Enhanced Police Drivers Recruitment Scheme
Transport Division (TPT) has launched a new Police Driver Recruitment Scheme as part of its Human Resources Management Enhancement Programme. The scheme consists of two significant components: a biannual recruitment exercise and a standardised assessment form.
The first biannual recruitment exercise started earlier this month with advertisements inviting applications for the police driver post. In this exercise, the number of police drivers to be recruited is limited to the number of vacancies expected to arise in the following six months in order to reduce the waiting time. The next recruitment exercise starting in August will then recruit police drivers for the following six months, and so on.
The second part of the scheme is an assessment form with standardised selection criteria for all applicants. The assessment form comprises background assessment, interview, driving assessment and overall assessment. The background assessment will consider an officer's length of service, annual report grades, existing driving qualifications and driving experience. Only those having scored sufficiently at this level will be invited to undergo further assessment.
The Assistant Regional Motor Transport Officer will conduct the interview and driving assessment, whilst the Regional Motor Transport Officer and the Chief Inspector of TPT will be responsible for the overall assessment.
It is expected that the new scheme will streamline the selection process and make it more transparent in recruiting the best candidates.
