RECRUITMENT 2011

[Monger]

Gasman - are calculators permitted in the aptitude test?

Yes and you can use a dictionary and thesaurus for the spelling and comprehension.

[wdnulk2no]

Yeah man! i took a calcualtor to mine! it was awesome, then they give 5 mins at the end of each test to discuss with everyone your answers and change the ones you think you got incorrect. Also if you can get your hands on the answer book your allowed to bring that in too!

[BT085]

Haha! Didnt think it was a silly question considering all exams I have been in @ uni, trade school etc say bring in calcs etc.. Prob a good thing that no calcs then as it means the maths questions cannot be that hard....

[flyonthewall]

Posted by: BT085 
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Haha! Didnt think it was a silly question considering all exams I have been in @ uni, trade school etc say bring in calcs etc.. Prob a good thing that no calcs then as it means the maths questions cannot be that hard....

Do yourself a favour, go to the library and find some aptitude test books. It varies each time so what you study for might not even be in the test. Be prepared for anything.

[Scottie]

Hi all and good luck to all that have applied. Apart from the library does anyone know where else you can get some practise questions for both tests? Have heard that there is 700 applicants and still growing.  Should be contacted early April about the shuttle so have been told.

[Monger]

Hi all and good luck to all that have applied. Apart from the library does anyone know where else you can get some practise questions for both tests? Have heard that there is 700 applicants and still growing.  Should be contacted early April about the shuttle so have been told.

Just google "aptitude testing" and you should find a heap.

[Scottie]

cheers Ferret.  Will do that and hopefully get started.  First time at having a go.  Should have done this ten years ago when Dads mate said I should. He has just retired after 33 years. Said best thing he ever did was joining.
Scottie

[BT085]

Its never too late scotty.. How old are u mate? Im also going first time, wish I did this 5 years ago wen I was 20!

[Monger]

Its never too late scotty.. How old are u mate? Im also going first time, wish I did this 5 years ago wen I was 20!

25 is a good age to get in. You are mature enough and have been out in the real world for long enough to realise how good the job is.

[Scottie]

I am 37 years young. About ten years ago Dads mate said i should give it a go but at the time I was earning nearly $10,000 more than he was.  Was younger and starting a family. Four kids later I wish I took his advise.  Working three different jobs and had enough.  But have decided to give it a shot as it will always be a what if I don,t.

[wicky]

800+ applicants.

hope you all sent in your scanned qualifications etc.

[Monger]

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[Scottie]

Friend of mine has been a fire fighter for two years now and tells me it is the best job he has ever had and is not the best paying job he has had but would not give it up for quids. 

Have been doing some running with him and I am no where near his fitness.  He is the same age as me and just loves the idea of being fit spending time with the kids and wife.

Any way I wish you all the best and if you don,t succeed keep on trying

[Andrew K]

how many of those 800 would they take to pat 1?

[tft]

Most, only the people how stuff up the application miss out.
I think over the last few intakes about 50 stuff up the application or don't have the correct paperwork.

[Monger]

Most, only the people how stuff up the application miss out.
I think over the last few intakes about 50 stuff up the application or don't have the correct paperwork.

The Pat1 will not remove many applicants either. At a guess i would say absolute maximum 50 would fail it(more likely about 20). If you fail the pat1 then you were obviously not serious about joining or got injured close to the testing because it is not a high level to get to and you can practise it plenty of times before hand to make sure you can reach the 9.6

[Scottie]

With the numeracy and literacy test how do they work out the 100-150 people they interview? Is it worked by an average score then they take the first 100-150 people in that average score? Take it they let you know by email or do they actually ring you?

[wicky]

With the numeracy and literacy test how do they work out the 100-150 people they interview? Is it worked by an average score then they take the first 100-150 people in that average score? Take it they let you know by email or do they actually ring you?

the pyschometric test eliminates a lot of people.

[flyonthewall]

Posted on: Today at 06:10:17 PMPosted by: wicky  

Quote from: Scottie on Today at 01:41:57 PM
With the numeracy and literacy test how do they work out the 100-150 people they interview? Is it worked by an average score then they take the first 100-150 people in that average score? Take it they let you know by email or do they actually ring you?



the pyschometric test eliminates a lot of people.

The test eliminates lots of people due to the high pass mark that is required. It is not an average score that decides the numbers. It used to be a score of 90% or higher, although I'm not sure if it still is now? The pass mark may come down a little, pending on how many drill squads are being taken.

[Monger]

With the numeracy and literacy test how do they work out the 100-150 people they interview? Is it worked by an average score then they take the first 100-150 people in that average score? Take it they let you know by email or do they actually ring you?

They will probably just email all test dates until after interviews. Dont expect too much info during the whole process, they dont like to give too much away.

[Scottie]

Cheers for the updates.  Just hate the waiting game.  My mate said to me not to be dis-hearted if don't make the 18 but said try and make sure in the top 36 as people get called in to do the pat 2 test.  He said they did not advertise but took on the next group of 18.  Has anyone else heard this before?

[Monger]

Cheers for the updates.  Just hate the waiting game.  My mate said to me not to be dis-hearted if don't make the 18 but said try and make sure in the top 36 as people get called in to do the pat 2 test.  He said they did not advertise but took on the next group of 18.  Has anyone else heard this before?

They only ever do 1 lot of applications per year. After the interviews they will rank the applicants from 1 to 100. Then as the need recruits they will take the first 1-18 then if they need another squad they will take 19-36. This is presuming no one fails the pat2 medical or police clearance. If they need 18 they will prob get 20 to do pat2 incase anyone fails. It is common for them to take 2 or 3 squads from one lot of applications.

[Scottie]

Thanks Ferret.  My aim is to be in the top 18 as i am sure so is everyone else, but knowing if you get in the top 54 there is still chance of being called up.  As of Monday will be checking email daily so bring it on.

[Zander]

Good luck Scottie.

I called locher on monday and Abi said there was about 1000 applications.

[Gfoss]

1000 applicants!! what a joke!! Why did they have to go and make it easier to apply? they were already getting 300 plus applicants for potentially only 18 positions. surely that was enough. People are going to get rejected for the smallest things now.