South African Police Service (SAPS) Police Trainees
Job summary
The South African Police Service (SAPS) is recruiting entry level Police Trainees and invites applications from young, energetic. intelligent, physically and mentally fit persons of all races and gender who are dedicated to serving their country by pursuing a career in policing for enlistment in the Basic Police Development Learning Programme (BPDLP).
Duties and responsibilities
Core Functions:
After successful completion of the Training Programme, Trainees will be deployed to carry out one or more of the following functions: ” Prevent, combat and investigate crime;
• Maintain public order,
• Protect and secure the inhabitants of the Republic and their property; and ‘ Uphold and enforce the law
Basic Police Development Learning Programme (BPDLPI
Selected applicants shall participate in a Basic Police Development Learning Programme (hereafter referred to as the PROGRAMME) for a period of 21 (twenty one) months.
Qualifications and experience
Applicants must:
Be a South African Citizen Be in possession of a Senior Certificate / National Certificate (Vocational — Safety in Society) of which documentary proof must be furnished.
Be proficient in at least English and one other official language
Be between eighteen (18) and under thirty (30) years of age (on the dosing date of advertisement).
Have no previous criminal convictions and shall allow his or her fingerprints to be taken and background enquiries to be made
Not have any tattoo marks of which will be visible and Irreconcilable with the objectives of the Service
Be prepared to take the oath of office
Undergo and pass a medical examination (Body Mass Index of less than 30 / Waist circumference s 102 cm (males) and s 88 cm (females))
Complete and pass a physical fitness assessment Undergo and pass a Psychological and Integrity assessment as determined by the National Commissioner and be found to comply with the profile of a police official Be prepared to successfuly undergo such training as determined by the National Commissioner
Be prepared to serve and be trained anywhere in the Republic of South Africa
The following will be an added advantage:
• An aggregate of M” and above in English in the final Senior Certificate examination and / or a fully completed three (3) year National Diploma / Degree recorded on the National Learner Record Database (NLRD) with at least a NQF 6 or higher value.
• At least a valid vehicle drivers’ licence.
• All applicants will be subjected to a fitness, psychometric and integrity testing as well as medical evaluation and will be interviewed during the recruitment, selection and enlistment process.
The SAPS will also verify the qualifications, drivers’ licence, citizenship and residential address of each applicant.
• Applicants will be subjected to a vetting process which will include security screening, reference checking, and fingerprint verification to establish whether any illicit activity has been recorded or is pending against candidates.
How to apply
General information:
Interested applicants should submit their applications on the official application form, which can be obtained free of charge from any Police Station / SAPS Recruitment offices or downloaded from the SAPS Website (https://www.saps.gov.za).
The Z83 previously utilized will no longer be accepted.
All instructions on the application form must be adhered to, failure to do so may result in the rejection of the application.
Applications must be hand delivered timeously at the relevant address which can be obtained on the mentioned website.
Late applications will not be accepted or considered.
• The post particulars and reference number of the post must be correctly specified on the application form.
• A comprehensive Curriculum Vitae and copy of Identity Document (need not to be certified) must be attached together with the application form.
• Appointments will be made in terms of the South African Police Service Act, 1995.
Successful candidates will be trained at any SAPS Academy in South Africa and will be placed at any Police Station / Unit in South Africa after completion of basic training.
• If an applicant is short-listed, it can be expected of him/her to undergo a personal interview.
• ;hortatecLaoplicants for appointment may be vetted in terns of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Act. 2007 (Act No 32 of 2007) and the Children’s Act, 2005 (Act No 38 of 2005).
A candidate whose particulars appear In either the National Register for Sex Offenders or Part B of the Child Protection Register, will be disqualified from appointment.
The Criminal Law (Forensic Procedures) Amendment Act, Act 37 of 2013 requires that all new appointments in the South African Police Service as from 311′ of January 2015 provide a buccal (inside cheek) sample in order to determine their forensic DNA profile.
The forensic DNA profile derived from the sample will be loaded to the Elimination Index of the National Forensic DNA Database.
• Correspondence will be conducted with successful applicants only and if an applicant has not been contacted within 3 months after the closing date of this advertisement it should be accepted that such applicant was unsuccessful in his or her application.
Download z83 form
• Applicants who previously served in a Government Department and who were dismissed as a result of misconduct will not be considered for appointment in the South African Police Service (SAPS).
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