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Applicant Process - Fall 2020

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Begin accepting online POST Entrance Exam sign-ups for the Fall 2020 149th Intensive Academy.   CA POST only allows for one test every 30 days......please select only one test session below unless it's after the 30 day time period.  (Test results from other agencies may be accepted if less than one year old from the day the academy begins and are on agency letterhead).  To sign-up, click on the exam date you wish to attend.  ​​CLICK ON THE LINK  BELOW TITLED "ACADEMY ENROLLMENT WAIVER", COMPLETE IT AND SUBMIT IT TO ACADEMY@COS. EDU IF YOU CAN PROVIDE PROOF OF ONE OF THE FOLLOWING:

  • ​A "C" grade or higher of a college English course.  (Completed Academy Enrollment Waiver and college transcripts are required).
  • An AA/AS degree or higher.  (​Completed Academy Enrollment Waiver and college transcripts are required).
  • Honorable military discharge.  (Completed Academy Enrollment Waiver and copy of a DD214 form).

ACADEMY ENROLLMENT WAIVER

​​​​​AFTER YOU'VE DONE THIS, YOU MUST GO ON OUR WEBSITE (WWW.COS.EDU/APPLY) AND APPLY FOR THE SUMMER 2020 SEMESTER, SO YOU WILL BE READY TO REGISTER FOR THE ACADEMY ORIENTATION COURSE WHEN IT IS TIME TO REGISTER FOR IT.

Saturday, February 22, 2020 

Practice Physical Agility Test - Public Safety Building

Hanford Education Center​

Public Safety Building, Room:  Gym (PS10/PS12)

925 13th Avenue

Hanford, CA  93230

8:00 a.m. until done


 

Saturday, March 14, 2020​ - RESCHEDULED FOR SATURDAY, APRIL 25, 2020

First POST Entrance Exam

Hanford Educational Center

Education Building, Room E72 (A-D)

925 13th Avenue

Hanford, CA  93230

8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Deadline to sign-up:  March 13, 2020 at 12:00 p.m. or when seats are filled)

(Test results emailed by March 27, 2020)

Tuesday, April 14, 2020

First ​POST Entrance Exam

Hanford Educational Center​

Education Building, Room E37

925 13th Avenue

Hanford, CA  93230

6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.

(Deadline to sign-up:  April 13, 2020 at 12:00 p.m. or when seats are filled)

(Test results emailed out by May 1, 2020)

Saturday, April 25, 2020

Second​ POST Entrance Exam

Hanford Educational Center 

Education Building, Room E72 

925 13th Ave. 

Hanford, CA 93230

8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

(Deadline to sign-up:  April 24, 2020 at 12:00 p.m. or when seats are filled)

(Test results emailed by May 8, 2020)


 

Saturday, May 2, 2020

Third POST Entrance Exam 

College of the Sequoias - Visalia

Ponderosa Building, Room 350

915 S. Mooney Blvd.

Visalia, CA  93277

8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.​


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Saturday, May 9, 2020

​First Physical Agility Test (Only for candidates that pass the POST Entrance Exam)

Hanford Educational Center

Public Safety Building, Room:  Gym (PS10/PS12)

925 13th Avenue

Hanford, CA  93230

8:00 a.m. until done​

Saturday, May 16, 2020

​Second Physical Agility Test (Only for candidates that pass the POST Entrance Exam)

Hanford Educational Center

Public Safety Building, Room:  Gym (PS10/PS12)

925 13th Avenue

Hanford, CA  93230

8:00 a.m. until done​


 

​Saturday/Sunday, June 6-7, 2020

Saturday/Sunday, June 13-14, 2020

Academy Orientation ​(4 days - 40 hours; all 4 days are mandatory attendance)

Hanford Educational Center

Education Building, Room E72 (A-D)

925 13th Avenue

Hanford, CA  93230

7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

​*Personal History Statement is due on June 6, 2020

*Dress professionally all days and bring $75.00 on June 12, 2020

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Friday, July 10, 2020

Academy Registration - (Mandatory Attendance)

Hanford Educational Center

Public Safety Building, Room PS18

925 13th Avenue

Hanford, CA  93230

5:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.

All remaining paperwork is due


 

​​​Monday, August 3, 2020

Academy Course Begins

Hanford Educational Center

Public Safety Building, Room PS18

925 13th Avenue

Hanford, CA  93230

6:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

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