About AutoM8TRX
AutoM8TRX is a South African compliance management software company. It was developed to improve manual firearm administration and recordkeeping, and now extends across the wider security operation — workforce, sites, fleet, duty, incidents and audit-ready records — with a focus on accuracy, traceability, accountability and operational efficiency.
Company
About AutoM8TRX
AutoM8TRX is a South African compliance management software platform built specifically for the private security industry — armed response, guarding and specialised security companies that carry the weight of firearm accountability every single day.
AutoM8TRX was developed from years of real operational experience in private security industry operations, and all the challenges involved in managing firearm compliance, employees, permits, registers and accountability within a security operation — where records were still run on paper and disconnected spreadsheets that were slow to produce, easy to lose and hard to defend during a SAPS or PSiRA inspection.
From that firearm-compliance core, the platform has grown into a single operating system for the whole security operation — employees and competencies, sites and shift rosters, duty and attendance, vehicles and fuel, incidents and occurrence books, inspections and audit-ready registers — all connected on one traceable record.
Everything is built around four principles: accuracy, traceability, accountability and operational efficiency. Important actions leave a record of who did what, when and to which entity — so a defensible history is always there when a client, an inspector or a court asks for it.
The platform is designed around South African security-industry realities — Firearms Control Act and Regulation 21 workflows, PSiRA currency, and the way real control rooms and sites actually operate — rather than a generic tool bent to fit.
AutoM8TRX is a software company built for the private security industry. We do not provide guarding, armed response, security personnel or recruitment services. Our role is to give security companies the digital tools to strengthen operational control, manage compliance requirements and improve accountability across their operations.
Company Details
- Business Name
- AutoM8TRX (Pty) Ltd
- Company Registration
- 2022/836406/07
- admin@autom8trx.co.za
- Phone
- 074 419 0346
- Location
- South Africa
Built For
One Platform. Every Role Connected.
The same software, seen through very different eyes. Whatever your role in a security operation, AutoM8TRX solves the problem you are actually accountable for.
Director / Owner
Risk, cost & visibility
See the whole operation without chasing it — and know exactly where your compliance and financial exposure sits.
- One dashboard for compliance, incidents and expiries across every site
- Lower administration cost and fewer duplicated systems
- Early warning before a compliance gap becomes a fine or client loss
- Defensible, audit-ready records when SAPS, PSiRA or a client asks
Responsible Person
Firearm control & Regulation 21
Account for every firearm, round and permit with the traceability the Firearms Control Act expects of you personally.
- Full firearm, ammunition and permit accountability on one record
- Regulation 21 permit workflows with acknowledgement & return evidence
- Discharge, service and inspection history against every firearm
- Inspection-ready firearm registers produced on demand
Operations Manager
Deployments, sites, roster & duty
Keep every site staffed, every post covered and every deployment moving — all from one place.
- Build and publish rosters, then deploy permits straight from them
- Live view of who is on duty, where and since when
- Per-site control of the exact modules each site needs
- Coverage, cost and exception reporting before problems hit
Compliance Administrator
Expiries, renewals & registers
Stay ahead of every expiry and produce any register in seconds instead of days.
- Automated alerts for PSiRA, competency, licence and disc expiries
- Controlled renewal workflows that never overwrite history
- One-click generation of the full set of compliance registers
- Date-range, site and status filtering for exactly the record you need
Supervisor
Day-to-day workflow on the ground
Do the real work quickly on a phone — book on duty, log the OB, capture an incident, acknowledge a permit.
- Book staff on and off duty with live photo, face check and GPS
- Capture occurrence-book entries and incidents from the field
- Acknowledge and return permits with evidence, in-app or by link
- Works on mobile, installable, with cross-device evidence capture
Security Officer / Employee
Their shifts, permits & duty — on their phone
Everything an officer needs to start a shift correctly, from the phone in their pocket — no paperwork and no confusion about where to be.
- See My Roster, upcoming shifts, swaps and leave on mobile
- Book on and off duty with live photo, face check and GPS
- Acknowledge and return firearm permits with evidence
- Get notified of shift changes and track their own expiries
AutoM8TRX is a software company. We are not a security company and do not provide security officer employment or recruitment services.
Why AutoM8TRX
Why Security Companies Choose Us
Purpose-Built
Designed specifically for security industry operations and firearm workflows.
Complete Lifecycle Control
Manages the full permit lifecycle, not just PDF generation.
Operations, Not Just Records
Rostering, duty, fleet, incidents and OB — real day-to-day control.
Structured Registers
Consistent, searchable, inspection-ready compliance registers.
Operational Accountability
Every important action is traceable and attributable.
Site & Shift Visibility
Data scoped to sites and shifts, with modular per-site features.
Evidence-Backed
Photo, face, signature and GPS evidence where it matters.
South African Focus
Built around local security industry realities.
Recordkeeping
Compliance-Focused Record Management
AutoM8TRX supports structured firearm administration and recordkeeping relevant to South African security operations.
- Firearms Control Regulations, including Regulation 21 workflows
- Electronic records and audit trails
- ECTA principles relating to accessible electronic records, integrity and production
- Traceable issue, acknowledgement and return records
Important Disclaimer
AutoM8TRX provides compliance management software and administrative tools. It does not provide legal advice, and each security company remains responsible for meeting its own legal, regulatory and operational obligations.
AutoM8TRX is a software provider — not a regulator, and not a substitute for professional legal advice.