Errol joined the Johannesburg Traffic Department in 1969 and rose to the rank of Assistant Superintendent. During his career, four years were spent with the Sandton Town Council where he headed the accident bureau and formed the research and planning section of the department.
Other posts included instructor in the academy, traffic observer in the Radio Highveld helicopter and in 1983 was appointed the first public relations officer to a traffic department in the country.
In 1988 he joined Dion Stores as a regional loss control manager and was appointed group loss control manager in the following year.
In 1990 Errol moved to the OK Bazaars where he specialised as a shrinkage Auditor. In 1995 he was appointed loss control executive, OK Stores, and in 1997 to group risk manager.
In 1998 he formed his own security risk consulting business where he specialised in audits, surveys, investigations and presented various awareness and training courses. He lectures on a part time basis at Damelin College and has been appointed subject head for security in the management school.
From 2002 and to the current date, Errol is the Managing Director of BTC Training (Africa) (Pty) Ltd.
He is a Fellow of the South African Institute of Security and Vice-Chairman of the Board of Governors, a Certified Fraud Examiner of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, USA, a member of the British Security Institute and an associate member of the International Institute of Security & Safety Management.He served on the Special Events and Armed Robbery Survival Skills task team of the Security SGB.
He is an Assessor and Moderator for the Service and SASSETA.
He also obtained a diploma in Security Management from UNISA.
Errol has developed and presented a variety of training courses on Retail Loss Control, Shrinkage and Security. He has also developed and presented training packages on the Occupational Health and Safety Act, fraud, advanced motoring and a seven-module management and business development course.
