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THE entrance examination for the pilot cadetship program of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) will be held on Nov. 28 in all Coast Guard District offices nationwide.
Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Wilfredo Tamayo said at least 74 applicants will be hired to fill the vacant slots needed to form the first cadet corps of the Philippine Coast Guard.
The successful examinees will comprise the PCG Cadet Corps Class of 2014 of the Philippine Merchant Marine Academy (PMMA) in San Narciso, Zambales.
The cadets will take up the same merchant marine curriculum particularly on shipboard and navigation training but with subjects on coast guard nuances and peculiarity.
On their final year, while the merchant cadets spend their shipboard training on board commercial vessels, Coast Guard cadets will board Coast Guard vessels instead for deployment in various coast guard stations nationwide.
They will automatically form part of rescue, maritime law enforcement or marine environmental protection units.
After graduation, they will be commissioned as Ensigns in the regular force of the Coast Guard. Admiral Tamayo said successful applicants will enjoy government scholarship to Bachelor of Science in Merchant Marine.
He expressed optimism that the first cadet corps will become a prelude for the establishment of the Coast Guard Academy patterned after the United States and Japan Coast Guard Academies.
Interested applicants may secure application forms from the nearest Coast Guard units in their locality or download the same from website www.coastguard.gov.ph.
Applicants must be Filipino citizens; at least 17 years old but not more than 22 years old upon admission on June 2010; at least 5'4” in height for male and 5'2” for female; 55 kgs in weight for male and 50 kgs for female; physically and mentally fit; single with no children out of wedlock; never been accused or convicted of any crime; high school graduate or graduating from high school on April 2010; with average academic performance, preferably with Trigonometry; and have never been previously enrolled in PMMA.
The deadline for submission of application is Nov. 21.
The examination for the Visayas applicants will be on Nov. 28 at the Coast Guard District Central Eastern Visayas headquarter along Arellano Boulevard, Cebu City. Examination fee is P350.
For inquiries, call or visit the Coast Guard District Central Eastern Visayas headquarter at 4166566 or log on to website www.costguard.gov.ph.
