Police Initial Recruitment Test (PIRT/SEARCH) Syllabus

Police Initial Recruitment Test (PIRT/SEARCH) covers 7 subjects: Numerical Reasoning and Work-Based Numeracy, Verbal Reasoning and Logical Comprehension, Competency and Values Framework (CVF), Situational Judgement and Decision Making, Written Exercises and Report Writing, Briefing, Interaction and Interview Exercises and Eligibility, Vetting and Pre-Joining Requirements. Together they contain 32 chapters and 116 named topics.

The full Police Initial Recruitment Test (PIRT/SEARCH) outline breaks down into 32 chapters, 116 topics and 70 sub-topics. Competency and Values Framework (CVF) is the largest single subject with 21 topics across 6 chapters.

Roughly 100 hours for one full pass. That estimate allows about 45 minutes per topic plus 12 minutes per sub-topic, so it is first-pass coverage — revision, past papers and mock tests sit on top of it. At 3 hours a day that is about 5 weeks.

Yes — 356 question-and-answer flashcards across 7 decks, one per subject, written against this syllabus. A sample of every deck is readable on this site for free, and the complete decks are in the Examius app.

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