Andalusia’s Servicio Andaluz de Salud runs one of the largest recurring public-sector hiring rounds in Spain, and Celador/a is its lowest-barrier entry post. Here is what the role, the selection process, and the test itself actually involve, drawn from the bases generales and the official temario.
What is the Celador/a SAS exam?
The Celador/a SAS exam is a 50-question multiple-choice paper that forms the oposición half of a concurso-oposición selection process for hospital porter posts in Andalusia’s public health service. It runs 90 minutes and carries 3 additional reserve questions that only come into play if the selection board later annuls a scored item. Base 2.2.4 of the bases generales (Resolución de 22 de enero de 2025, BOJA núm. 17) sets these figures for Grupo E categories, the group Celador/a falls under via the Estatuto de Personal no Sanitario.
Who can apply for the Celador/a role?
Almost anyone with a Certificado de Escolaridad or an equivalent qualification can apply. Base 3.2 of the bases específicas (Resolución de 4 de febrero de 2025, BOJA núm. 26) sets this as the sole titulación requirement, the lowest of any category in the same convocatoria; roles like Auxiliar Administrativo/a or Telefonista ask for a Técnico, ESO or Graduado Escolar qualification instead. The 2025 sitting offered 1,225 acceso libre places and 175 for promoción interna.
What does the Celador/a selection process involve?
The process is a concurso-oposición split 50/50 between the written test and a scored review of your prior service and training. The oposición phase is eliminatory on its own: score below the pass line described below and your concurso points, whatever they are, never come into play. Applications go through the Ventanilla Electrónica de Profesionales, and paying the €13.15 fee electronically drops it to €10.15.
What topics does the exam cover?
The official temario runs 19 temas (Anexo XVII, BOJA 151/2024), split between subjects shared across SAS categories and subjects specific to the celador’s own duties. The first ten, the bloque común, cover the Spanish Constitution, Andalusia’s Estatuto de Autonomía, health-system organisation, data protection, workplace risk prevention, and the statute governing SAS staff. The bloque específico that follows covers the celador’s role itself: ward and surgical-block duties, supplies and internal transport, workplace risk prevention specific to the post, emergency self-protection plans, and healthcare waste handling.
Two temas from that syllabus, communication skills and patient movement and transfer, are deliberately left without questions in most study material built from open sources: neither has a citable public authority precise enough to write verifiable test items from, and a confidently worded wrong answer about moving a patient would be a safety claim rather than a trivia slip. A responsible study tool should say so rather than guess.
Is this the same as Celador/a-Conductor/a?
No, they are separate categories. Celador/a-Conductor/a has its own 29-tema syllabus (Anexo IX) and its own paper, 75 questions in 120 minutes, quite different from the 50-question, 90-minute Celador/a exam described above. The two categories also fill separate place counts in the same convocatoria, so checking which one you are actually applying for matters before you start studying.
Celador/a SAS at a glance
| Figure | |
|---|---|
| Selection process | Concurso-oposición, 50/50 |
| Scored questions | 50 (plus 3 de reserva) |
| Time limit | 90 minutes |
| Titulación required | Certificado de Escolaridad or equivalent |
| Application fee | €13.15 (€10.15 paid electronically) |
| Application window | 15 business days via VEC |
| Source | Bases generales, Resolución de 22 de enero de 2025 (BOJA 17); temario Anexo XVII (BOJA 151, 2024) |
Passing the concurso-oposición starts with clearing the test, and that comes down to knowing the 19-tema syllabus cold under a formula that penalises wrong guesses. Test Oposiciones España runs timed Celador/a SAS mocks built from this exact temario, scores them with the same penalty formula the real exam uses, and cites the provision behind every answer so you can check it yourself.