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Brisbane-based, serving Brisbane, the Gold Coast and the Sunshine Coast.

Security guard checking shopfronts along a beachside centre walkway on the Sunshine Coast

Static guarding · Sunshine Coast

Security Guards Sunshine Coast

Elite Squad Security provides Class 1 licensed security guards across the Sunshine Coast, led by a director with police and close-protection credentials.

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Where

Maroochydore, Mooloolaba, Caloundra

Licence

Class 1, Queensland. Check the register

Record

Every shift logged digitally and reported to you.

We cover Caloundra, Kawana, Mooloolaba, Maroochydore, Nambour and Noosa from the same Brisbane-based operation that serves Brisbane and the Gold Coast, with officers rostered on the coast for standing contracts.

The work is static guarding for retail and commercial sites: officers posted to entrances, gatehouses, loading docks and trading floors, the same people returning to the same site, every shift logged digitally and reported to you.

What's included

What our security guards on the Sunshine Coast do

  1. 01

    Static guarding

    A licensed officer on a fixed post for the shift: entry doors, a foyer, a loading dock, a trading floor. Uniformed and visible by default; plain-clothed where a site asks for it.

  2. 02

    Guard hire by the shift or by contract

    One shift, a school-holiday peak, a refurbishment, a stocktake or a standing contract. The licensing and the reporting are the same in each case.

  3. 03

    Retail centre presence

    Trading-hours cover at the centres and large-format precincts along the coast: entries, food courts and car parks, with incidents recorded for centre management the same day.

  4. 04

    Concierge and front of house

    Officers at the desk of a commercial building, a health precinct or a residential tower: visitor sign-in, contractor control, deliveries, after-hours access.

  5. 05

    Loss prevention

    Floor and exit coverage for retail. Officers observe, approach and record under the store's own policy, and every incident is written up for the manager.

  6. 06

    Incident response and reporting

    Disturbances, trespass, medical events and alarms attended on site, escalated by protocol and documented with time, action and outcome.

  7. 07

    Lock-up and open-up

    Perimeter, alarms, lighting and roller doors checked and recorded at the start and end of trade. Overnight, mobile patrols take over where a fixed post is not justified.

  8. 08

    Supervision from one operation

    The supervisor covering the coast reads every log against the site orders and is your single point of contact, whether your other sites are in Brisbane or on the Gold Coast.

Where we work on the Sunshine Coast

The coast runs sixty kilometres from Caloundra to Noosa, and its retail and commercial centres are spread along it rather than stacked in one CBD. We roster by precinct so cover is local and a client's second site can be served by the same team. Current areas:

  1. Maroochydore and Kawana

    The commercial and health heart of the coast: shopping centres, the hospital precinct, office buildings and the airport corridor.

  2. Mooloolaba and Alexandra Headland

    Beachfront retail and dining precincts, apartment towers and hotels with a strong holiday-season peak.

  3. Caloundra

    Retail centres and the southern industrial estates; gatehouse and after-hours guarding.

  4. Nambour and the hinterland

    Regional retail, medical and civic sites inland from the coast.

  5. Noosa and Noosaville

    High-end retail and hospitality precincts where presentation and discretion matter as much as presence.

  6. Buderim and Sippy Downs

    Shopping centres, the university precinct and new commercial estates along the motorway.

Centres with sites across South East Queensland get one roster, one supervisor chain and one report. Multi-site retail is described on the shopping centre security page; the other rosters are on security guards Brisbane and security guards Gold Coast.

Need cover at a site like this?

Tell us where, the hours and when it starts. The proposal comes back in writing.

  • Class 1 licensed
  • Written proposal
  • Same officers, same site
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Security guard watching the car park from the entrance steps of a Sunshine Coast centre

Guarding on the Sunshine Coast: what is different

The coast's trade is seasonal.

School holidays, Christmas and the event calendar bring visitors who do not know the centres, more traffic through the car parks and more incidents that start outside and move inside. Site orders for coast centres put weight on car-park patterns and entry control at the end of trade, and rosters are built with the peak weeks marked so cover is stepped up before the incident history forces it.

Distances are longer than in Brisbane. A roster that ignores that puts officers on the Bruce Highway instead of on post, so standing contracts on the coast are held by officers who live there, and short-notice cover is quoted honestly on the travel it takes.

What you can verify

Licensing and insurance

The licence is a Queensland licence: the same Class 1 requirement applies on the Sunshine Coast as in Brisbane, and the same public register lets you check the officer at your door.

Licence class

Class 1

Queensland Office of Fair Trading, under the Security Providers Act 1993.

Firm
Licensed security firm
Officers
Class 1, in their own name
Insurance
Insured for the work it does. Certificates of currency come with every proposal and on request.
Check the OFT register

Per officer, before a first shift

  • Class 1 licence sighted and recorded
  • Current first aid certificate
  • Police history check as required by the licence
  • Site induction signed off by the supervisor
  • Licence expiry tracked centrally: nobody is rostered on an expired ticket
  • Names and licence numbers of the officers proposed are in every quote

Elite Squad Security operates as a licensed security firm, and every officer we deploy holds a current Class 1 licence issued by the Queensland Office of Fair Trading. Any licence can be checked on the public register before an officer starts.

What sets the price

How much do security guards cost on the Sunshine Coast

Guarding is priced per officer per hour against your roster, and the rate is set by the factors below. We quote in writing, and the number in the proposal is the number on the invoice. Rates on the coast follow the same award as Brisbane; what changes is travel, and availability in the holiday peaks.

Get a written quote

Send the site, the hours and the start date through the quote form. The proposal returns with the rate, the roster and the licence details of the officers proposed.

  • Hours and days

    Weekday day shifts set the base. Nights, weekends and public holidays carry the award penalties the officer is entitled to.

  • Shift length

    A four-hour call-out costs more per hour than a full shift: travel and briefing are the same either way.

  • Role and experience

    Concierge, loss prevention and gatehouse are all Class 1 work, but presentation, experience and additional training change the rate.

  • Single site or portfolio

    Multi-site contracts share supervision and reporting, which lowers the per-hour figure.

  • Notice and season

    A roster agreed in advance is priced differently from cover needed tonight, and the holiday weeks tighten availability on the coast.

  • Travel

    Standing posts are held by officers who live on the coast. Short-notice cover from Brisbane is quoted with the travel it takes, not hidden in the rate.

Three things you can verify

Why Elite Squad

  1. 01

    Licences you can check

    Every officer holds a Queensland Class 1 licence. We give you the names; you look each one up on the OFT register before they start.

  2. 02

    A written record of every shift

    Every post and patrol is logged in Boomerang, our own reporting app: timestamped check-ins, incident entries and photographs. You receive the report, not a verbal summary.

  3. 03

    The same officers on the same site

    Rosters are built so a site sees the same faces. Officers who know the tenants, the layout and the regulars resolve more and escalate less.

Coast sites report into the same operation as Brisbane and the Gold Coast: one standard, one supervisor chain, one format.

Elite Squad officer overlooking the atrium of a Brisbane homemaker centre

Case study · Retail · Brisbane and Gold Coast

Holding one standard across five retail centres

Site orders per centre, a fixed team, one report format, one supervisor. What changed, and why the incumbent lost the contract.

Read the case

Frequently asked questions

Are your Sunshine Coast security guards licensed in Queensland?

Yes. Every officer holds a current Class 1 licence from the Queensland Office of Fair Trading and the company holds a firm licence. The licence is state-wide, and you can check any officer on the OFT public register before they start. Names and numbers are in the proposal.

How many guards does a Sunshine Coast retail centre need?

It depends on entry points, trading hours, the car park and the incident history, and on the coast it changes with the season. A single-entry store may need one officer; a centre with an open-air car park in the holidays may need several across the day. We walk the site before quoting and put the reasoning in writing.

Can you start this week?

Often, yes, subject to the roster, the site induction and whether the post needs particular experience. Put the start date on the quote form and we will confirm what is possible before you commit to anything.

Do you also cover Brisbane and the Gold Coast?

Yes. The operation is Brisbane-based and covers all three regions with one supervisor chain and one reporting line. The other rosters are on the security guards Brisbane and security guards Gold Coast pages.

What is the minimum shift?

Minimum engagements follow the security industry award. Short shifts carry a higher hourly rate because travel and briefing do not shrink with the shift, and on the coast travel is part of the honest quote. The minimum for your post is stated in writing.

Do your guards carry body-worn cameras?

Body-worn cameras are available and used where the client requests them and the site's signage and privacy obligations allow. Footage is handled under a written procedure. With or without cameras, every incident is logged digitally with time, action and outcome.

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