Pros
- Salary is good and $4.2k . Recently, ICA has increase the salary renumeration
- Good welfare benefits, you will get free food during festive season or holiday period.
- You can get BSOA skills allowance of $200 on top of your salary once you are posted to the checkpoint after you completed your 5.5 weeks of foundation training at HTA
- You get to work in a team at the assigned zone and handle any cases or issues during the operations
- Shorter working days than average office hours, work around 15-16 days per month. But in terms of working hours spend in total is about the same.
- You get rest day on weekdays and sometimes have to work on weekends depending on your shift cycles.
Cons
- You need to have leadership qualities as you will be handling a team, one needs to be confident individuals and able to think quickly on the spots.
- You need to be able to bond and interact with others
- You have to do 12 hours for each shift, which difficult for those who have never do night shift before. Can affect your sleep cycles and patterns.
- Your rest day on weekdays, while your family is working on weekdays, no one to spend time with unless they take leaves or do shift like you
- Limited food choices at land checkpoints