# PTD part 1
Sunday, March 12, 2017 / permalink
Hi! Assalamualaikum,
So today I would like to share with you my first PTD journey. Tapi sebelum itu, I would like to share a very happy news. I passed my PTD Assessment Centre (PAC) on last January 2017. Yayyyyy. Kiranya I'm heading to the third stage. Wee.
Okay before we start, let me give a simple introduction on what is PTD. PTD basically stands for Pegawai Tadbir Diplomatik. So ini adalah salah satu jawatan dalam kerajaan. Tentang tugasan PTD ini, it helps to plan and implement the government's policies. So if you interested in government's activities and policies, wanna be apart of our country's future planning, yes you try to apply okay?
STEP 1: APPLY THROUGH SPA PORTAL
Alright. Lets start with the first major basic thing you should do. Of course. You should apply through the SPA Portal: http://www.spa.gov.my/ . Yes, kalau takda akaun tu, daftar lah akaun baru, senang je. As easy as ABC. Isi lah maklumat diri anda semua ok. Pastu mohon jawatan PTD (gred M41). Tunggu lah jika ada panggilan nanti. Biasanya jawatan kekosongan PTD akan di war-warkan di Portal SPA. So just alert. If you are not that alert pun, at least you have friends to tell you ke apa. Ok? I was in Policy studies so of course lah tentang PTD ni macam hahahahhaha impian besar harapan tinggi menggunung lololol. So mmg bila daftar SPA je aku dah siap siap apply for PTD. Kebetulan pada tahun lepas (2016), ada panggilan untuk jawatan kosong PTD. So yah tak lama lepas itu, pada bulan 11 tu ada dapat email tentang Peperiksaan Online Memasuki Perkhidmatan Pegawai Tadbir dan Diplomatik.
STEP 2: ONLINE TEST
Yeap, it's all started with an online test. You will receive the email that you are qualified to sit for the test. On the email, they will provide you the details such as your password (angka giliran) as well as the link lah untuk jawab exam tu. Kemudian, ada lah informasi seperti tarikh, pukul berapa apa semua.
Untuk peperiksaan online ni, dia ada 2 seksyen:
1. Seksyen A: Pengetahuan Am
2. Seksyen B: Daya Penyelesaian Masalah
Hahahahahahah for the Pengetahuan Am ok lah boleh lah sebab I used study Asean apa semua. Basically it's all about your own country, Malaysia ku gemilang (Have you heard about this song? This was the song on 2008). If you well aware of those then you'll be alright. Soalan yang paling aku ingat sekali tentang siapa pemenang paralimpik tu. Hahaha.
Okay untuk Seksyen B eh? I can say it was hard. Ianya tentang matematik dan logik. Ada soalan memang betul betul guna daya pemikiran logik. Like you don't have to calculate ke apa. Tapi just think logically. Tapi most of them is calculation lah. Aku ada 4 soalan aku tertinggal. Tak sempat. Hahahahaha. Time was my enemy. Tepat je masa habis, dia terus hantar jawapan kau ok. Aku nak tembak je tapi tulah tak menyempat jadi, untuk 4 soalan tu selamat tinggal sayangku.
Sebenarnya tentang bentuk bentuk soalan, kau boleh buat research sikit. Google je contoh contoh soalan supaya kau boleh suaikan diri dengan jenis jenis soalan dia. Takda lah terkejut ke apa kan. Sebab kadang-kadang contoh lah macam soalan fikir logik tu, orang boleh pening kepala tau sebab soalan dia agak susah. Tapi bila fikir logik, you just need to think how to solve je sebenarnya.
STEP 3: PAC
Alhamdulillah, 2/12/2016 dapat email yang aku lulus Peperiksaan Online yang telah diadakan pada 23 November 2016. Masa itu, I was at A Famosa Resort, Melaka with Elia and her family. Jujur aku nervous. Hahahahahhahahaha. Nervous lah dapat ke tak pergi next stage. Lepas tu, I was with Elia pulakkan, kalau aku tak lulus sedih lah hati ini. Elia was also passed the online test. Ok enough with that.
Ini dia PAC. Haha. What is PAC? PAC stands for PTD Assessment Centre. Ni macam second stage lah. Before aku pergi PAC, aku baru sebulan lebih mengikuti latihan SL1M di Menara Maybank.
Masa apply cuti tu, hahahaha Head of Department aku was like
"baru kerja dah nak cuti?"
and I said lah "Ni penting, I have to bcs I'm attending PAC"
"What is PAC?"
"PTD Assessment Centre"
and she gave me full support. She asked me to believe in everything. I need to be positive and confident. I'm so blessed to receive such inspiring words. She was indeed so supportive. Well, it feels good when people believes in you. Berita mengenai pergi PAC or PTD suddenly slowly spread around my office? Yeap esoknya sorang manager ni bagi semangat dan motivasi aku perlukan saat itu. Terima kasih ya semua. I really appreciate those efforts (:
Ok back to our topic. PAC eh? Ye PAC. Masa tu 23rd December when I received an email from SPA regarding PAC. As usual, the details of PAC were included on the email, such as the venue, the date and etc. Aku dapat di Intan Wilayah Selatan, Kluang, Johor pada 11/1/2017-12/2/2017. PAC ni lama lah sebenarnya weh, I mean the last date betul betul habis semua sesi PAC satu Malaysia ni was 26/1/2017 if I'm not mistaken. So nak tunggu tu keputusan kau layak ke tak tu memang ambil masa. Ye, PAC 2 hari tapi yang menentukan kau pergi dua hari ke sekarat hari ke adalah Ujian Kecergasan Jasmani Kebangsaan (UKJK). Diingatkan bahawa hanya calon BERJAYA melepasi peringkat penilaian saringan kesihatan dan UKJK sahaja yang akan meneruskan aktiviti penilaian PAC (Copied what was written on the email). Kiranya, if you pass the UKJK and Ujian Saringan Kesihatan, then only you are qualified to sit for the whole PAC.
- Day 1: UKJK
UKJK consists of simple physical test:
So today I would like to share with you my first PTD journey. Tapi sebelum itu, I would like to share a very happy news. I passed my PTD Assessment Centre (PAC) on last January 2017. Yayyyyy. Kiranya I'm heading to the third stage. Wee.
Okay before we start, let me give a simple introduction on what is PTD. PTD basically stands for Pegawai Tadbir Diplomatik. So ini adalah salah satu jawatan dalam kerajaan. Tentang tugasan PTD ini, it helps to plan and implement the government's policies. So if you interested in government's activities and policies, wanna be apart of our country's future planning, yes you try to apply okay?
STEP 1: APPLY THROUGH SPA PORTAL
Alright. Lets start with the first major basic thing you should do. Of course. You should apply through the SPA Portal: http://www.spa.gov.my/ . Yes, kalau takda akaun tu, daftar lah akaun baru, senang je. As easy as ABC. Isi lah maklumat diri anda semua ok. Pastu mohon jawatan PTD (gred M41). Tunggu lah jika ada panggilan nanti. Biasanya jawatan kekosongan PTD akan di war-warkan di Portal SPA. So just alert. If you are not that alert pun, at least you have friends to tell you ke apa. Ok? I was in Policy studies so of course lah tentang PTD ni macam hahahahhaha impian besar harapan tinggi menggunung lololol. So mmg bila daftar SPA je aku dah siap siap apply for PTD. Kebetulan pada tahun lepas (2016), ada panggilan untuk jawatan kosong PTD. So yah tak lama lepas itu, pada bulan 11 tu ada dapat email tentang Peperiksaan Online Memasuki Perkhidmatan Pegawai Tadbir dan Diplomatik.
STEP 2: ONLINE TEST
Yeap, it's all started with an online test. You will receive the email that you are qualified to sit for the test. On the email, they will provide you the details such as your password (angka giliran) as well as the link lah untuk jawab exam tu. Kemudian, ada lah informasi seperti tarikh, pukul berapa apa semua.
Untuk peperiksaan online ni, dia ada 2 seksyen:
1. Seksyen A: Pengetahuan Am
2. Seksyen B: Daya Penyelesaian Masalah
Hahahahahahah for the Pengetahuan Am ok lah boleh lah sebab I used study Asean apa semua. Basically it's all about your own country, Malaysia ku gemilang (Have you heard about this song? This was the song on 2008). If you well aware of those then you'll be alright. Soalan yang paling aku ingat sekali tentang siapa pemenang paralimpik tu. Hahaha.
Okay untuk Seksyen B eh? I can say it was hard. Ianya tentang matematik dan logik. Ada soalan memang betul betul guna daya pemikiran logik. Like you don't have to calculate ke apa. Tapi just think logically. Tapi most of them is calculation lah. Aku ada 4 soalan aku tertinggal. Tak sempat. Hahahahaha. Time was my enemy. Tepat je masa habis, dia terus hantar jawapan kau ok. Aku nak tembak je tapi tulah tak menyempat jadi, untuk 4 soalan tu selamat tinggal sayangku.
Sebenarnya tentang bentuk bentuk soalan, kau boleh buat research sikit. Google je contoh contoh soalan supaya kau boleh suaikan diri dengan jenis jenis soalan dia. Takda lah terkejut ke apa kan. Sebab kadang-kadang contoh lah macam soalan fikir logik tu, orang boleh pening kepala tau sebab soalan dia agak susah. Tapi bila fikir logik, you just need to think how to solve je sebenarnya.
STEP 3: PAC
Alhamdulillah, 2/12/2016 dapat email yang aku lulus Peperiksaan Online yang telah diadakan pada 23 November 2016. Masa itu, I was at A Famosa Resort, Melaka with Elia and her family. Jujur aku nervous. Hahahahahhahahaha. Nervous lah dapat ke tak pergi next stage. Lepas tu, I was with Elia pulakkan, kalau aku tak lulus sedih lah hati ini. Elia was also passed the online test. Ok enough with that.
Ini dia PAC. Haha. What is PAC? PAC stands for PTD Assessment Centre. Ni macam second stage lah. Before aku pergi PAC, aku baru sebulan lebih mengikuti latihan SL1M di Menara Maybank.
Masa apply cuti tu, hahahaha Head of Department aku was like
"baru kerja dah nak cuti?"
and I said lah "Ni penting, I have to bcs I'm attending PAC"
"What is PAC?"
"PTD Assessment Centre"
and she gave me full support. She asked me to believe in everything. I need to be positive and confident. I'm so blessed to receive such inspiring words. She was indeed so supportive. Well, it feels good when people believes in you. Berita mengenai pergi PAC or PTD suddenly slowly spread around my office? Yeap esoknya sorang manager ni bagi semangat dan motivasi aku perlukan saat itu. Terima kasih ya semua. I really appreciate those efforts (:
Ok back to our topic. PAC eh? Ye PAC. Masa tu 23rd December when I received an email from SPA regarding PAC. As usual, the details of PAC were included on the email, such as the venue, the date and etc. Aku dapat di Intan Wilayah Selatan, Kluang, Johor pada 11/1/2017-12/2/2017. PAC ni lama lah sebenarnya weh, I mean the last date betul betul habis semua sesi PAC satu Malaysia ni was 26/1/2017 if I'm not mistaken. So nak tunggu tu keputusan kau layak ke tak tu memang ambil masa. Ye, PAC 2 hari tapi yang menentukan kau pergi dua hari ke sekarat hari ke adalah Ujian Kecergasan Jasmani Kebangsaan (UKJK). Diingatkan bahawa hanya calon BERJAYA melepasi peringkat penilaian saringan kesihatan dan UKJK sahaja yang akan meneruskan aktiviti penilaian PAC (Copied what was written on the email). Kiranya, if you pass the UKJK and Ujian Saringan Kesihatan, then only you are qualified to sit for the whole PAC.
- Day 1: UKJK
UKJK consists of simple physical test:
- BMI: Tinggi, berat, BMI.
- Ujian genggaman tangan (hahahahhahahah ni ada lah alat genggaman tangan dia untuk tengok kekuatan genggaman tangan kau)
- Ujian bangun tubi eh bukan tekan tubi. (Ni first test aku hahahahahha patah pinggang belakang)
- Ujian duduk dan jangkau (I failed this)
- Ujian larian ulang alik 20 meter (Bleep test): Basically bleep test ni paling intense kot.
Penting lah sebenarnya untuk kau exercise sebelum pergi PAC. Try buat slow slow semua ni. Persediaan itu amat penting ya tuan tuan puan puan. Maka sebelum pergi, wajar lah utnuk awak google contoh contoh ujian ini dan cuba buat di rumah. For the Bleep Test, Kak En bagi tips untuk download apps bleep test dia telefon pintar anda dan gunakan lah sebaiknya. It wasn't that easy. Masa tahu lulus untuk pergi PAC, all I did was naik bukit je masa senggang. Sekadar nak dapat balik kekuatan. Masa buat latihan bleep test tu, memang half dead. Hahahahahh. Gila kau, lama kot tak exercise. Aku pulak bukan dilahirkan untuk short distance running. LOL. Lepas tu, masa buat tu, memang banyak lah sangkut. Kak En cakap at least round 3 dah okay. Masalahnya masa latihan tu aku cecah like 2.9 je. Aku memang low in self motivation. Kesian betul lah. Aku cuak ah if PAC as hard as my training kan. Im gonna be dead.
Masa hadirkan diri untuk PAC, aku ada sorang kawan ni. Her name is Elaine. She's from Melaka and she's currently completing her master at USM. Kita sama sama cuak okay nak buat bleep test. Hahahahah. Tapi alhamdulillah we passed. I was so proud of her. Sebab dia dapat buat bleep test dengan jayanya. She reached almost level 4 and I got 4.5 masa tu jadi aku buat kesimpulan bleep test tu not as hard as my training. If you are unsure with the structure of bleep test, you can google or watch the videos on youtube (;
Okay lepas UKJK, kita kena rehat jap dalam pukul 12pm-2pm sambil tunggu keputusan. Yes keputusan UKJK keluar pada hari itu jugak. Nama nama yang tak sebut, berjaya melangkah ke ujian seterusnya. Alhamdulillah me and Elain we both passed our UKJK and we were ready to sit for written test.
- Day 1: Ujian Penulisan
Ujian Penulisan ada dua seksyen juga:
1. Seksyen C - Esei Bahasa Melayu. Masa tu tajuk tu aku lupa. I think it was about environment.
2. Seksyen D - English Language Essay (It was regarding Uber and Grab)
Jawab dalam masa 30 minit. Haaaa memang nak tercabut lah jari jemari ni. Hahaha.
Selepas itu, ada group activity. Dia dah pecahkan anda kepada beberapa kumpulan. Then, dia arahkan untuk bina satu objek yang kukuh mengunakan beberapa barang yang disediakan mengikut spesfikasi yang dimahukan. I'm not sure if lain lain INTAN, lain lain aktiviti berkumpulan. I forgot to ask my friend on this. Sebab member aku jalan PAC kat INTAN Perak. Aku ingat spaghetti, tape and tanah liat je weh. Masa ni, dah ada Pegawai Psikologi yang memerhatikan gerak geri anda. Dan Pegawai yang sama ni berada pada keesokkan harinya. Satu kumpulan ada 2 Pegawai Psikologi. Dia tengok je perangai kau (hahaha tipu je :p)
Selepas itu, ada group activity. Dia dah pecahkan anda kepada beberapa kumpulan. Then, dia arahkan untuk bina satu objek yang kukuh mengunakan beberapa barang yang disediakan mengikut spesfikasi yang dimahukan. I'm not sure if lain lain INTAN, lain lain aktiviti berkumpulan. I forgot to ask my friend on this. Sebab member aku jalan PAC kat INTAN Perak. Aku ingat spaghetti, tape and tanah liat je weh. Masa ni, dah ada Pegawai Psikologi yang memerhatikan gerak geri anda. Dan Pegawai yang sama ni berada pada keesokkan harinya. Satu kumpulan ada 2 Pegawai Psikologi. Dia tengok je perangai kau (hahaha tipu je :p)
OMG! It's already 10:16pm. Nak pack sebab esok kerja. I wish I can finish this. See you next time okay for my Day 2 PAC.
Much love,
