Traffic Officer key purpose

is to ensure the safe and free flow of traffic to prevent road crashes and deaths on our roads.

How to become a Traffic Officer

You first need to be employed / appointed as a trainee, (permanently or on contract), by a
Provincial Department of Transport, a Municipality, or a Government Agency such as the Road
Traffic Management Corporation or Cross Border Road Transport Agency. These Authorities
normally advertise vacant posts in the Open Media.
You therefore need to check your local and national newspapers on a regular basis. You may
also contact any Local or Provincial Authority directly to enquire whether vacancies exist and
when posts will be advertised.

The minimum requirements to become a Traffic Officer are as follows:

• Minimum educational qualification of matric or grade 12 or equivalent.
• Code B driving licence (manual transmission).
• No Criminal record.
• Medical Certificate as proof that a person can do strenuous exercise.
• Applicants shall not be older than 35 years of age

WHERE DO I TRAIN AS A TRAFFIC OFFICER?

Once you are employed as a Traffic Trainee you will be sent to one of the 14 Traffic Colleges
approved by the Minister of Transport. Only the following Traffic Colleges and Metro Police
Academies may currently train Traffic Officers in South Africa:

NAME OF TRAFFIC COLLEGE CITY/ PROVINCE CONTACT

1. Limpopo Traffic Training College Mutale - Limpopo (015) 967 9300 TO; EDL; EoV
2. Boekenhoutkloof Traffic Training College Pretoria - Gauteng 083 676 5133 TO; EDL; EoV
3. KZN Traffic Training College Pietermaritzburg – KZN (033) 394 0202 TO; EDL; EoV
4. Lengau Traffic Training College Bloemfontein - Free State (051) 409 0444 TO; EDL; EoV
5. Mangaung Traffic Training College
6. Bloemfontein – Free State (051) 412 8100 TO
7. Gene Louw Traffic Training College Cape Town – Western Cape (021) 983 1501 TO; EDL; EoV
8. Durban Metro Police Academy Durban – KZN (031) 701 0462 TO
9. Johannesburg Metro Police Academy Johannesburg -Gauteng (011) 429 5010 TO
10. Tshwane Metro Police
    Academy
    Pretoria – Gauteng (012) 358 0005 TO & EDL
11. Ekurhuleni Metro Police
    Academy
    Springs – Gauteng (011) 812 8700 TO
12. Port Elizabeth Traffic Training
    College
    Port Elizabeth –
    Eastern Cape
    (041) 390 4501 TO & EDL
13. Matjhabeng Traffic Training
    College
    Welkom – Free State (051) 876 2224 TO
14. Cape Town Metro Police
    Academy
    Cape Town - Western
    Cape
    (021) 447 2366 TO
15. Mpumalanga Traffic Training
    College

How to apply for Traffic officer learnerships

You may check if they are any available Jobs via: https://www.rtmc.co.za/index.php/careers

Post posted dates: 27 July 2022