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Commercial assessment and development centre

Are you a commercial specialist? Do you want to enter the Government Commercial Function? This brochure shows you what to expect on your assessment day.

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Details

If you are a commercial specialist and you want to enter the Government Commercial Function, you will undergo 1 day of classroom based tests and training.

This is at the Commercial Assessment and Development Centre (ADC). Its purpose is to recruit commercially astute professionals into the Government Commercial Function.

This brochure shows you what to expect on the day. It also covers why the Centre is important for government.

Updates to this page

Published 8 May 2018
Last updated 14 June 2023 + show all updates
  1. Updated the document: Commercial assessment and development centre as we have included some additional information (attribute definitions) to help participants prepare for the ADC - this is an extension of the existing document.

  2. Added Version 2 of the brochure.

  3. First published.

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