PCSO Eligibility

Tattoos

If you have any tattoos, particularly any that would be visible while you are wearing uniform (such as on the hands, arms, face or neck), you will be asked to supply photographs of these to the Recruitment Team, who will review them in line with our tattoo and standards of dress policy.

Qualifications

As our PCSO role is offered as an apprenticeship, you need to be educated to QCF Level 2 (GCSE at grade A*-C / 9-4 or equivalent) in both english and mathematics. 

If you have already achieved these qualifications, you will be asked to supply copies of your certificates to us as part of the recruitment process.
If you do not yet have these qualifications, you can still apply! If you are then successful in becoming a PCSO, we will support you through your level 2 functional skills qualifications in english and maths during your first 12 months with us, alongside your PCSO training program.If you have international qualifications, we will ask you to obtain a Statement of Comparability from ENIC, which demonstrates your qualifications are equivalent to the required level.

Further eligibility requirements

  • You must be a British Citizen, an EC/EEA national or Commonwealth citizen, or a foreign national with no restrictions on your stay in the United Kingdom.
  • You should have lived in the UK for the last 3 years, to allow us to successfully conduct our vetting checks. We will ask you about any overseas stays during that time on our application form.
  • Ideally, you should not have any criminal cautions or convictions but if you do, you can still apply. These will be reviewed on a case by case basis by our vetting team.
  • You need to be 18 years of age, but can be 17 at the point of application.
  • A full manual driving licence is desirable but not essential.
     
  • You should be competent in the use of basic office IT.

Eligibility Sift

Once your application has been received, the Recruitment team will review it for you, and check that you meet all of our eligibility criteria. If you have not uploaded your supporting documents, they will be requested from you at this stage via email.

Once you have met all our eligibility criteria, we will invite you to undertake the National Sift.