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Garda Reserve B.R Form (for background checks)

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    #302
    hogster
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3 ✭hogster


    hi im looking to join the reserves so thought id put up a post
    i applied last october to the guards but have not heard anything and that no one is being taken on for some time so thought i would join the reserves

    i applied for the reserves on publicjobs.ie and stupidly was waiting for email with an application form and have realised the form is on public jobs.

    so i am currently filling out the form and looking for small bit of help:

    -where can i get an original copy of my leaving cert results as i don't think i have it?

    - what address should the application and copies be sent to as i don't see one on the form?

    -i was an apprentice electrician and have worked in prisons an needed garda clearence should i put that down on the form?

    -finally i was just made redundant and currently looking for job will that hinder me at all?

    help to the above questions would be greatful as i want to get it in the post asap.

    many thanks


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    #303
    munster4868
    Closed Accounts Posts: 780 ✭✭✭munster4868


    hogster wrote: »
    hi im looking to join the reserves so thought id put up a post
    i applied last october to the guards but have not heard anything and that no one is being taken on for some time so thought i would join the reserves

    i applied for the reserves on publicjobs.ie and stupidly was waiting for email with an application form and have realised the form is on public jobs.

    so i am currently filling out the form and looking for small bit of help:

    -where can i get an original copy of my leaving cert results as i don't think i have it?

    - what address should the application and copies be sent to as i don't see one on the form?

    -i was an apprentice electrician and have worked in prisons an needed garda clearence should i put that down on the form?

    -finally i was just made redundant and currently looking for job will that hinder me at all?

    help to the above questions would be greatful as i want to get it in the post asap.

    many thanks

    Hi,
    To answer your questions:
    Where do you get the leaving cert: Your school:

    Where do you send the form: You email it back to public jobs.ie (email address should be on the form:

    Will you make reference to the garda clearence you have: Doesn't matter, they will do it again anyway, you might mention it as it could speed things up a bit!

    Will you been unemployed hinder your application: No.

    Hope that helps....
    There is also a tread on here that details out everything that you are likely to go through in applying for the G/R.:D


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    #304
    DK47
    Closed Accounts Posts: 543 ✭✭✭DK47


    munster4868 wrote: »
    Hi,
    To answer your questions:
    Where do you get the leaving cert: Your school:

    Where do you send the form: You email it back to public jobs.ie (email address should be on the form:

    Will you make reference to the garda clearence you have: Doesn't matter, they will do it again anyway, you might mention it as it could speed things up a bit!

    Will you been unemployed hinder your application: No.

    Hope that helps....
    There is also a tread on here that details out everything that you are likely to go through in applying for the G/R.:D

    to get of your leaving cert you must go to http://www.examinations.ie/ click here for a direct link to the order page. :)


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    #305
    munster4868
    Closed Accounts Posts: 780 ✭✭✭munster4868


    DK47 wrote: »
    to get of your leaving cert you must go to http://www.examinations.ie/ click here for a direct link to the order page. :)

    Ya maybe for the younger applicants who done their leaving in the last 10 years and they would be up on a system somewher but i done my leaving cert 18 years ago, so i called to my school and they were able to write it out again for me. Thank God for filing cabinets.:D


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    #306
    Mc Jakester
    Closed Accounts Posts: 167 ✭✭Mc Jakester


    Just a quick note.......

    Still waiting on back ground checks/meds, six months later. Fingers crossed this side of Dec 09. :) We will all get there soon.......:cool:


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    #307
    we3gkfu6qit95s
    Closed Accounts Posts: 85 ✭✭we3gkfu6qit95s


    hi lads
    i sent my BR form ina around two months ago now still waiting patiently:)
    i was wondering if somebody could tell me the next stage?
    do i have to wait for my checks to be complete before i have the meeting in my station?
    also what would actually disqualify you at this stage regarding the BR form and my meetings?

    Congrats to all those starting this month :)


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    #308
    munster4868
    Closed Accounts Posts: 780 ✭✭✭munster4868


    Kaya Bumpy Wart wrote: »
    hi lads
    i sent my BR form ina around two months ago now still waiting patiently:)
    i was wondering if somebody could tell me the next stage?
    do i have to wait for my checks to be complete before i have the meeting in my station?
    also what would actually disqualify you at this stage regarding the BR form and my meetings?

    Congrats to all those starting this month :)

    Yes youi will have to wait but sometimes you might get the meeting with the super first but will not be called for a medical until the BR checks are done. These B/R checks can take a very long time sometimes, depending on the family (aunts / uncles etc.) and where in the world they are living. About been disqualified, hard to say but unless you have a few black marks against you (bad ones now, not speeding etc) or any members of your family aren't known terrorist's you should be ok, b Hang in there.:cool:


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    #309
    we3gkfu6qit95s
    Closed Accounts Posts: 85 ✭✭we3gkfu6qit95s


    Fair Play to everybody who started good to hear some folks are on track :)
    i know people have been waiting a over a year in some cases for there BR checks iv only been waiting a few months but my god is it frustrating not known whats going on :(
    one question does anybody know if the reserves will give you a real boost when the full time recruitment opens back up or are you in the same boat as everybody else?


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    #310
    Mc Jakester
    Closed Accounts Posts: 167 ✭✭Mc Jakester


    This is how long, Its taking me...Sooooo Far!!!

    Applied: Feb 09.
    Interview/Exam: March 09.
    Sgt. Interview and handed in BR: March 09.
    Super Interview: Late March 09.
    Background checks: : Ending soon 09. HQ tells me....
    Meds: Still awaiting. (Just a little cough now) Ooooh Yeah...:(
    Starting: Nov 09??.


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    #311
    leddpipe
    Registered Users Posts: 513 ✭✭✭leddpipe


    Mc Jakester wrote: »
    This is how long, Its taking me...Sooooo Far!!!

    Applied: Feb 09.
    Interview/Exam: March 09.
    Sgt. Interview and handed in BR: March 09.
    Super Interview: Late March 09.
    Background checks: : Ending soon 09. HQ tells me....
    Meds: Still awaiting. (Just a little cough now) Ooooh Yeah...:(
    Starting: Nov 09??.


    Im pretty similar, had the interview/exam Feb though!
    Can you elaborate on what H.Q. told you re: checks?


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    #312
    Mc Jakester
    Closed Accounts Posts: 167 ✭✭Mc Jakester


    leddpipe wrote: »
    Im pretty similar, had the interview/exam Feb though!
    Can you elaborate on what H.Q. told you re: checks?

    H.Q quote: The last of the background information required on my file, Is coming to an end?? I'd say I'm 85% done on checks! ??? Thats all I know......:confused:


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    #313
    scullersky
    Registered Users Posts: 529 ✭✭✭scullersky


    Hey i don't mean to sound like a ****** but i would say to people waiting on Background checks not to hold there breath. Here's how it went for me so far:

    Applied - Oct 07
    Interview/ Written - Exercise Nov 07
    Met Sergent/Super - Feb 08
    Sent off Gr2(Background form) - Feb 08
    Currently - Still waiting on Gr2 Clearance/Medical Test

    Rang H.Q. last week and wat told there currently still waiting on Background information on my relations abroad & my Background checks are currently ongoing. All the relations i have abroad is 1 aunt and 1 uncle in england and 2 aunts in America. All the rest of my family is in Ireland. These things take time you just have to bare with it :D


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    #314
    Mc Jakester
    Closed Accounts Posts: 167 ✭✭Mc Jakester


    I think we all know things take time, Every case is different...Lucky for me it's straight forward...I'm just going with the flow baby...:)


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    #315
    billyhead
    Registered Users Posts: 9,723 ✭✭✭billyhead


    Mc Jakester wrote: »
    I think we all know things take time, Every case is different...Lucky for me it's straight forward...I'm just going with the flow baby...:)

    Mc,

    I woudn't be too confident of being called. i am waiting for a medical also after initailly applying in January. It maybe next year before were called.


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    #316
    barneycotter
    Registered Users Posts: 55 ✭✭barneycotter


    Just finished filling oout the br firm wat a pain.let's hope it worth it all


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    #317
    rookie09
    Registered Users Posts: 61 ✭✭rookie09


    Hi all

    Just looking for some advice regarding B.R form,It says you need to give the name of a member of A.G.S who would recommend my application.

    I have abit of a problem on this one that I dont know many members of A.G.S.:o

    It also states you need a written reference from your current employer but I was made redundant a couple of months ago.

    any advice would be great


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    #318
    fifth
    Registered Users Posts: 3,135 ✭✭✭fifth


    You should go to your local station and ask a member of AGS would they be willing to recommend you.. even ask whoever you hand your form into would they do it.

    You might need a reference from your old employer, is that possible? If not I'd ask pas/ags about that, I think there's a phone number for the reserves recruitment point of contact somewhere on this forum


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    #319
    kerry4sam
    Registered Users Posts: 15,127 ✭✭✭✭kerry4sam


    rookie09 wrote: »
    Hi all

    Just looking for some advice regarding B.R form,It says you need to give the name of a member of A.G.S who would recommend my application.

    I have abit of a problem on this one that I dont know many members of A.G.S.:o
    ...
    any advice would be great

    This is one question that comes up time and time again and each time the same reply is given for a reason. When you are handing in your form to your station, just ask the Garda present would they mind if they would stand as a reference. If they have some issue with that, and I don't think they should, you can always leave it empty and it won't go against you. Not everyone will know a member of A.G.S. and that's never been an issue for previous applicants.


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    #320
    Hooch
    Registered Users Posts: 4,957 ✭✭✭Hooch


    I agree with Kerry, leave it blank if they dont. It cannot be held against you that you dont know a member of AGS.

    To be honest folks, if I was in the public office and someone I didnt know asked me would I be a reference then I would have to say no. Not because im against the reserve, not because im an awkward member but because at the end of the day it would be my name recommending someone I didnt know......whos to say they dont have ties to ciminal gangs etc. But thats just me:)


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    #321
    rookie09
    Registered Users Posts: 61 ✭✭rookie09


    nice guy always wrote: »
    I agree with Kerry, leave it blank if they dont. It cannot be held against you that you dont know a member of AGS.

    To be honest folks, if I was in the public office and someone I didnt know asked me would I be a reference then I would have to say no. Not because im against the reserve, not because im an awkward member but because at the end of the day it would be my name recommending someone I didnt know......whos to say they dont have ties to ciminal gangs etc. But thats just me:)

    Yeah Ill leave it blank,think N.G.A is right if I was a guard I would nt put my name as a reference for somebody I didnt know,to be honest I probaly would of felt abit awkward:o asking a random guard to be a reference.

    but thanks everybody for your advice


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    #322
    da__flash
    Closed Accounts Posts: 430 ✭✭da__flash


    in regard to being made redundant your employeer is obiliged to supply you with a ref when you leave the company the may not deny you a refrence...


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    #323
    fifth
    Registered Users Posts: 3,135 ✭✭✭fifth


    I won't be able to get a reference off my current employer because the terms of my contract state that they are not in a position to give a reference when I leave the company.. not sure how to get around that one.


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    #324
    da__flash
    Closed Accounts Posts: 430 ✭✭da__flash


    just go to the employeer before your current one...


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    #325
    eroo
    Registered Users Posts: 4,084 ✭✭✭eroo


    nice guy always wrote: »
    To be honest folks, if I was in the public office and someone I didnt know asked me would I be a reference then I would have to say no. Not because im against the reserve, not because im an awkward member but because at the end of the day it would be my name recommending someone I didnt know......whos to say they dont have ties to ciminal gangs etc. But thats just me:)

    Couldn't agree more buddy.

    You are essentially applying for a job, so asking someone who doesn't know you to be a reference.. they should say no because they don't know what your like or whether your suited to the position.


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    #326
    barneycotter
    Registered Users Posts: 55 ✭✭barneycotter


    Hey all just wondering how long does it take till you get the call from the super about the interview and how long do backrounds check take


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    #327
    barneycotter
    Registered Users Posts: 55 ✭✭barneycotter


    Hey all just wondering how long does it take till you get the call from the super about the interview and how long do backrounds check take


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    #328
    kerry4sam
    Registered Users Posts: 15,127 ✭✭✭✭kerry4sam


    barneycotter wrote: »
    Hey all just wondering how long does it take till you get the call from the super about the interview and how long do backrounds check take

    Have you had your meeting with your local Sergeant yet? How long is it since you passed stage1?


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    #329
    barneycotter
    Registered Users Posts: 55 ✭✭barneycotter


    Haven't met d Sargent yet.got an email last wednesday week saying my br form has being sent for backround checks. 7 october is the date I recieved my letter sayin I passed stage one


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    #330
    barneycotter
    Registered Users Posts: 55 ✭✭barneycotter


    Meetin wit seargant 2moro any advice ppl? And is a shirt and tie ok to wear?


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    #331
    kerry4sam
    Registered Users Posts: 15,127 ✭✭✭✭kerry4sam


    barneycotter wrote: »
    Haven't met d Sargent yet.got an email last wednesday week saying my br form has being sent for backround checks. 7 october is the date I recieved my letter sayin I passed stage one
    barneycotter wrote: »
    Meetin wit seargant 2moro any advice ppl? And is a shirt and tie ok to wear?

    Well look at that for timing. You were just asking yesterday about when you should expect a meeting with your local Sergeant and today you post you've the meeting tommorrow.

    Smart/Casual is the way to go. A tie is not necessary even when the meeting comes up with your Superintendent.

    Just stay relaxed and honest and be yourself is all I can say really. Good Luck :)


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