CBP officer

[socalpdcadet]

I was hoping that MHC decided to start being generous and letting us pick another geo during "the call" but I guess that was wishful thinking...lol

[Mole177]

my heart jumped when i saw a cbpo email...

good thing or bad thing?? either way it's something.

turns out it's just a newsletter.

[IamWolf]

my heart jumped when i saw a cbpo email...

good thing or bad thing?? either way it's something.

turns out it's just a newsletter.

Newsletter? For the month of March??

[IamWolf]

Jk I just saw it. Nice. Any update from MHC is a good one in my book.

[Rms16]

Just got the call this morning for San Francisco. I report for pre-academy on August 13th, and then head to the academy on Sept. 12th to Jan 25th. Does anyone know of any places that are reasonably priced where I can stay for a month?

Congrats!! Am I correct to assume that most the steps from BPA transferred over to CBPO and that's why you flew through the process? If not then DAMN that's awesome, no waiting room for you haha.

Edited: sorry posted this before I got to your explanation.

[Rms16]

sounds like a day at jury duty that repeats itself until you "Get the call"...

Ya, that about sums it up haha.

[casadenewman]

Got the call to set the appointment for medical.

[Firebug]

Question: Why people here says that the salary for G5 will be around $900 every 2 weeks if the SALARY TABLE 2012(LEO) says $20.86 per normal hour? So, $20.86 x 2080(hours) = $43,388.8 a year before discounts.

I am using 2080= 40 hrs per week, 52 weeks per year.

Then, why the application says
"SALARY RANGE: $31,315.00 to $38,790.00 / Per Year"

I don't understand, I am taking the information from www.opm.gov

How we can I know the true colors?

Or we need just to follow that table using whatever they say annual rate or hourly rate?

Thank you.
Source:
http://www.opm.gov/oca/12tables/indexLEO.asp

CBPO's are not paid on the LEO table either.

FB

[Rms16]

CBPO's are not paid on the LEO table either.

FB

Ya, I was thinking that too Firebug. I wasn't 100% sure so I didn't want to put my .02 in.

[Darth Vader]

Hey guys, Do they hold your feet for the sit-ups during the PFT-2? Thanks

[Rissa220]

Hey guys, Do they hold your feet for the sit-ups during the PFT-2? Thanks

Yes they do. And they hold them much better than those nurses from PFT-1. I kept practicing with my feet under the couch.

[IamWolf]

Hey guys, Do they hold your feet for the sit-ups during the PFT-2? Thanks

From what I remember, the test administrator asked if I wanted him to hold it. My answer was an obvious YES. Yours should be too. If he doesn't ask just make sure you let him know you want him to hold your feet.

[LennyXDM]

Received a call today to schedule my PFT 1 and got an envelope notifying me of my VBT/SI on 08/07. Hang in there everyone, and hope you all have a great weekend & fourth of July.

[merlin436]

FWIW, the 'LEO' pay scale runs from GS-03 to GS-10.

Even if the 'LEO' pay scale applied to CBPOs it would only be relevant to a person for the first 2-3 years. Everybody GS-11 or greater makes standard GS pay.

[allandchen]

Yeah my signature is a bit confusing so let me clarify a bit. I took the original CBPO exam back in 2008 and ended up in TSU around late 2009 but they never called. I applied for BP back in 2009 and failed the test the first time. I retook the BP test back in 2010 and passed. From that point 10 months later I was at the academy for BP, but in the end law got me and I was sent home. I tried to switch my geo preference for CBPO to the SWB, but MHC said that the exam had changed so I had to retake it. My original application was still open and I was in TSU for about the 3rd time after a few updates. I passed the CBPO retake which I took on April 21st, but I got a lower score (73). They sent me an NOR, but no TSL. Ultimately since that original CBPO application was still open and I was in TSU since 02/08/2012 the call came today. Hopefully that clears things up.

So your GEO for CBPO is not SWB then, correct? Still a bit confusing after reading your explanation. If I was correct, you were saying you originally had a different GEO back in 2009, and when you tried to switch to SWB, they didn't let you because you were already in the process? Well, either way, congrat!!