Customs Officer
Key Responsibilities
- Administer and enforce customs and related legislation
- Assist with custom control of overseas passengers, crew, aircraft, ships, cargo, mail, and bond stores
- Examine passengers, luggage, cargo, mail and the crews of planes and ships to prevent the illegal entry of prohibited, quarantined or dutiable goods into Australia
- Assessing and collecting customs duties and taxes calculated at the State’s border
- Detect prohibited goods in transit
- Protection of authors, artists, industrial and commercial rights owners against infringement of intellectual property rights, trademark, and patent rights
- Control foreign currency, including combating money laundering
- Working against smuggling activity and counteracting customs fraud
- Responsibly use firearms
- Make arrests and where necessary, provide evidence in court in the event of illegal activity