UN Special Action Team exam opens
Police personnel have now better chances of joining the Philippine delegation for United Nations (UN) for peace-keeping missions with the opening of pre-qualifying examinations in regional testing centers.
The pre-qualifying examinations for UN Special Action Team will be held next month.
The establishment of more testing centers is geared towards attaining transparency and “regional balance” in force generation procedures as mandated by PNP Memorandum Circular 2009-006 which prescribed the “Rules and Procedures on the Selection of PNP Personnel for Secondment, Detail to International Organizations, Peacekeeping Missions.”
In past years, pre-qualifying examinations were all held in Camp Crame alone.
The two sets of examination schedules with different venues are: April 12-16, 2010 in PRO 7, Camp Sergio Osmeña, Cebu City; PRO 9 Camp General Eduardo Batalla, Zamboanga City, Province of Zamboanga del Sur; PRO 11 Camp Catitipan, Davao City Province of Davao del Sur and April 26-30, 2010 in PRO CAR (the Cordilleras) Camp Bado Dangwa, La Trinidad Province of Benguet; and National Headquarters Camp General Rafael C Crame Quezon City.
The examinations cover three stages: Stage 1 for Written Examination such as the reading and listening comprehension, and report writing; Stage 2 for driving proficiency test; and, Stage 3 for firing proficiency test.
Applicants must not be less than 25 years old and not more than 53 years old upon the actual deployment and must have at least 5 years of active police service.
Rank requirement for Police Commissioned Officers must be Police Senior Inspector to Police Superintendent while for Police Non-commissioned Officers must be Police Officer 3 to Senior Police Officer 4.
Applicants must also pass the physical fitness test as well as medical, dental and the neuron-psychiatric examinations.
Computer literacy and driving proficiency are the special skills needed to possess by the applicants with the recommendation of the unit commander such as the Command Group and directors of their respective Directorial Staff.
Interested personnel who plan to take the UNSAT exam must submit the electronic copy of his/her latest PNP Personal Data Sheet, Scanned Valid Driverâs License and Scanned Recommendation from the Unit Commander not later than March 29, 2010 addressed to the PNP Directorate for Plans, Attention: Chief, UNPOC with email address dplunmission@yahoo.com with telephone numbers (02) 721-85-49 or 721-04-01 local 3554. (JC Rio)
