In accordance with Administrative Regulation No. 3/2022 (Recruitment Examination, Training Courses and Practice Systems for the Corps of Prison Guards), the recruitment for prison guards are divided into the following stages:

1. Medical Checkup
2. Physical Test
3. Knowledge Test
4. Evaluation of Curriculum Vitae
5. Psychological Test
6. Interview

• Candidates are subject to elimination in every item, except items (4) and (6).

Physical Test:

1. 80m dash (timed)
2. sit-up
3. chin-up / push-up
4. long jump
5. high jump
6. Cooper test
7. balance beam

Knowledge Test:

Chinese or Portuguese dictation; Chinese or Portuguese composition; Mathematics test in Chinese or Portuguese.

Psychological Test:
The psychological test may include multiple stages, and candidates are subject to elimination at every stage of the test.