SAPS Police Trainees 2022

The National Head

DIRECTORATE FOR PR ORITY CRIME INVESTIGATION

ALL DIVISIONAL COMMISSIONERS

ALL PROVINCIAL COMMISSIONERS

All Heads

HEAD OFFICE

All Support Heads

HEAD OFFICE

All Commanders

SAPS ACADEMY AND TRAINING CENTERS

1. The Chief of Staff

MINISTRY OF POLICE

ALL DEPUTY NATIONAL COMMISSIONERS

EXTERNAL ADVERTISEMENT: RECRUITMENT OF GRADUATES IN POSSESSION OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREES AS WELL AS OTHER GRADUATES IN ANY OTHER FIELDS OF STUDY (NATIONAL DIPLOMA I DEGREE OR HIGHER) AS ENTRY LEVEL POLICE TRAINEES: 2022 / 2023 FINANCIAL YEAR

A-F.1.The South Arrican Police Service (SAPS) is embarking on a recruitment drive for Graduates In possession of atleast a three year Bachelor of Science Degree as well as other Graduates In any other fields of study (minimum of three year NaUonal Diploma/Degree registered on the NationalLeaners’ Records Database (NLRD) on NQF Level 6 or higher) for enlistment as Entry Level Police Trainees. Successful appl cants will be tra ned and deployed to Police Stations to perform operationalpolice duties.

• 2. The posts contained In this circular willbe advertised externally In The Star, Isolezwe, Mercury, Pretoria News, DFA, Cape Argus and Cape Times on the 23 and 24 February 2022, for appointment as prescribed In National Instruction 6 or 200 The contents or this circular will be available on the South African Police Service website and will also be circulated to all email users by means of Communication Nodal Point and must be made available to all employees of the South African Police Service.
  3. The details of the posts are as follows: Post Title: Police Trainee

Core functions:

• Prevent, combat and investigate crime;
• Maintain Public Order;
• Protect and secure the Inhabitants of the Republic and their property;
•  Uphold and enforce the law.

6. General information:

• Interested applicants should submit their applications on the official application form, which can be obtained free of charge from any Police Station I SAPS Recruitment offices or downloaded from the SAPS Website (https://www .saps.gov.za).The Z83 previously utilized will no longer be accepted. Ali Instructions on the application form must be adhered to, failure to do so may result in the rejection of the application.

• The post particulars and reference number of the post must be correctly specified on the application form.

•  A comprehensive Curriculum Vitae must be attached together with the application form.

• • Copies of an applicant’s ID, Senior Certificate I National Senior Certificate I National Certificate(Vocational } and all educational qualifications (Degree I National Diploma) obtained and academic record must be attached, service certificates of previous employers (where applicable), motor vehicle driver’s license (optional). THE COPIES NEED NOT TO BE CERTIFIED.

• • Qualifications and driver’s licences submitted will be subjected to verification checking with the relevant Institutions.

Appointments will be made in terms of the South African Police Service Act,1995.

.: Applications must be hand delivered timeously at the address Indicated below. Late applications will not be accepted or considered

Successful candidates will be trained at any SAPS Academy In South Africa and will be placed at any Police Station I Unit In South Africa after completion of basic training.

• All applicants will be subjected to a physical fitness assessment and are expected to conform to the Body Mass Index of less than 30 or Waist circumference s 102 cm (males) and s 88 cm (females), psychometric and integrity testing as well as medical evaluation, and will be Interviewed during the recruitment, selectlon and enlistment process. The SAPS will also verify the criminal records,qualifications, driver’s license, 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.

• Applicants who previously served In a Government Department and who were dismissed as a result of misconduct are excluded.

• In view of the physical demands of the Basic Police Development Learning Programme, applicants with chronic diseases, physical impairments or any other health condition that may lead to interruption of the training Programme, will be excluded from participation in the  programme.  Such  applicants’  failure to  disclose  the conditions  will  result In their withdrawal from the programme on the determination thereof.

If an applicant Is short-listed, it can be expected of him/her to undergo a personal interview.

• Short-listed applicants. for appointment to certain Identified posts, will be vetted In terms 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 to that post.

The Crimlnal Law (Forensic Procedures) Amendment Act, Act 37 of 2013 requires that all new appointments In the South African Police Service as from 31•1 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 EliminationIndex of the National Forensic DNA Database.

• Correspondence will be conducted with successful applicants only and If you have not been contacted within 3 months after the closing date of this advertisement, please accept that your application was unsuccessful.

• Successful applicants wlll be expected to undergo the Basic Police Development Training Programme as prescribed by the NationalCommissioner.

• The South African Police Service Is under no obligation to fill a post after the advertisement thereof.

The closing date for the applications is 11 MARCH 2022