Transcript The New Assessment Procedure for UNPOL

NEW ASSESSMENT PROCEDURE
FOR UNPOL
Introduction
 WEF 1st February 2012
 SOP: Assessment of Individual Police Officers
for Service in UN PKO and Special P.Mission.
 Supersedes January 2005 guidelines
 Name change from UN-SAT to UN-SAAT
Language Assessment
 Reading Comprehension
20 mins
Pass mark: 70%
 Listening Comprehension
No longer part of assessment
 Report-writing
30 Mins
Pass mark:New scoring matrix developed
 Re-test is no longer allowed.
Language Assessment Cont……
Interview
 Minimum 20 mins.
Oral communication skills in mission language
Professional experience, mission-specific skills
UN core values
 Gender-related issues
Basic level of computer proficiency
Deployment priority determined by mission
specific skills
Driving skills assessment
Conditions :
 Candidate must carry a valid national
driving license
 Official translation
 Ability to read a license plate from a
20.5 meters
 Manual transmission four-wheel drive
vehicle
Handling exercise
 The engine can only stall twice
 No limit to times of adjustment
 Handling exercise within 5 min
 Candidates who fail are given a second chance
immediately
 Drive forward and reverse into parallel 4x(Car
length+2 ½ M) parking
 Drive forward and reverse park into a 4x(car
length+2 ½ M) parking
 Drive back to starting point
DRIVING DIAGRAM (RHD)
DRIVING DIAGRAM (LHD)
Road exercise
 Ten minutes in low traffic
 Five points for each “capability failure”
 Twenty points amounts to fail
 If hazard to himself or others leads to
immediate disqualification.
 No re-assessment during road exercise
 Maximum three chances to pass in MA
Firearms handling and
shooting assessment
 Safe cleaning of revolver
1 Minute
 Pistol disassembly and reassembly
3 Minutes
 Shooting
Hit a 45x45 cm target with 4 out of 5 rounds
from 5 M
4 or 5 out of five rounds from 7 M.
The total score must be at least 9 out of 10,
Minimum Selection Standards
 Nationality
 Serving Police Officers
 Excellent physical and mental condition
 Minimum 5 years of service
 Fluent in mission working language
 Possess a valid Driver’s License, ability to operate
a four wheel drive vehicle
 Weapon handling and Shooting skills if required
 Age (25-55yrs)
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Other Important concerns
 Validity of SAAT
 24 months from completion of assessment.
 Re-deployment assessment
 If candidate has served in a mission for more than 6
months no further assessment is needed if redeployed within 24 months
 Gender
 PCC are encourage to nominate a minimum of 20%
female officers for each SAAT visit.
 Number of Candidates
 Candidates in one SAAT: Max. 800. Min. 50.
Five Responsibilities of PCC
 Request a visit by the UN SAAT in writing to the UN
at least 3 months in advance.
 Pre-select candidates based on the 2007 Guidelines.
 Submit personal details of pre-selected candidates
one month prior to the SAAT visit.
 Once the PCC has submitted the list, no additions or
substitutions can be made to it.
Responsibilities of PCC…………
 Nominate a Liaison Officer for the visit and
inform the UN name and contact details of this
person one month before the SAAT visit.
 Before the SAAT-visit, certify in writing that
pre-selected candidates have not been
convicted of, are not under investigation or
being prosecuted for any criminal, human rights
or disciplinary offence
Conclusion
 The Police Division has developed this new
assessment procedure in order to assist UN Member
States to meet the challenge of seconding
individual police officers who have the required
skills to implement the increasingly complex
mandates of UN missions effectively
 The procedure does not apply to the selection of
FPUs or police officers on UN contracts.