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Loss Prevention Officer resume template
A clean starting structure with example content grounded in what loss prevention officers actually do day to day, not generic filler. Download and replace the bracketed placeholders with your own details.
Which resume format should you use?
Reverse chronological
You have a steady work history. This is the format almost every recruiter and ATS expects by default.
Functional
You're changing fields or have gaps in your employment. Leads with skills rather than a job-by-job timeline.
Combination
You're early career or have worked consistently but for only a few employers. Blends a skills summary with a shorter chronological history.
This template uses the reverse chronological format: the one most loss prevention officers should default to, since most Australian recruiters and ATS software expect it.
Professional summary
Loss prevention officer with a current state security licence and hands-on experience across retail floor, stockroom and dock environments. Combines a visible deterrence presence with CCTV surveillance, point of sale exception reporting and disciplined incident documentation. Known for staying calm during apprehensions and keeping every detention lawful, proportionate and properly recorded.
Key skills
- Security operations and visible deterrence patrolling
- CCTV monitoring and review (Milestone XProtect, Genetec Security Center)
- Risk and internal controls for stock shrinkage
- Regulatory compliance with state security licensing and Privacy Act obligations
- Lawful apprehension and detention procedure
- Incident reporting, statements and evidence handling
- Stock discrepancy investigation
- Point of sale exception reporting and Auror
- Incident management and reporting systems
- Conflict de-escalation and customer service
- Attention to detail
- Written communication
Experience: example bullet points
- Patrolled shop floor, stockroom and loading dock across a large-format store, adjusting roving patterns to cover peak trade, school holidays and late-night close.
- Monitored a multi-camera CCTV system alongside alarm and access control feeds, escalating suspicious behaviour to the loss prevention manager before stock left the store.
- Reviewed point of sale exception reports weekly, identifying refund, void and discount patterns that triggered internal investigations and recovery of stock.
- Prepared incident reports and witness statements for police, keeping files complete enough that they were used without follow-up requests.
- Detained and escorted suspected offenders in line with state law and company policy, using de-escalation first and physical intervention only as a last resort.
- Briefed store team members on theft indicators and reporting steps, lifting the number of staff-generated incident reports each month.
- Investigated stocktake discrepancies with counts, footage and transaction records, narrowing repeated variances to a specific receiving process on the dock.
Education
Typically a Certificate II or Certificate III in Security Operations to obtain a state security licence, with many officers progressing to a Certificate IV or Diploma of Security and Risk Management.
Keywords an ATS is likely to scan for
Applicant tracking systems match your resume against terms in the job ad before a person ever sees it. Only include the ones that actually apply to your experience, but if a term below matches something you've done, use the same wording the job ad uses.
- security licence
- Certificate II in Security Operations
- Certificate III in Security Operations
- Certificate IV in Security and Risk Management
- CCTV surveillance
- loss prevention
- shrinkage
- incident reporting
- apprehension and detention
- point of sale exception reporting
- Auror
- Milestone XProtect
- Genetec Security Center
- Privacy Act 1988
- Work Health and Safety Act
- ASIAL
- first aid certificate
- state police licensing
Getting past ATS screening
- Match the specific skills, certifications and terms used in the job ad, not just your own wording for the same thing.
- Keep formatting simple: no tables, text boxes, columns, headers/footers or graphics. Parsers frequently drop content placed in these.
- Submit as .docx or PDF unless the job ad specifies otherwise.
- Use standard section headings (Experience, Education, Skills) rather than creative alternatives.
- List your core skills and technical competencies in their own section so a keyword scan can find them instantly.
This is a starting point, not a guarantee of interviews. Tailor every bullet point to your own real experience and the specific job ad.