South Africa Joint Operations Division

South Africa Joint Operations Division

History

Directorate Personnel Acquisition (DPACQ) was established during September 1999, whereby the different Services: Army, Air Force, Navy and Military Health Service, recruitment offices were amalgamated to established the Directorate Personnel Acquisition. The administrative offices are situated in the General Piet Joubert Building in Visagie Street, Pretoria, while the walk-in centre, for enquiries, is situated on the c/o Paul Kruger and Visagie Street, ground floor of the Bank of Lisbon Building. To ease the function to recruit new personnel for the SA National Defence Force, new recruitment centres were established in the various regions in South Africa.

The name has subsequently been changed to Directorate Human Resource Acquisition (D HR ACQ) with effect from 1 July 2006.

Vision

Employ, Empower for Excellence

Mission

To provide the DOD with the most suitable candidates from the broader SA Human Resources component at the right time, at the right place to satisfy HR requirements.

Strategy

The DOD adheres to the open employment system, therefore all vacancies in the DOD have to be advertised before they can be filled. This system emphasizes the need for the DOD to apply an efficient Recruitment, Selection and Appointment process, in order to meet its human resource requirement. The DOD marketing recruitment selection and appointment processes are properly integrated/aligned with the organizational and equity strategy of the entire DOD.

All recruits undergo a pre-selection process and those that are successful are then subjected to a selection process and finally an appointment into the DOD in a transparent, consistent and fair manner. On the whole, all the annual recruitment targets send to D HR ACQ from the different Services/Divisions are in line with the DOD’s Equity Plan and Requirements.

Objectives

To provide high quality service to D HR ACQ’s clients (Ministry of Defence, Defence Secretariat, SA Army, SA Air Force, SA Navy and SA Military Health Service) by selecting and appointing only candidates who meet all entry requirements, including additional specifications from multitudes of aspirant candidates in order to sustain clients’ operational capability/needs by means of Non Commisioned Officers and Warrant Officers (NCO & WO) Appointments in the Military Skills Development System, Officers in the Regular Force and PSAP Appointments.

The role of D HR ACQ is to provide the best candidate’s ready to start with two-year term initial basic military training to acquire knowledge, attitudes and skills (includes Proffesional appointments) that will be needed for future deployment by different Services and to provide the best Civilian Personnel (PSAP’s), needed by the different clients.

Office Hours

Mondays to Fridays – 08:00 to 16:15.
Offices will be closed during weekends and Public Holidays.

Head Office (Pretoria)