Media alert: Students to graduate from Gene Louw Traffic College

On 6 July 2016, 50 students who successfully completed the 12-month Further Education and Training Certificate: Road Traffic Law Enforcement will graduate from the Gene Louw Traffic College in Brackenfell, Cape Town. The graduates will also receive their traffic officer appointment cards at the ceremony.

Thirty of the graduates will join Western Cape Provincial Traffic Services, 10 will go to Big Five Hlabisa Local Municipality in KwaZulu-Natal, seven will work for Overstrand Municipality, two will join the Breede Valley Municipality, and one will be working for Matzikama Municipality. The officers will start full-time work on Monday 11 July 2016.

Over the last year, course participants received training accredited by the Safety and Security Sector Education and Training Authority (SASSETA), which includes instruction in the Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC) guidelines on road traffic law enforcement. They have successfully completed firearm competency training, driver training (including articulated motor vehicle and motorcycle training), first aid training, and training in fighting fires. They were also deployed at various traffic centres to gain practical experience of traffic law enforcement duties during the Easter and December holiday periods.

The following awards will be handed out at the ceremony:

1. Physical Training Top Achiever, 
2. Top Achiever in Musketry, 
3. National Road Traffic Act (NRTA) Unit Standards Top Achiever, 
4. Legal Unit Standards Top Achiever, 
5. Road Transportation Unit Standard Top Achiever, and
6. Top Academic Achiever.

The Department is confident that these new traffic officer graduates will make us all proud by improving law enforcement on our roads and reducing the number of road deaths in the Western Cape and beyond.

Representatives of the media are invited to attend. (Please indicate your intention to attend for security purposes).

Date: 6 July 2016
Time: 12:00
Venue: Gene Louw Traffic College, Brackenfell Boulevard, Brackenfell