Customs Officer
OFO Code: 335101
Last checked 3 October 2026
1. Occupation identity
- OFO code
- 335101
- Occupation
- Customs Officer
- Classification
- OFO 2021
- Major group
- TECHNICIANS AND ASSOCIATE PROFESSIONALS
- Unit group
- 3351 · Customs and Border Inspectors
Official description
Customs and border inspectors check persons and vehicles crossing national borders to administer and enforce relevant government rules and regulations.
More official OFO detail
Specialisations: Valuation and Origin Industry Complaints Officers, Customs Liaison Officer / Prevention Officer, Customs Investigator, Customs Technical Unit Officer, Coastwatch Officer, Customs Advisory Officer / Administrator, Customs and Excise Officer, Customs Bond Officer / Dog Handler / Examiner / Operator, Customs Inspector, Customs Overseas Representative, Customs Ship Servicing Officer
- Examining transport documents and freight of vehicles crossing national borders to ensure conformity with government rules and regulations concerning goods in transit and the import and export of goods, and to verify that necessary payments have been made
- Patrolling national borders and coastal waters to stop persons from illegally entering or leaving the country and from illegally importing or exporting currency or goods
- Checking travel documents of persons crossing national borders to ensure that they have the necessary authorizations and certificates
- Coordinating and cooperating with other agencies involved in law enforcement, deportation and prosecution
- Detaining persons and seizing prohibited and undeclared goods found to be in violation of immigration and customs laws
- Performing related administrative tasks to record findings, transactions, violations and determinations; when necessary, testifying in a court of law about the circumstances and results of investigations carried out
- Inspecting the luggage of persons crossing national borders to ensure that it conforms to government rules and regulations concerning import or export of goods and currencies
2. Demand status
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7. Industry, sector and provincial context
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10. Sources for this page
- DHET Organising Framework for Occupations (OFO 2021) · Planned
- DHET Occupations in High Demand · Planned
- Critical Skills List · Planned
- QCTO qualifications and occupational certificates · Planned
- Stats SA Quarterly Labour Force Survey · Planned
- SETA Sector Skills Plans / hard-to-fill vacancy tables · Planned