style and colour uniform. Working conditions Police officer salaries under the 2019 Enterprise Agreement are: Protective Services Officer salaries under the 2019 Enterprise Agreement are: The ordinary hours of work for full-time police officers is 80 hours per fortnight arranged within various shifts to suit service delivery needs. There are a number of other penalties that a police officer benefits, including civilian clothing, camping out, uniform allowance, daily meals or attendance to court, courses, trips away from home, etc. Other allowances include leadership allowance for Sergeants and Senior Sergeants, capability allowance for Constable - Senior Constable and PSO's. Police officers are entitled to the following: nine weeks' leave consisting of: five weeks' recreation leave per year additional two weeks in lieu of public holidays and 10 days accrued time off in lieu of the 38-hour week Sick leave of 15 days per year. (accruing) A range of other generous leave entitlements; including maternity and paternity leave, study leave and defence force leave. Long service leave after seven and a half years of service Recruits are paid a salary whilst training. During the first 12 weeks, recruits are paid $52,370 per annum. At the end of week 12 when a recruit becomes a (constable) sworn officer of Victoria Police is paid $71,947 per annum. Part-time is not available for recruits. Training is ongoing for first two years as a probationary constable. Study leave is available post probationary stage. Further in-house courses and training are available Progression and Promotion All sworn officers start at the lowest rank of constable and are able to progress and be promoted to higher ranks. After their 2-year probationary period, the Constable receives their confirmation and becomes a permanent officer of Victoria Police as a First Constable. Constables are promoted in situ to senior constable after two years of becoming a confirmed Constable and successful completion of re-introduced Senior Constable exams. Promotion beyond senior constable is highly competitive. The newly promoted officer is in probation for 1 year. Leading senior constable is awarded "in situ" but only after assessments have been made against the senior constable's ability to move to the higher position. Leading senior constables are now capable of being upgraded to acting sergeant and it is expected that the position is one that people will move through as they are promoted. Promotion to the rank of sergeant is based upon an application and interview process