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A Couple of Questions

  • 11-11-2011 12:29am
    #1
    CFC4lyfe
    Registered Users Posts: 117 ✭✭


    Hey there, just wondering if it's ok to ask a few questions. If not close this thread:)

    Anyway I'm not sure what I want to do when I leave school and being a Garda is something I've looked into and I'd like to find out more.

    1) I don't know how to swim but I'll learn. How good a swimmer do you have to be in order to a Garda?

    2) I'm really lacking in muscle. I know during the medical/fitness test that this comes along somwhere. Just wondering what level of strength they expect from you

    3) I've been on the CAO, Qualifax and Garda College website but haven't gotten any info as to where I go after the Leaving Cert. Any help?

    4) And finally, anywhere I can get any info on Open Days?

    Thanks for anyone that helps.


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  • #2
    itsallgood
    Closed Accounts Posts: 587 ✭✭✭itsallgood


    CFC4lyfe wrote: »
    Hey there, just wondering if it's ok to ask a few questions. If not close this thread:)

    Anyway I'm not sure what I want to do when I leave school and being a Garda is something I've looked into and I'd like to find out more.

    1) I don't know how to swim but I'll learn. How good a swimmer do you have to be in order to a Garda?

    2) I'm really lacking in muscle. I know during the medical/fitness test that this comes along somwhere. Just wondering what level of strength they expect from you

    3) I've been on the CAO, Qualifax and Garda College website but haven't gotten any info as to where I go after the Leaving Cert. Any help?

    4) And finally, anywhere I can get any info on Open Days?

    Thanks for anyone that helps.

    Have a read through the threads here and everything is answered. If you were on the Garda website you would have seen there are no open days as there is no recruitment. If its what you want to do I suggest You put in the time and research everything rather than getting others to do it. Talk to gardai and study the website it has everything you need to know.


  • #3
    CFC4lyfe
    Registered Users Posts: 117 ✭✭CFC4lyfe


    itsallgood wrote: »
    Have a read through the threads here and everything is answered. If you were on the Garda website you would have seen there are no open days as there is no recruitment. If its what you want to do I suggest You put in the time and research everything rather than getting others to do it. Talk to gardai and study the website it has everything you need to know.

    I wasn't aware there were no recruitments and I assumed there because IIRC they were at a huge Open Day event a few weeks back. (The Gardaí that is)

    I only asked the questions because I thought someone could help me out as I'm trying to gather more info. I don't see how that's getting others to do things for me.


  • #4
    gardapa
    Registered Users Posts: 101 ✭✭gardapa


    I have to agree with itsallgood. Time after time people come on here and say things like 'Ive always wanted to be a guard but how do I put it on my cao or Is there only the one garda college in the country and where is it?'

    I knew the application process and everything else about the job when I first started secondary school because I looked into it. I was preparing myself far in advance.

    Anyway like itsallgood said if you go on to the relevant websites such as publicjobs.ie, garda.ie or even this website you will find all the information you need to know.


  • #5
    HighTower88
    Registered Users Posts: 64 ✭✭HighTower88


    CFC4lyfe wrote: »
    Hey there, just wondering if it's ok to ask a few questions. If not close this thread:)

    Anyway I'm not sure what I want to do when I leave school and being a Garda is something I've looked into and I'd like to find out more.

    1) I don't know how to swim but I'll learn. How good a swimmer do you have to be in order to a Garda?

    2) I'm really lacking in muscle. I know during the medical/fitness test that this comes along somwhere. Just wondering what level of strength they expect from you

    3) I've been on the CAO, Qualifax and Garda College website but haven't gotten any info as to where I go after the Leaving Cert. Any help?

    4) And finally, anywhere I can get any info on Open Days?

    Thanks for anyone that helps.

    Here's the answers you were looking for..

    1) It's now an requirement that all new recruits are able to swim. As well as having a full driving licence and a first aid course.

    2) Being fit and having a BMI lower than 30 would be more important than being muscular.

    3) It will be probably be at least 18 months - two years before any recruitment takes place. When it does happen it be advertised on publicjobs.ie. There's five phases to pass in order to be accepted into Templemore. they include an aptitude test, Interview and report writing, A meeting with your local superintendent, a medical examination and a physical examination.

    My advice to you is pass your leaving cert and then gain some life experience by either going to college, working or travelling. It be tough passing an interview if you're just fresh out of school. Once you turn 18 you'll be eligible to apply for the Garda Reserve provided that there still recruiting. This is invaluable experience for anyone who has any ambition in becoming a Garda. In this role you're attached to a Garda Unit and you assist them in there regular duty. You also have limited powers of arrest under the criminal law act and the traffic act.

    Best of luck!


  • #6
    King Ludvig
    Closed Accounts Posts: 640 ✭✭✭King Ludvig


    gardapa wrote: »
    I have to agree with itsallgood. Time after time people come on here and say things like 'Ive always wanted to be a guard but how do I put it on my cao or Is there only the one garda college in the country and where is it?'

    I knew the application process and everything else about the job when I first started secondary school because I looked into it. I was preparing myself far in advance.

    Anyway like itsallgood said if you go on to the relevant websites such as publicjobs.ie, garda.ie or even this website you will find all the information you need to know.

    So you went onto the internet to find out about a career in the Gardaí? Not too much different to what the OP is doing here...albeit from a different website. We have the info, why not help an interested party out?!!


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  • #7
    CFC4lyfe
    Registered Users Posts: 117 ✭✭CFC4lyfe


    Thanks alot for the help. Much appreciated :)


  • #8
    gardapa
    Registered Users Posts: 101 ✭✭gardapa


    The way I look at it is if someone cant find this information out for themselves without asking on a public forum then they really arent that interested in the job!


  • #9
    msg11
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,572 ✭✭✭msg11


    gardapa wrote: »
    The way I look at it is if someone cant find this information out for themselves without asking on a public forum then they really arent that interested in the job!

    That's the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard.


  • #10
    gardapa
    Registered Users Posts: 101 ✭✭gardapa


    Well thats your opinion and I respect that!


  • #11
    King Ludvig
    Closed Accounts Posts: 640 ✭✭✭King Ludvig


    gardapa wrote: »
    The way I look at it is if someone cant find this information out for themselves without asking on a public forum then they really arent that interested in the job!

    Id say the opposite! Registering an account and typing up some questions shows his interest in the job. Personally Id prefere to get opinions/advice from real people when inquiring about a job, especially if those people are in that job!

    But I respect your opinion also my friend! ;)


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  • #12
    ghost86
    Registered Users Posts: 50 ✭✭ghost86


    High tower, is it not a recommendation that all future garda applicatants should be able to swim? as opposed to a requirement?


  • #13
    RonBurgundy73
    Registered Users Posts: 37 ✭RonBurgundy73


    I think what gardapa is saying is that the majority of the OPs questions are answered in one or other of the other threads on here and there's no need for everyone who wants info just to start a new thread. Just read/ask in the relevant thread.

    As for the most asked question, i.e. when is recruitment likely etc., no one can answer that for you, beyond guessing that is.

    To the OP, this forum is by far the best source of information on the process that you'll find online. Personally, I got a lot of information about the process from a member who had been through it, but if you read through the threads, you'll find as much info as you need. As far as the new recommendations go, I don't think it would hurt to become a better swimmer (as that is part of the old course anyway), and things like first aid etc, are always going to stand to you anyway, especially if they do bring them in as requirements for future campaigns.

    Best of luck with it anyway.


  • #14
    clayton1
    Registered Users Posts: 130 ✭✭clayton1


    HighTower88 wrote: »
    Here's the answers you were looking for..

    1) It's now an requirement that all new recruits are able to swim. As well as having a full driving licence and a first aid course.

    2) Being fit and having a BMI lower than 30 would be more important than being muscular.

    3) It will be probably be at least 18 months - two years before any recruitment takes place. When it does happen it be advertised on publicjobs.ie. There's five phases to pass in order to be accepted into Templemore. they include an aptitude test, Interview and report writing, A meeting with your local superintendent, a medical examination and a physical examination.

    My advice to you is pass your leaving cert and then gain some life experience by either going to college, working or travelling. It be tough passing an interview if you're just fresh out of school. Once you turn 18 you'll be eligible to apply for the Garda Reserve provided that there still recruiting. This is invaluable experience for anyone who has any ambition in becoming a Garda. In this role you're attached to a Garda Unit and you assist them in there regular duty. You also have limited powers of arrest under the criminal law act and the traffic act.

    Best of luck!

    spot on with that post.

    I am a reserve member since 2008. I took a sabatical and spent the last 9 and half months in new zealand. Going back to the station this week to pick off where i left off.

    can't believe its at least another year before recruitment again though, nasty.


  • #15
    Geri Boyle
    Registered Users Posts: 1,128 ✭✭✭Geri Boyle


    OP This thread may answer other questions you may have also, so if you havent already had a good read through it, it might be no harm.
    Best of luck with it.


  • #16
    WilcoOut
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,778 ✭✭✭WilcoOut


    ghost86 wrote: »
    High tower, is it not a recommendation that all future garda applicatants should be able to swim? as opposed to a requirement?

    isnt the old fire brigade saying ´if you hear splashing in the water, the gardai have arrived?!´


  • #17
    Canyon86
    Registered Users Posts: 1,223 ✭✭✭Canyon86


    HighTower88 wrote: »
    Here's the answers you were looking for..

    1) It's now an requirement that all new recruits are able to swim. As well as having a full driving licence and a first aid course.

    Hightower,

    these are not confirmed yet and are only recommendations


  • #18
    collig2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 35 ✭collig2


    Would you need some sort of certificate to prove you can swim from a local instructor (if this even exists) I wonder?

    Also with regards the first aid course; I was under the illusion that a course was facilitated for recruits once they entered the college?

    But I suppose with the level of competition that will be present when recruitment does finally come around all these courses and qualifications wont go to waste as every Tom, Dick and Harry with a law degree will be applying!:rolleyes:


  • #19
    First Aid Ireland
    Closed Accounts Posts: 190 ✭✭First Aid Ireland


    collig2 wrote: »
    Would you need some sort of certificate to prove you can swim from a local instructor (if this even exists) I wonder?

    Also with regards the first aid course; I was under the illusion that a course was facilitated for recruits once they entered the college?

    But I suppose with the level of competition that will be present when recruitment does finally come around all these courses and qualifications wont go to waste as every Tom, Dick and Harry with a law degree will be applying!:rolleyes:


    You will do a first aid course when you start in Templemore. To the best of my knowledge it's a FETAC level 5 occupational first aid course. I've no idea if doing one beforehand will confer an advantage onto you when applying, though.


  • #20
    WilcoOut
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,778 ✭✭✭WilcoOut


    collig2 wrote: »
    Would you need some sort of certificate to prove you can swim from a local instructor (if this even exists) I wonder?



    i wonder if a PADI open water cert woud suffice?

    surely................


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