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Selection at APS 1
About selection at APS 1:
Selection for entry to the APS at the lowest level is no longer governed by a centrally coordinated test. Similar principles apply to selection at this level as for selection to any other APS vacancy.
Current directive publications, circulars & advices:
- Ongoing Employment - Recruitment and related issues (as amended by 2006/4)
- Circular No 2006/1: Use of identified criteria and special measures to fill employment opportunities (as amended by 2006/6)
- Advice No. 7: Staffing actions: Non-ongoing employees (non-SES) (as amended by 2000/6, 2003/5, 2004/3, Conditions of Engagement, 2006/4, 2006/5)
- Circular No 2003/4: New Apprenticeships
Current good practice advice
- Better, Faster: streamlining recruitment in the APS
- Cracking the Code: how to apply for jobs in the Australian Public Service
- Get it right - a recruitment kit for managers


