September 2010 intake

jmc1546

Just thought i would start a new thread for members that might be starting there training this september.

I just checked my emails to find that i have a invitation to attend the Garda College on september the 3rd and 4th for phase 1 training.

If anyone else is going down for it comment and mabe we can organise something.



John.

kerry4sam

well done jmc1546(John) and best of luck to everyone else aswell heading to Templemore in September

walkthisway

jmc1546 wrote: »

Just thought i would start a new thread for members that might be starting there training this september.

I just checked my emails to find that i have a invitation to attend the Garda College on september the 3rd and 4th for phase 1 training.

If anyone else is going down for it comment and mabe we can organise something.



John.

ye heading down myself on the Thursday night. Im a bit confused do we have to stay the friday night aswell?

kensey

walkthisway wrote: »

ye heading down myself on the Thursday night. Im a bit confused do we have to stay the friday night aswell?

Yes, phase 1 will take place on the Friday and Saturday inclusive with accommodation provided for on both nights

Just ring the college beforehand and reserve your room

jmc1546

Do you have to ring and reserve a room??

I asked the same question in my reply to the email i got inviting me and they said that you can just arrive on the thursday before 12am and they will have all the names that should be arriving and they will set you up from there.

Im confused now too?

O ya congrats walkthisway. Its a long time comming but we got there in the end.Lol Should be good to get started.

kensey

jmc1546 wrote: »

Do you have to ring and reserve a room??

I asked the same question in my reply to the email i got inviting me and they said that you can just arrive on the thursday before 12am and they will have all the names that should be arriving and they will set you up from there.

Im confused now too?

O ya congrats walkthisway. Its a long time comming but we got there in the end.Lol Should be good to get started.

Ya, I'd ring if I were you. Arrive @ 12am the day before???
That's punctuality to the extreme!! You do realise that the training will start on the Friday morning?
If I were you, I'd ring the college, "reserve" (see what I did there!!:)) the room, and go down at your leisure

jmc1546

Wel thats what they daid in the email that you can arrive anytime on thursday from 5pm to 12 midnight. After that you have to be there for 10am on the friday.

Ya i might just do that. Any number that i could ring?

Ps. I like what ya did there.Lol

kensey

jmc1546 wrote: »

Wel thats what they daid in the email that you can arrive anytime on thursday from 5pm to 12 midnight. After that you have to be there for 10am on the friday.

Ya i might just do that. Any number that i could ring?

Ps. I like what ya did there.Lol

Garda college 050435400

Arrive down about 9 or 10pm. There's a nice pub across the road called Pollys. Good for a few Stout! Don't go mad though, remember your time and effort to get this far.
Above all, enjoy it. I found it great, you will make good friends and have a laugh along the way! Best of luck with it

jmc1546

Thanks for that.

Ya woundnt mind going down and meeting up with a few the night before.

Ya im excited now i cant wait to get started rely.

Thanks for all the advice. Its a great help.

kensey

jmc1546 wrote: »

Thanks for that.

Ya woundnt mind going down and meeting up with a few the night before.

Ya im excited now i cant wait to get started rely.

Thanks for all the advice. Its a great help.

Anytime!

That's the great thing about this forum, everyone is willing to help out.

Be sure to let us know how you get on

niceoneted

Yeah get done in time for a pint in Pollys across the road!! Compulsory when you are there!
Good luck to you all.

shampon

niceoneted wrote: »

Yeah get done in time for a pint in Pollys across the road!! Compulsory when you are there!
Good luck to you all.

...just remember to keep controversial opinions to yourself while your there.

jmc1546

shampon i will do. Weather and sport only as topics.Lol

I wounder if anyone can help. But a few months ago a member (Could of been one of the mods) put up a check list of thinks that you should bring with you to phase 1 training. At the time i saved it but my computer crashed and it was lost.

Have been searching for a few days for it but no luck.

kerry4sam

For everyone heading down, I found this post by Scouser that I think is worth a quick read on phase 1 and this thread on the college.

Spartan09

jmc1546 wrote: »

shampon i will do. Weather and sport only as topics.Lol

I wounder if anyone can help. But a few months ago a member (Could of been one of the mods) put up a check list of thinks that you should bring with you to phase 1 training. At the time i saved it but my computer crashed and it was lost.

Have been searching for a few days for it but no luck.

I would say definitely, if possible, head down on the Thursday night. A few people in my group left it until the Friday morning to come down and got lost, stuck in traffic etc and were late, never looks good. The first morning is straight forward enough, mostly signing forms, getting orientated, meeting college staff etc. Pen and paper is necessary. Tracksuit (not shorts) and t-shirt for initial self police self defence training.

Re Polly's, would have to agree is great for bonding with your group over a few quiet pints. Would have to say in the strongest terms, do not go mad on the beer. Some of the younger members of our group hit a local nightclub and one had to leave the self defence training to be sick during it. The instructors will not allow anyone to continue with the training if they smell of alcohol the next morning. I stick to a 3-4 pint maximum with bed by 11.30 but thats not for everyone, common sense and knowledge of your tolerance is needed. The training staff have also been known to enjoy an odd drink in Polly's too so not in your best interests to get hammered in front of them!

Its a gentle enough introductory weekend and is very enjoyable, best of luck with it.

shampon

Spartan09 wrote: »

I would say definitely, if possible, head down on the Thursday night. A few people in my group left it until the Friday morning to come down and got lost, stuck in traffic etc and were late, never looks good. The first morning is straight forward enough, mostly signing forms, getting orientated, meeting college staff etc. Pen and paper is necessary. Tracksuit (not shorts) and t-shirt for initial self police self defence training.

Re Polly's, would have to agree is great for bonding with your group over a few quiet pints. Would have to say in the strongest terms, do not go mad on the beer. Some of the younger members of our group hit a local nightclub and one had to leave the self defence training to be sick during it. The instructors will not allow anyone to continue with the training if they smell of alcohol the next morning. I stick to a 3-4 pint maximum with bed by 11.30 but thats not for everyone, common sense and knowledge of your tolerance is needed. The training staff have also been known to enjoy an odd drink in Polly's too so not in your best interests to get hammered in front of them!

Its a gentle enough introductory weekend and is very enjoyable, best of luck with it.

This man has it spot on, if you go overboard as some have done, it will be a longer day for you...it's already long enough you dont want to make it any longer by being hungover to bits. Seen it happend all the time with my phase. Now I'm not saying that they were all raging alccoholics, but there was a few green faces during the PSD, while I was bright eyed and bushy tailed...:rolleyes:;)

jmc1546

Thanks for the advice guys. Think i will go down the thursday night just to be on the safe side.
Pity there doesnt seem to be many fon here going down on this intake. Would of been good to organise a meet in polly's for a few.

Just cant wait to get started now.

kensey

shampon wrote: »

...just remember to keep controversial opinions to yourself while your there.

And your hands out of your pockets! (seriously!)

walkthisway

kensey wrote: »

And your hands out of your pockets! (seriously!)

haha cant wait to get started on all of this now!they wont have us up for runs at 4 30 in the morning will they??:-D

kensey

walkthisway wrote: »

haha cant wait to get started on all of this now!they wont have us up for runs at 4 30 in the morning will they??:-D

Nobody told you about that?? I'd suggest a decent pair of running shoes.
Oh ya, and a good loud alarm clock!!

walkthisway

only a few more days now folks

starman08

kensey wrote: »

And your hands out of your pockets! (seriously!)

Ha Ha yeah thats very true... and learn how to say vehicle properly

jmc1546

walkthisway wrote: »

only a few more days now folks

Ya cant wait now. Im all ready and waiting.

You going down thursday night?

walkthisway

jmc1546 wrote: »

Ya cant wait now. Im all ready and waiting.

You going down thursday night?

Ye I rang them yesterday we can head down on the Thursday night between 6 and 12 so Ill head down for about 9 id say. Maybe pop over to Pollys :-)

jmc1546

Ya i was thinking about going down around the same time.
Is it just the two of us that are going that are on here?

Im definitely going to pollys anyway to see what all the hype is about. Lol

jmc1546

I have to echo that everyone who has completed phase 1 and say it was one of the best weekends I have had in the long time.

Got to meet some great like minded people and learn a lot in a very short period of time from introduction legislation, communication skills to how to protect yourself with self defence (Really good fun).
Instructors were great and very helpful and answered any question you might have.

Cant wait to go back for phase 3 now.

John.

kensey

jmc1546 wrote: »

I have to echo that everyone who has completed phase 1 and say it was one of the best weekends I have had in the long time.

Got to meet some great like minded people and learn a lot in a very short period of time from introduction legislation, communication skills to how to protect yourself with self defence (Really good fun).
Instructors were great and very helpful and answered any question you might have.

Cant wait to go back for phase 3 now.

John.

Enjoy phase 2 also. I found it gives a great insight into how the whole system actually works.

Plus obviously it's very handy to know these things for phase 4

Best of luck with all the rest of it.

Good to hear phase 1 was enjoyable

Scouser

jmc1546 wrote: »

Cant wait to go back for phase 3 now.

John.

Phase 4 is a million times better!

on phase 2 your training staff can help you with your station for phase 4.

HQ will try accomodate reserves with a station near to work/home (although not your home district)

my advice on picking your station is to pick somewhere BUSY not HANDY.

pick a rough enough area i.e. Finglas, Blanchardstown, Tallaght, Crumlin etc as opposed to Kill O the grange, Terenure etc. It will make your time as a GR more interesting and your time on phase 4 more beneficial.

It can be easy to pick a station based on a short commute, but adding that extra 20mins or few mile to get to a busier station will be well worth it in the long run.

Any questions you may have on any part of Garda Reserve training <Mod Snip...just ask in the threads, this is a discussion forum and it's going to be more or less the same for everyone>

Scouser

HighTower88

Hi,

Hows everyone fixed for the Legal exam? Seems to be a lot in it to cover but the training sergeants say its pretty easy.
Anybody get any official confirmation about phase 3? Is it still the weekend after next?

jmc1546

Wel im doing a few hours every evening now at this stage. Dont know if we should learn everything word for word but im trying to. We were told it would be handy enough too but if i aim high i can only fall so much.Lol

Notting offical about phase 3 but AFAIK its still taking place of the friday and sat the 5th and 6th of november.

Im going to ring today to say im going down the thursday night so if there is changes im guessing i will find out then.

senordingdong

jmc1546 wrote: »

Just thought i would start a new thread for members that might be starting there training this september.

I just checked my emails to find that i have a invitation to attend the Garda College on september the 3rd and 4th for phase 1 training.

If anyone else is going down for it comment and mabe we can organise something.



John.

When did you sit your apptitude exam John?

eru123

senordingdong wrote: »

When did you sit your apptitude exam John?

there is no aptitude for the reserve. you go straight to interview.

HighTower88

jmc1546 wrote: »

Wel im doing a few hours every evening now at this stage. Dont know if we should learn everything word for word but im trying to. We were told it would be handy enough too but if i aim high i can only fall so much.Lol

Notting offical about phase 3 but AFAIK its still taking place of the friday and sat the 5th and 6th of november.

Im going to ring today to say im going down the thursday night so if there is changes im guessing i will find out then.

Yea im doing a bit myself each evening too but I don't now what to expect. I haven't seen any sample questions/answers. Do you know how long the exam takes? And are we all taking it at the same time and date?

jmc1546

From what i was told by our tutor that its 60mins long but he also said that you will have it done and checked within 20mins and not to worry about time.
I haven't got/given any sample questions eather but most of the questions will be based on a multiple choice style questions.
Templemore have set that the official date of the exam to be on Tuesday November 2nd but that's flexible to each center. I'm doing it on the 2nd.

man mountain

jmc1546 wrote: »

From what i was told by our tutor that its 60mins long but he also said that you will have it done and checked within 20mins and not to worry about time.
I haven't got/given any sample questions eather but most of the questions will be based on a multiple choice style questions.
Templemore have set that the official date of the exam to be on Tuesday November 2nd but that's flexible to each center. I'm doing it on the 2nd.

Good Luck next week, im still waiting on my BR checks so hopefully i'll get through next year. Is there much studying on certain laws or crimenology? Im asking as im studying Forensics.....

jmc1546

Just rang the garda college there and phase 3 is still on the 5th and 6th of November as planned.

HighTower88

jmc1546 wrote: »

From what i was told by our tutor that its 60mins long but he also said that you will have it done and checked within 20mins and not to worry about time.
I haven't got/given any sample questions eather but most of the questions will be based on a multiple choice style questions.
Templemore have set that the official date of the exam to be on Tuesday November 2nd but that's flexible to each center. I'm doing it on the 2nd.

Best of luck with it. I think someone said during phase one last that nobody has ever failed this exam so we should be ok. (although you don't want to be the first either!!).

jmc1546

HighTower88 wrote: »

Best of luck with it. I think someone said during phase one last that nobody has ever failed this exam so we should be ok. (although you don't want to be the first either!!).

Thanks. Dont think im fully ready for it but im going to give it my best effort.

Wel we were told that there was one person to fail in our area. But they could see it comming because he didnt do any work. He passed the second time though.Lol

Pass or fail were all going to phase 3 because exams wont be marked in time.

Spartan09

man mountain wrote: »

Good Luck next week, im still waiting on my BR checks so hopefully i'll get through next year. Is there much studying on certain laws or crimenology? Im asking as im studying Forensics.....

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HighTower88

jmc1546 wrote: »

Thanks. Dont think im fully ready for it but im going to give it my best effort.

Wel we were told that there was one person to fail in our area. But they could see it comming because he didnt do any work. He passed the second time though.Lol

Pass or fail were all going to phase 3 because exams wont be marked in time.

Well how did it go for you? I thought there was a few tricky questions in it. Even my training sergeant said he didnt know a of the few answers himself! I think I did enough to pass it, but not by much.

jmc1546

Fair play well done.
Didnt go too bad for me eather. I think i passed anyway so thats the main thing.
Ya there was a few tricky ones but if you had read the material then you would of known most of them.

It will be more important to know your Acts and Sections for when were down in templemore doing the role plays and the like.

jmc1546

Any tips from anyone who has completed phase 3. Much of a difference from phase 1?
Our intake is heading down again this weekend.

May of said phase 4 by mistake.

HighTower88

jmc1546 wrote: »

Any tips from anyone who has completed phase 4. Much of a difference from phase 2?
Our intake is heading down again this weekend.

Did they send you anything by email or in the post about the details for phase 3?? I haven't seen anything about it apart from a letter that they sent to my training sergeant which stated about having our haircut short and also to be there for 8am on friday.

jmc1546

No i dont think we get any more info other then what you were told before your exam.

We were told the same stuff! Just make sure you have you picture face on.Lol

HighTower88

jmc1546 wrote: »

No i dont think we get any more info other then what you were told before your exam.

We were told the same stuff! Just make sure you have you picture face on.Lol

Cheers mate, I thought they would of sent something out to us. Are you heading down the night before or are you going down on friday morning? 8am is an early start!

jmc1546

No problem.

Ya going down tomorrow night. Booked in last week. The guy in admin said that they didnt want us to go down the night before but i managed to twist his arm.

Glad i did now when i found out the 8am start.

HighTower88

jmc1546 wrote: »

No problem.

Ya going down tomorrow night. Booked in last week. The guy in admin said that they didnt want us to go down the night before but i managed to twist his arm.

Glad i did now when i found out the 8am start.

Should of done the same myself, probably to late to book now. Will ring them tomarrow to see. Surprised they didnt have beds for everyone on the thursday nite. Seems a bit unreasonable seeing as were doing this as volunteers. Will have to leave home at 5am with the way it is now.

jmc1546

Well i thought it was strange myself. I cant see why they wouldnt have rooms for everyone. Its not like its going to cost anymore. We would be using the rooms a few hours later anyway.

Give it a shot i cant see him saying no if you ask.

jmc1546

I have to say phase 3 has to be the best and busiest two days that i have had in a good while.
Its hard all the same too. The pain is just starting to go from me today.Lol

But anyone who is waiting to get trough to this stage, it will be worth the wait.

Bring on Phase 4.

lavman

Anyone hear anything on what's going on in phase 4 and what stations you got? Haven't heard anything yet.

jmc1546

No got no contact yet myself. Was worrying i was the only one.

When you going down for the ASP course?