How to Apply: Artisan: Mechanical (Constable) - SAPS North West

Additional Information & Application Method

General:

• Only the official application form (available on the SAPS  website www.saps.gov.za/careers and at SAPS recruitment offices) will be accepted. 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.
• The post particulars and reference number of the post must be correctly specified on the application form.
• A comprehensive curriculum Vitae must be submitted together with the application form.
• Copies do not have to be certified and original documentation must be produced during the selection process as requested.
• Uncertified copies of an applicant’s  ID,  Senior  Certificate  and  all  educational qualifications obtained, service certificates of previous employers stating the occupation,proof of relevant experience in the field of the post, and motor vehicle driver’s license, must be attached to the application.
• Qualifications and driver’s licenses submitted will be subjected to verification checking with the relevant institutions. The South African Police Service will verify the residential address of applicants and conduct reference checks.
• Appointments will be made in terms of the South African Police Service Act, 1995 as applicable to the post environment.
• Applicants appointed under the Police Service Act will be subjected to a medical assessment by a medical practitioner as determined by SAPS prescripts.
• Applicants appointed under the Police Service Act will be subjected to undergo a lateral entry training program at a SAPS training institution, where applicable.
• Applications must be mailed/submitted timeously. Late applications will not be accepted or considered.
• The closing date for applications is 2022-09-30
• If a candidate is short-listed, they will be expected of him/her to undergo a personal interview as well as a practical assessment.
• Short-listed candidates 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 the process.
• The criminal law (Forensic Procedures) Amendment Act, Act 37 of 2015 requires that all new recruits (appointments) in the South African Police Service as of 31st of January 2015 provide a buccal sample in order to determine their forensic DNA profile. The forensic DNA profile derived from the sample will be loaded to the National Forensic DNA Database.
•  All shortlisted candidates will be subjected to fingerprint screening and reference checking.
• Correspondence will be conducted with successful candidates only. If you have not been contacted within 3 months after the closing date of this advertisement, please accept that your application was unsuccessful.
• The South African Police Service is under no obligation to fill a post after the advertisement thereof.
• The South African Police Service is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer and it is the intention to promote representativity in the Public Service through the filling of these posts. Persons whose transfer/appointment will promote representativity will therefore receive preference.

 Enquiries can be directed to Colonel Nel / Captain Mpela / Personnel Officers Appie / Dikane at (018) 299 7320 / 7608 / 7139.

Completed application forms must be hand-delivered or mailed timeously by Post to the:

The Provincial Head: Human Resource Management

Provincial Recruitment Office: 

North West 2nd Floor, WESPOL Building

Corner Nelson Mandela and Peter Mokaba Street

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