Promotion Development (Police)

Promotion Development Course

Advancing your career in the police force

The main reason why candidates who seek promotion are unsuccessful is because they fail to understand their own skills, fail to develop themselves and fail to deal with the selection process effectively.

The PDC is designed to deal with all of these issues to ensure candidates are successful at the Application, Assessment and Interview stages of the process.

Promotion skills only need to be learned once. You will use what you learn on the PDC throughout the remainder of your career.

Foundation Skills Day

An intensive day, packed full of essential information you need to know about personal development and the promotion process. Prior to the PDC delegates complete a questionnaire to identify their Team Member and Leadership Styles which forms a key feature of the self-discovery phase of the course.

The course modules are comprehensive and include:

• Discovering personality
• Personal development
• Team working
• Leadership
• Principles of effective management
• Matching personality to role and strategy
• Preparing competency based answers
• Personal action planning

Throughout the day team exercises focus on communication, team working, leadership, effective management and preparing competency based answers. There is a team exercise that demonstrates the importance of using key leadership behaviours.

These are all designed to reinforce the ISP experiential style of learning.

Each module also contains a Self Assessment element that delegates can use to determine their immediate development needs and formulate a Personal Action Plan.

Delegates each receive a very comprehensive Work Book, network with other applicants and, after the course, will be supported with advice and guidance.

Half day practice sessions are arranged and tailored to meet individual needs. They consist of practical mock board and presentational skills development.

Constables should book the Foundation Skills Day plus the two half day sessions. These are designed to introduce new applicants to personal development, the application and interview processes.

Sergeants should consider booking the full Foundation Day and the two half day sessions. However, if you are familiar with the issues around personal development and, for example, you have passed the application and any assessment centre process, you should book the Foundation Skills day. This will be tailored to meet your needs and we can design an interview skills practical day for you.

Whatever your situation ISP will assist you with the promotion process. If you have any questions about your personal circumstances or what we can offer please ask.