POST: CARPENTER (at the level of Constable– Salary Level 5/ Band A)
LOCATION: Supply Chain Management: Pretoria
COMPONENT: Infrastructure Maintenance Services: Physical Maintenance Management
LEVEL OF REMUNERATION (Band A) R248 175.00 per annum
REFERENCES: SCM5/2026
Generic Requirements:
Applicants must display competency in the post-specific functions of the post.
Be a citizen of the Republic of South Africa of which documentary proof must be furnished.
Be proficient in at least two official languages, of which one must be English.
Be in possession of at least a valid light motor vehicle driver’s license;.
Additional Requirements:
Relevant valid Trade Test Certificate in the field of the post, in terms of the Skills Development Amendment Act
37/2006.*Must have a minimum of five (5) years’ relevant experience in the field of the post.
Core Functions:
Plan and organise manufacturing of wooden products.
Plan and organise transport and installation of wooden products.
Plan and organise manufacturing of wooden trusses.
Plan and organise installation of skirting and ceilings.
Usage and safeguarding of equipment and material cleaning of work area.
Perform carpentry functions on projects
ENQUIRIES:
Lt Col Moleko telephone: 012 841 7118 / Captain Naidoo telephone: 012 841 7876
APPLICATIONS POSTED:
Private Bag X 254, Pretoria, 0001 (For attention: Lt Colonel Moleko)
APPLICATIONS HAND DELIVERED:
117 Cresswell Road (Cnr Cresswell & Pretoria Road), Silverton, PRETORIA (Box at the main Security Gate)
GENERAL:
Closing date for applications: 2026-07-15 at 16:00
Only the official application form for Salary Level 1-12, (obtainable from SAPS website: https://www.saps.gov.za
and at all SAPS recruitment offices) will be accepted. The Z83 application form will not be accepted for these
posts. All instructions on the application form must be adhered to, and all previous/ pending criminal/ disciplinary
convictions must be declared. Failure to do so may result in your application being rejected.
The post particulars and reference number of the post you are applying for, must be correctly specified on the
application form. Please complete a separate application form for each post you wish to apply for.
It is the responsibility of the applicants to submit applications timeously to the correct physical address as
provided in the advertisement. Please note that applications submitted to an incorrect physical address will not
be considered.
Late applications will not be accepted or considered.
Your application form must be accompanied with a comprehensive Curriculum Vitae (CV).
Copies of applicant’s: – Identity Document (ID), Senior Certificate and all post-school qualifications obtained
(Diploma/ Degree as well as academic records), 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 form (uncertified copies are accepted).
Qualifications and driver’s licences submitted will be subjected to verification with the relevant institutions.
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Applicants must have no previous criminal convictions or pending criminal/ departmental cases and shall allow
their fingerprints to be taken and background enquiries to be made.
Short-listed candidates may be subjected to a full security clearance process before or during any stage of
employment.
Short-listed candidates will be subjected to a vetting process which will include security screening, fingerprint
screening, reference checking and verification of address, where necessary.
All short-listed candidates, including the SMS, may be expected to undergo a personal interview and shall
undertake two pre-entry assessments, (a) a practical exercise to determine a candidate’s suitability based on
the post’s technical and generic requirements, as well as (b) an integrity assessment (ethical conduct).
Short-listed candidates for appointments 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.
Candidates are expected to disclose if he/ she is a respondent in an interim or final protection order in
terms of the Domestic Violence Act, 1998 (Act No. 116 of 1998) or Protection from Harassment Act, 2011
(Act No. 17 of 2011), and may be disqualified from appointment.
The Criminal Law (Forensic Procedures) Amendment Act, Act 37 of 2013 requires that all new
appointments in the South African Police Service as from 31 January 2015 provide a buccal (inside
cheek) sample to determine their forensic DNA profile. The forensic DNA profile derived from the sample
will be loaded to the Elimination Index of the National Forensic DNA Database.
Appointments will be made in terms of the South African Police Service Act, 1995 (Act No. 68 of 1995).
Persons who retired from the Public Service by taking a severance package, early retirement or medical
retirement, as well as persons with previous convictions, are excluded.
Applicants who are currently not appointed in terms of the SAPS Act will be expected to undergo medical
assessment by a medical practitioner, before appointment, and must be found to be medically and
psychologically fit.
Applicants must comply with SAPS Dress Order prescripts, whereby they must not have any tattoo marks which
will be visible when wearing any uniform of the Service.
Incumbents appointed in terms of the SAPS Act will be expected to undergo Introductory Police Development
Learning Programme at a SAPS academy determined by National Commissioner and will be expected to
maintain the required minimum fitness level for SAPS Act members throughout his/ her service in SAPS.
The South African Police Service is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer and it is the intention to
promote representivity in the Public Service through the filling of these posts. Persons whose transfer/
appointment will promote representivity will therefore receive preference.
The South African Police Service is under no obligation to fill a post after the advertisement thereof.
Correspondence will be conducted with successful candidates only.
If you have not been contacted within three (3) months after the closing date of this advertisement, please accept
that your application was unsuccessful.