Assessment for special agent role

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Assessment for Special Agent team position

 

General

 

The assessment we offer here is designed according to the Shin Bet (Shabak) Israeli Secret Service selection best practice. 

Each unit in the Shin Bet is responsible for picking up potential special agents candidates, the actual vetting and final decision conducted by senior instructors from the Counter Terror School of the agency.

 

During their service the special agents must pass a periodic test (every 3 months) - failing to meet the test requirements will cost heavy to the special agent. Failing at the test will be withdrawn from the working schedule until he will pass the test successfully.

 

Meaning an agent can not work unless he passes the test as simple as that!

 

The candidates we are looking for ?

 

In the Shin Bet, we are looking out for non ordinary people.

Although it may look weird on the surface, we are actually looking for creative rebel non conformist people much more than the obedient type that feel comfortable taking orders. 

We learned that our best agents have not met the typical profile necessarily - these individuals perform at times better then others that met the typical profile.

 

What is our physical standard ?

 

We look for the following characteristics parameters with our candidates:

 

Fitness and physical abilities:

 

• Running 3000m under 13:00 min. (above age of 35 13:30 min.)

• Running 400m under 72 sec.

• 12 Pull Ups - straight body no move or swing (going up above chin with permission going all the way down).

• 15 Deeps - all the way up and down until the fists of the instructor 

• 70 double sit ups - 90 degree with knees 

• Push 70kg from your chest prone on your back

 

Hand to hand combat to build up aggression and determination abilities

 

• Infinity crawling - test determination and aggressive mindset

• Aggressive conditioning - circle of aggression (going in / going out / passing wall of people).

• Running through a crowded - test bravery and determination 

• Controlling weapon - test determination and aggression 

• Chase and control weapon drills 

 

Reliability tests - making sure the agents reports real information in real time 

 

• Task that combine carry heavy weight to a distance and individually counting up (instructors will verify it happens by using night vision from a hidden control area) 

• Night missions after hours to and making sure they are meeting the mission by instructors 

• Polygraph test to look for previous criminal activities, bribe and drug use

 

Team & leadership exercises 

 

• Tasks for valid ability to work together, come up with ideas, convincing, leadership, creativity - minefield, go over a fence without touching the ground, etc.

 

Schedule

Location: Okeechobee, Florida (about an 2 hours from Miami and 1.5 hours from Orlando)

 

DAY 0

A Day before the selection - Pick up from Airport to training center barracks.

DAY 1

05:00 am - Wake up - line-up and fitness test (3,000m,400m,pullups,situps,dips & push 70kg)

6:30 am - shower

07:00 am - Breakfast at the barracks

08:00 am - stretcher up the hill - sandbags up down hill - infinity crawl 

12:00 pm - lunch 

01:00 pm - Go over an obstacles - games for leadership and teamwork ability

07:00 pm - Dinner 

08:00 pm - Dig a team ditch pitt -

09:00 pm - Navigation exercise memorizing it to go to your post to secure the camp

10:00 pm - Sleep

12:00 pm - March as a group with stretchers 6 km

02:00 am - Sleep until 5:00 am wait in the secure location - nominating team leader 

DAY 2 

06:30 am - Wake up - line-up

07:00 am - Breakfast at the barracks 

08:00 am - Morning run of 3 km and hand to hand combat practice

12:00 pm - lunch 

01:00 pm - Learning topography and how to be familiar with a map and compass

03:00 pm - Short Navigation exercise - 5 km with instructor

07:00 pm - Dinner 

08:00 pm - Navigation exercise memorizing it to go to your post to secure the camp

10:00 pm - Sleep

DAY 3 

06:30 am - Wake up - line-up

07:00 am - Breakfast at the barracks 

08:00 am - Morning hand to hand combat practice

10:00 am - Physical security mission planning 

12:00 pm - lunch 

01:00 pm - Mission planning on as a group - exercise 

03:00 pm - Short Navigation exercise - 5 km with instructor

07:00 pm - Dinner 

08:00 pm - Navigation exercise memorizing it to go to your post to secure the camp - night test of reliable test 

10:00 pm - Sleep

DAY 4 

06:30 am - Wake up - line-up

07:00 am - Breakfast at the barracks 

08:00 am - Morning hand to hand combat practice

10:00 am - How to secure VIP at close distance and simulation of attack

12:00 pm - lunch 

01:00 pm - How to take VIP outside from a car and simulation of attack exercise

03:00 pm - Short Navigation exercise - 5 km with instructor

07:00 pm - Dinner 

08:00 pm - Navigation exercise memorizing it to go to your post to secure the camp - night test of reliable test 

10:00 pm - Sleep

DAY 5 

06:30 am - Wake up - line-up

07:00 am - Breakfast at the barracks 

08:00 am - Morning hand to hand combat practice

10:00 am - March rocksaks and stretchers - 10 km

07:00 pm - Dinner 

08:00 pm - FTX planning for the next day 

10:00 pm - Sleep

DAY 6 

06:30 am - Wake up - line-up

07:00 am - Breakfast at the barracks 

08:00 am - Morning hand to hand combat practice

10:00 am - FTX exercises and debriefing 

07:00 pm - Dinner 

08:00 pm - Guard VIP at the hotel exercise 

10:00 pm - Sleep

DAY 7 

A free day

DAY 8 

06:30 am - Wake up - line-up

07:00 am - Breakfast at the barracks 

08:00 am - Morning hand to hand combat practice

10:00 am - FTX exercises and debriefing / attack exercise on the FTX team

07:00 pm - Dinner 

08:00 pm - Guard VIP at the hotel exercise / attack exercise on the FTX team

10:00 pm - Sleep

DAY 9 

06:30 am - Wake up - line-up

07:00 am - Breakfast at the barracks 

08:00 am - Morning hand to hand combat practice

10:00 am - FTX exercises and debriefing / attack exercise on the FTX team

07:00 pm - Dinner 

08:00 pm - Guard VIP at the hotel exercise / attack exercise on the FTX team

10:00 pm - Sleep

DAY 10 

06:30 am - Wake up - line-up

07:00 am - Breakfast at the barracks 

08:00 am - Morning hand to hand combat practice

10:00 am - Prepared security event with magnetic gates, screening crowd with invitation, role players as attackers sneaking explosives, weapons to the convention center - require hiring an hotel with meeting rooms  

07:00 pm - Dinner 

08:00 pm - Recon the hotel for planning 

10:00 pm - Sleep

DAY 11 

06:30 am - Wake up - line-up

07:00 am - Breakfast at the barracks 

08:00 am - Morning hand to hand combat practice

10:00 am - Conducting an event 

07:00 pm - Dinner 

08:00 pm - debriefing  

10:00 pm - Sleep

DAY 11 

06:30 am - Wake up - line-up

07:00 am - Breakfast at the barracks 

08:00 am - Morning hand to hand combat practice

10:00 am - Planning an event 

07:00 pm - Dinner 

08:00 pm - recon advancing for the event  

10:00 pm - Sleep

DAY 12 

06:30 am - Wake up - line-up

07:00 am - Breakfast at the barracks 

08:00 am - Morning hand to hand combat practice

10:00 am - Conducting the event 

07:00 pm - Dinner 

08:00 pm - Debriefing   

10:00 pm - Sleep

DAY 13 

06:30 am - Wake up - line-up

07:00 am - Breakfast at the barracks 

08:00 am - FInal physical test 

12:00 am - Interviewing the students for the assessment 

07:00 pm - Dinner 

08:00 pm - Interviewing the students for the assessment 

10:00 pm - Sleep

DAY 14 

06:30 am - Wake up - line-up

07:00 am - Breakfast at the barracks 

08:00 am - Final interviews & farewell 

12:00 am - Interviewing the students for the assessment 

07:00 pm - Dinner 

08:00 pm - Interviewing the students for the assessment 

10:00 pm - Sleep

 

DAY 15 

06:30 am - Wake up - line-up

07:00 am - Breakfast at the barracks 

08:00 am - Farewell & good bye