An Assistant Trade Controls Officer is mainly deployed on enforcing legislation in relation to consumer protection, including product safety, trade descriptions and fair trading; certificates of origin, import and export licences covering prohibited articles, and import and export declarations; inspecting premises and operations in relation to factory registration and applications for certificates under the Certification of Origin System; conducting cargo examination on goods imported or exported at entry and exit control points and/or other premises; verifying import/export declarations and assessing values of import/export consignments for collection of declaration charges and clothing industry training levy; carrying out licensing and regulatory work on money service operators, including compliance inspection for the purposes of anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing; and conducting investigation under the relevant legislation. An Assistant Trade Controls Officer is mainly engaged in outdoor duties, may be required to work in irregular hours, or to perform shifts and/or on-call duties, and make arrest and give evidence in court.

Candidates should have – (a)(i)Level 2/Grade E or above in five subjects including Chinese Language, English Language and Mathematics in the Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examination (HKCEE), or equivalent (see Note); and (ii)three years' relevant commercial, industrial, accounting or civil service experience; OR (b)(i)a Diploma or Higher Certificate from a Hong Kong polytechnic university/polytechnic, or Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education/technical institute/technical college, or equivalent; and (ii)one year's relevant commercial, industrial, accounting or civil service experience; AND (c)met the language proficiency requirements of Level 2 or above in Chinese Language and English Language in HKCEE, or equivalent; and be able to speak fluent Cantonese and English. (Note :For civil service appointment purpose, 'Grade C' and 'Grade E' in Chinese Language and English Language (Syllabus B) in previous HKCEE are accepted administratively as comparable to 'Level 3' and 'Level 2' respectively in Chinese Language and English Language in the 2007 HKCEE and henceforth.)