My advice is join with the correct mindset..take note regardless is C, A or S is a security guard with arms only...you are not police or Law enforcer so dun behave like one. You will get on the nerves of your supervisors. If you are planning to join only test water like 1 year only..dun bother waste your time...do other better things outside.
Things is changing anyway. Since I was in State Po and C now. I saw how both org work with 2 different culture.
If u r Patriotic and below age 29 or 30 try SPF early and train your Ippt. 2.4 and push up muscle is wildly used skill in SPF, and if SPf reject you, no worries, just come C and keep trying SPF Every 6 mth. My exp,more C people got into SPF
If u r seeking a job with salary , keen on some law enforcement but not so hardcore, then come C. There is also a chance C will deploy U to SPF, ICA, TP, LTA, Custom duties
When you are deployed there there is a chance u dun need to wear C uniform and will be drawing State uniform as u be doing State duties. Civil servant law will applies for those deployed there but salary draw from C.
If U r keen on Higher paycheck and hard-working individual willing to do OT, then C, A or S is better. Your salary will much likely be about 10% to 30% more then SPF.
SPF perks, some SPF officer already break hand break leg already and dun want come out ,cos once out, they cannot get much job already, but it's very mentally rewarding when u kick a criminal ass into prison. You will have more off in SPF as compared to other A, C or S becos your duties at several times is very mentally demanding and you will need the rest. Hear SPF some frontline restricting and their Frontline players will get to have weekly training. In my regular time, there is barely time for retraining, eg. Time dedicated to let you train for IPPT. So many new officers out from HTA often start having difficulty with IPPT after about 4 to 5 years. When they implement, God knows.
If u r into extreme action and does not wear specs and below age 30 with IPPT Silver, try CNB and SPF. If fail go C and beef up while waiting for next attempt and next attempt is 6 mths later. Several SPF wannabe temp themselves in C.
If you have certain skills sets such as networking, very good sales skills, HR, business management skills, architecture skill etc, work in private sector as will skill will develop and pay will rise much faster then gov job. Most of my peers in private already earnings 4k plus to 7k plus basic qnd they get to retire at 65 while uniform group retire at 55. so eventually pte will win. So do pick up secondary skill while in uniform.
As for me, I major with Bsc in finance so earnings side income while in C and hope to do recuitment for C and ex-org SPF. I ORD from SAF, so I got many uniform.
SAF only got to sign on for 6 years, some SAF whom didn't get 2nd contract to work in SAF also come C as SAF jobs is not perm.
If U r married,I "think" dun waste time in SPF or CNB, I didn't see any married young man or woman in training school except the INSP course. Moreover your spouse will worried for u in SPF or CNB. If married, go C. A and S might be too much OT for Married individuals
Hope this helps to offer you the options available.
If you need more career advise, on C or SPF, I be glad to help. Pm me, can put me as referral for C.
Anyway, SPF jobs is perm, those whom stay more then 10 years in service get to enjoy more pay then any C, A or S easily. Hence long term SPF is the best choice but risk involved. But since different people got difference preference and circumstances not all people willing stay in SPF for long and many throw the towel along the years. Many SPF retiree or SPF fallout in C also and they are trainer or assessor in C. Heard rumours and saw some neighborhood sectors is now patrol by C already. Cos SPF always very picky on recuitment and end up lack of manpower and need to sub con to C to do policing work. So eventually U do NPC work.btw, SPF if thing happen OT, got no OT pay, many inside will start grumbling. In C, if let say SPF need to people but all drain out, C got OT pay.
The paradox, SPF people see C, A or S as security guards.
C, A and S see poor SPF no OT pay. I also surprised C -CPL drawing the salary of SPF-SSS. Some want rank , some want $.
If desperate need it money go C, A or S, and whack OT(no life). Ur 24 years old CPL salary can be more then SSS (33 years old)