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(USGovernment-News.Com, August 17, 2012 ) San Francisco, CA - Australia’s top overseas intelligence services is looking to hire a locksmith, reports nzherald.com. However, only people who have a clean background should apply for the position.
According to the job details posted on the website, Australian Intelligence Services (ASIS) needs a corporate locksmith “to provide services and advice across the organisation”.
ASIS, which operates in-house and abroad, undertaking counter-intelligence in addition to regular intelligence operations, has a unique role to offer to the suitable candidate.
"A unique role for a highly motivated and dedicated locksmith who will be required to travel, interstate and overseas, often at short notice," reads the job posting.
The company is offering a base salary of up Australian $93,581 but the candidates will have to get certification by the Government’s Security construction and Equipment Committee to be eligible for the vacant position.
GSCEC says it has received hundreds of applications from candidates looking to pursue the course that evaluates securing personnel. The candidates will also need to undergo an extensive Australian Federal Police check that will be singling out those with dodgy backgrounds.
Responsibilities while working for ASIS could include unlocking the safes of foreign media as well as protecting ASIS’s secrets. The selected locksmith could be spending most of his time overseas and the job itself will present a number of challenges.
Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser told Parliament that "ASIS's capacity to serve Australia's national interest will depend on its activities continuing to be fully protected by secrecy".
Although ASIS was formed in 1952, its existence remained hidden to even some of the top politicians in the country. It came out in the press in 1972 for the first time and had its presence formally recognized five years later.
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