• A genuine desire to help others
• To be seen by others as being approachable
• Clarity of personal values and an unwillingness to arbitrarily impose those values on others
• To have shown some leadership potential
• Sense of commitment and dedication

Sense of maturity as measured by:-

• acceptance of responsibility
• tactfulness and respect
• confidentiality
• exercising sound judgment and common sense accurate perception of self and others
• accurate perception of self and others

A GPA over 2.5 or an average of at least 3  in CAPE

Second year students who apply to do this programme can choose to do so to receive 3 co-curricular credits which can count towards their degree programme.  Those doing the course for co-curricular credit are required to do assignments that will be graded.

Application forms can be collected from the Secretary, Room 14 University Health Centre in the period starting the second week of September until the second week of October.

Initial training is held in January for the entire week preceding the start of Semester 2.   On-going training sessions are held on three Thursdays per month at 2 – 4 p.m.  Attendance at all training sessions is mandatory.

Please note that the programme is open to undergraduate and postgraduate students who are NOT in the final year of their programme.