Garda Open Day - 2007 Competition

hierro

I decided to open a new thread, I thought that maybe we were cramping the other thread. Competition 2007 will get under way in September - October 2007 and maybe the people who undertake this recruitment program can discuss here.

Attended today myself, A really good day and well worth the four hour round trip. the tour was really appetising and all students and instructors were really helpful and friendly. I had to ask the question of our two student Gardai.

Would it be worth applying to the Garda reserve as an indication to your commitment to serve and as a potiential experiance in later rounds of the competition, both student Gardai had varient views of this, and I can see either point but isn't it something to consider.

damnyanks

Would imagine it shows good initiative and eagerness for the job.

dizbo

Yeah. went to templemore myself yesterday (2 hours drive there, 2 hours back). Nice place. i was told the recruiting might be starting in august. The sooner the better.

TheNog

bloody hell the open day was brilliant. i saw some stuff such as the stringer that i hadn't seen before.

Jay112

Hey folks, was meant to make the trip up myself but Mr.Sickness kicked in and hampered my trip up. Did many turn up on the day?!
Hoping to go for the next competition myself, pending my Leaving cert results!

dizbo

Jay112 wrote:

Hey folks, was meant to make the trip up myself but Mr.Sickness kicked in and hampered my trip up. Did many turn up on the day?!
Hoping to go for the next competition myself, pending my Leaving cert results!

To bad about that. yeah loads of people turned up for it. was a good day.as i said before i was told the next recruitment is in august so good luck with your leaving cert and who knows. might see you at the aptitude test

hierro

I think there's another open day in September. The competition will probably be advertised in august and get underway some time after that.

spurious

Q for those that attended the Open Day...
I teach a Roma boy who is just starting 5th Year - he is very keen to apply to join the guards (and will not need any exemption on the Irish as he has better Irish than many in his class) - I was hoping to bring him down to Templemore for the September Open Day - were most of the attendees older than early fifth year - do you think it would be beneficial for him even at this early stage?

dizbo

spurious wrote:

Q for those that attended the Open Day...
I teach a Roma boy who is just starting 5th Year - he is very keen to apply to join the guards (and will not need any exemption on the Irish as he has better Irish than many in his class) - I was hoping to bring him down to Templemore for the September Open Day - were most of the attendees older than early fifth year - do you think it would be beneficial for him even at this early stage?

Hi. There where children there from primary school. Now obviously they where just getting a tour while the older people where getting information. but other than them. the majority of the people where 6th year and people finishing college. So i'd say bring him on down to the open day in september. he'll enjoy it as it was a good day and its a very nice campus.

cplm

Guys, i too am hoping to apply in aug!! Gook luck to all

whassupp2

How may of you guys are doing leaving cert or are in the age bracket 18/19???
I was just wonderin. I'm considering the Gardaí myself. I've just completed 1st year in college. I know there are benefits to finishing college and then joining the Gardaí (such as better pay and a degree to fall back on) but its a 4 year course and if i really want to join theres no point finishing it.

What do ye think??
I've also heard that 18/19 is too young really to join because people are too immature at that age etc.

Jay112

whassupp2 wrote:

How may of you guys are doing leaving cert or are in the age bracket 18/19???
I was just wonderin. I'm considering the Gardaí myself. I've just completed 1st year in college. I know there are benefits to finishing college and then joining the Gardaí (such as better pay and a degree to fall back on) but its a 4 year course and if i really want to join theres no point finishing it.

What do ye think??
I've also heard that 18/19 is too young really to join because people are too immature at that age etc.

Hey Whassupp, im 18 in the leaving! will be 19 by december.

If you want you could apply anyway and see how far you get in the competition, if you make it you can decide, if you dont then college it is!
18 is the ''minimum'' age so your not too young, But at that age i suppose in an interview they would be looking to see maturity!:D

Jay112:)

collied

To the peolple thinking of joining the gardai at 18 or 19 or straight after school,Would they not consider getting some life experience first and then considering their career path.A lot of work in the Gardai is community related and is dealt with by experience and maturity of the local gardai. a 19 year old turning up to help deal with a family dispute just wouldn't inspire confidence.
I've seen young gardai from Store St and Pearse St Stations thrown into the deep end in Dublin at night having to deal with difficult situations because when these young recruits arrive that means the older Gardai can take up transfers to their preferred postings in local stations leaving recruits to patrol areas like Temple Bar with ZERO experience.

TheNog

I would have to agree with Collied here. Having said that some young people are more mature than others. I'm a Student garda at the moment and I see alot of the younger people could have problems when we are become guards next week. I have some life experience behind at the tender age of 31. I have witnessed some distressing scenes when working at the training station. I got alot of abuse or people crying their hearts out to me. You will be faced with some very difficult situations and you have to be able to deal with them.

jepeto

hi all

i applied last year and some how failed the apptitude,i got in the highest group in the personality test and in the iq test but i failed the scenario test..i was gutted...but it made me realise that its what i realy want!! im 20 & im goin 2 apply again in september but if i dont get in then ill definitly travel for a year and then come back and apply again...so best of luck to all applying in the next recruitment:)

gary the great

Im 23 and just finished a degree which involves a lot of law enforcment so I reckon this will stand to me.

The only thing is, i have a really dodgy knee which makes it difficult to run fast or for long periods, would i fail the medical/fitnes test cos of this?

Mr.Nice Guy

I've heard the vision requirements are very strict. If you're short-sighted should you basically not even bother?

jesus_thats_gre

A friend got laser treatment and got in no bother..

gary the great

What about if you have a really dodgy knee, but are still physically fit and able to run a bit?

Dub22

Hey everyone! So who's applying now this month/Sept?? Can't wait for the advertisements to come out!!:D

John Kimble

collied wrote:

To the people thinking of joining the gardai at 18 or 19 or straight after school,Would they not consider getting some life experience first and then considering their career path.A lot of work in the Gardai is community related and is dealt with by experience and maturity of the local gardai. a 19 year old turning up to help deal with a family dispute just wouldn't inspire confidence.

Pretty good advice there. Joining the Gardai is a big commitment, and I personally think that 18 or 19 is a bit young. That said, I actually got advice about joining from a young Garda, about 23 years old and he probably joined at 19, but he struck me as being far more clued in than his years suggested. Everyone is different, you're going to get mature 18 year olds and immature 27 year olds. Being a 'mature' latter, I don't think I would have been ready for the Gardai even four years ago.
whassupp2, I wanted to quit my course after 1st year in college. I'm now glad I didn't. If you're really unhappy with it then speak to someone in your college about changing but don't make any rushed decisions. You may be glad of your degree in years to come.
Would like to hear from any 'oldies' thinking of joining! For example, what brought you to this decision?

MikeTheMan

When is the next recruitment drive starting? Is it this month??!!

Def re-applying, failed the interview back in May of this year.

PeteK*

I failed it at Christmas.. and having the flu did not help.

• When are the Open Days?

• And do you just turn up and go in?

• Or get put in a group and get a tour?

• And, would they want you wearing a suit or what? Lol.

Thanks for the reply Dub22!

Dub22

Hey all!
Recruitment coming up any week now, very latest will be mid Sept! Keep your eye on publicjobs.ie!
Open day was on 24th May & there's another one on the 20th of Sept, would definately recommend it Chatmaster! I dropped them a quick line to confirm i'd be there in May but there's no need to I found out afterwards from the college! Just go down in comfortable clothes & it's on from 10 am until 3 pm.
It's great, you get to see everything & talk to the students down there at the moment!
What you guys fail on last year?

Dub22

Oh and yes you're put in to groups and brought on a tour!

Naked Lepper

i think it would be an interesting job. like wouldnt be boring or anything.. well except when youre directing traffic and stuff but i really just couldnt lower myself to that level

jepeto

Dub22 wrote:

Hey all!
Recruitment coming up any week now, very latest will be mid Sept! Keep your eye on publicjobs.ie!
Open day was on 24th May & there's another one on the 20th of Sept, would definately recommend it Chatmaster! I dropped them a quick line to confirm i'd be there in May but there's no need to I found out afterwards from the college! Just go down in comfortable clothes & it's on from 10 am until 3 pm.
It's great, you get to see everything & talk to the students down there at the moment!
What you guys fail on last year?

i failed on the apptitude...i got in the highest group in the iq and personality bit but i failed the scenario's...gutted,but ill keep tryin until i get in

MagicMarker

Just checked the garda website and you need two languages in the leaving cert to be considered. How fúcking retarded is this country????? Because i didn't do a second language in my leaving cert SIX years ago i can't even be considered for a position!

Joke!

PeteK*

MagicMarker wrote:

Just checked the garda website and you need two languages in the leaving cert to be considered. How fúcking retarded is this country????? Because i didn't do a second language in my leaving cert SIX years ago i can't even be considered for a position!

Joke!

I'm sure you did Irish. And you're using English now. And there are English exams in all leaving certs.

MagicMarker

Well, you need one language other than English and Irish. Plus i didn't do Irish.

paul666

english and irish count as two languages, but as u said u didnt do irish so yeah ure in a bit of trouble there alright.
how many other people i wonder only hanve english and irish as their two languages i wonder. this is what comes from the website it says....
A qualifying grade in two languages, one of which must be English or Irish, as follows:

English: a grade not lower that D3 at Ordinary Level,

Irish : a grade not lower than C3 at Foundation Level or D3 at another level,

Other language : a grade not lower than D3 at Ordinary Level,

PeteK*

MagicMarker wrote:

Well, you need one language other than English and Irish. Plus i didn't do Irish.

They told me English and Irish were fine. And nothing was said at the interview about it, which is where they're checked...

Celtic07

how long do you be waiting b4 u get called for the aptitude test after u apply?? :cool:

Sony

When will we be able to apply for the next recruitment?

worded

Is it still 5 years + for non nationals to be considered?

Stereophonic

Celtic07 wrote:

how long do you be waiting b4 u get called for the aptitude test after u apply?? :cool:

Like last year, they began advertising in late august/ early September and the Aptitude tests were conducted in November.

run_Forrest_run

gary the great wrote:

What about if you have a really dodgy knee, but are still physically fit and able to run a bit?

I am not sure of the fitness tests but seriously, have you seen some of the lardos garda grads?? They would not be able to run 100 meters they are so hefty. Chief Wigam would be proud of them.

Dublin 9

Hey can any one tell me what happened to the old thread?? cant seem to find it.

tiri

Dublin 9 wrote:

Hey can any one tell me what happened to the old thread?? cant seem to find it.

Hey, its still there.. Go into BIZ, Click on Work&Jobs, A list of links come up,
its about half down the list, under Garda Appitude Tests...:)

Dublin 9

Thanks Tiri, had no idea you had to click into work and jobs, siting for ages trying to find it.:)

MikeTheMan

Dublin 9 wrote:

Thanks Tiri, had no idea you had to click into work and jobs, siting for ages trying to find it.:)

I just checked an old diary from last year and saw that I applied on the 14th August. So hopefully, the next campaign will be open sometime in the next few weeks.
Cheers,
MTM

AStranger

im headin down to the open day. Will they have everything I need to apply at the open day? Iv been searching online and I cant find anything on how to apply to join the guards.

the locust

To apply to join the Gardai you go to www.publicjobs.ie and register with them and keep loggin in and looking for the Garda competition 2007 recruitment campaign. All the forms are filled out online and public jobs does the first half of the recruiting...

flashinbluelite

Lads...good day to you all! great to find there are people out there "suffering" the same garda pains as me,I heard that this years competition will be in the papers and online within 2 weeks ,good news!!! now this will be my third year going for it...as anyone....i mean anyone got any advice how is the sweet lord jasus do you get past the interview?? Twice i got onto the top 5% in aptitude test,Twice i have sat in front of 2 "normal" people and one garda . and Twice i got a "we are sorry to inform you" letter? Whats the longest amount of gos it has taken to get into the Gardes,anyone know (and finally thanks for letting me let off some steam) good luck to each one of you hope to see you in Templemore hahaha

Dublin 9

Hey flashinbluelite... you deserve to let of some steam! congrats on geting in the top 5% twice:) how much preparation did you do for the aptitude tests??
Did you here from pas that the advertisement will be up within 2weeks?
they told me the start of oct so fingers crossed. Not to sure about the interviews, but best of luck this time round.

source

flashinbluelite wrote:

Lads...good day to you all! great to find there are people out there "suffering" the same garda pains as me,I heard that this years competition will be in the papers and online within 2 weeks ,good news!!! now this will be my third year going for it...as anyone....i mean anyone got any advice how is the sweet lord jasus do you get past the interview?? Twice i got onto the top 5% in aptitude test,Twice i have sat in front of 2 "normal" people and one garda . and Twice i got a "we are sorry to inform you" letter? Whats the longest amount of gos it has taken to get into the Gardes,anyone know (and finally thanks for letting me let off some steam) good luck to each one of you hope to see you in Templemore hahaha

Do an interview prep course, they're really good, i failed the first year, went bac k and did a prep course and passed, well worth the money.

jos28

There seems to be loads of places offering training courses for the aptitude test. Does anyone know if some are more highly rated than others.

Sony

Who do the interview prep course and how much would it cost? cheers

03mcgs0

Theres no time to be down there for on the 20th, is there??? They'll probably show us around in big groups i'd say???

jepeto

it wa on the paper today...huge ad that its opening soon...cant wait

hierro

What a had thing to do. It's hard filling out this form. It's really putting me down. I'm 27 years of age and never felt as pathetic in all my life

• Preparing to reach high standards
• Making balanced decisions
• Working with others
• Pesuading others and taking charge.

Fair enough categories but I'm really struggling to put it all together. A nightmare. Painful.