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The Doorman duties differ depending on the place or venue he works in. The Doorman in a residential or even hotel area, opens the doors, carries the customer’s or resident’s bags, receives the packages, greets the guests or residents and evaluates any individuals before permitting entry to the building. The Doorman in entertainment venue or simply any retail business or does crowd controlling and identification check of the patrons.
The Doorman also does more door related jobs. They also do variety of activities such as gate security, haling taxi, receiving packages and other works that involves assisting the residents, guests or patrons. The Doorman remains on their feet always, transmitting information to others, assisting people both in and out the building, and serving as the interface of the building with the general public.
The Doorman is devoting majority of his time and focus to securing the venue where he works, inspecting any people who are requesting to enter the venue’s premise, managing and recording the incoming packages, and employing regularly the venue’s video surveillance equipment to do more security work like watching out for suspicious movements or anything that is potential harmful to residents, guests or patrons.
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