensed security officer at two other premises in St Lucia.
“Mr Robison’s licence had expired in August 2008, but he continued to work as a security officer and crowd controller for up to six months while unlicensed.
“Working as a security provider carries a high level of responsibility and unprofessional behaviour will not be tolerated.
“That’s why there are very high penalties for anyone found breaching the Security Providers Act,” he said.
Mr Lawlor said Queensland security providers risked fines of up to $50,000 if they did not have an appropriate licence.
“The state government has implemented tough legislation to clean-up the industry and has made it very clear that unprofessional conduct will not be tolerated,” he said.
Consumers and businesses can search for a licence holder’s name or their licence number to check if they hold the appropriate licence.
The free online search facility is available at www.fairtrading.qld.gov.au.
