Cork City Fire Brigade Recruitment 2012

seniorstaff

Hi all
The word on the street is that CFB are going to be advertising this friday in the IRISH EXAMINER;)

Det. John Kimble

Any idea on how many people they will recruit?
I guess my chances of getting in would be low because i heard theres hundreds going to apply for it!

djor88

Good to hear CFB may be recruiting, I'm in the process of selection with Waterford City Fire Service, from what I've heard, not as many people actually attended selection exams for Waterford Fire Service as was expected, so I'd say chances of getting in are always a bit better than you'd originally think. Keep an eye on the Irish Times tomorrow, also the CFB website..I'll be applying if they are recruiting, we definitely won't get it if we don't apply, that's the only certainty..

Best of luck to all who do apply!

seniorstaff

Det. John Kimble wrote: »

Any idea on how many people they will recruit?
I guess my chances of getting in would be low because i heard theres hundreds going to apply for it!

there is talk of 18 recruits needed, there will be thousands not hundreds applying, best of luck with it

morgan2009

there shall be alot alright as northern ireland fire service last year had 40 positions and over 6.000 applied,, good look to all,

djor88

18 recruits, that's promising! Will definitely be applying! Best of luck to all who apply!

maddog1983

how do you go about applying so does anyone know plz?

Atlantis50

maddog1983 wrote: »

how do you go about applying so does anyone know plz?

It's all explained in the advert:

http://www.publicjobs.ie/publicjobs/...dvert/4348.htm

maddog1983

Thanks alot!

leonard o farrell

I want to be certain if i registered properly for the recruitment for the cork city fire brigade. What do i do. Is the internet the only way of register . Thanks

djor88

Leonard: Yeah you register for job alerts on publicjobs.ie, then choose emergency services/security alerts, and anytime an opportunity arises in Fire/Gardai/Medics etc, you'll be sent an email alert..

http://www.publicjobs.ie/publicjobs/...dvert/4348.htm

King Eric

Hey all, I've just applied for this on the publicjobs.ie website.

Just to check that everyone else just had to put in very basic details, name address, PPS number and ticked a couple of check boxes to confirm that you have a drivers license and leaving cert.

I was sure it would be more involved and want more information/ a cv at this stage, have I missed something or at this stage is it that easy?

searescue

Yup, that's it. Was surprised myself.

seniorstaff

Cork city council will only be giving out application forms to those that pass the phychometric tests ,then the fitness tests, and after they have done the fire brigade tests eg hose running/ladder climb. confined spaces etc etc, so the final selection will be from a very small group who have passed all the stages and will be given forms to fill before the interview process
This way they save on wasting application forms and staff hours sorting out those forms etc etc,it is said that the recruits will be starting training in september so that means job offers in mid july
18 recruits are being sought
Best of luck to all applicants

King Eric

@ seniorstaff makes total sense. I thought they'd try narrow down the numbers a bit before doing all the tests. Then again, thinking about it, it's probably easier to let a computer and stats figure it out all rather than going through thousands of cv's

@searescue Thanks a mil, you've put my mind at ease.

Det. John Kimble

seniorstaff wrote: »

there is talk of 18 recruits needed, there will be thousands not hundreds applying, best of luck with it

thanks for that

searescue

Anybody with any updates on this?

MacOwen

Heard nothing yet

djor88

Likewise, nothing yet, I believe we'll be contacted in April with details, I'd assume it'll be through the Publicjobs messages on their site...

Headshot

What is involved in the Aptitude Test? Is it like you watch a video a Try to remember objects in different rooms and oxygen time test ?

seniorstaff

The phycometric tests will weed out a lot of applicants, then the fitness tests will bin a lot more, then your down to the practical job related tests , that has lost a lot of people in the last few recruitments,eg people who are afraid of darkness and confined spaces/ fear of heights/ and those who crack under pressure as they may be very fit etc but when they put on a B.A set and go into confined spaces in darkness ,that sorts it out pretty quickly

Best of luck with the application

seniorstaff

Headshot wrote: »

What is involved in the Aptitude Test? Is it like you watch a video a Try to remember objects in different rooms and oxygen time test ?

Read the stuff available re aptitude tests on the website, fire service related tests are quite thorough and only those who are capable get through it;)

Blooming

Applied for this position in February. Was having another look at the information booklet and saw that I am meant to get an acknowledgement of receipt of my application within one day what format does receipt come in?
I received no email but on my public jobs account it shows my application is 'submitted'. Is this ok? I'm just a little worried as the closing date is tomorrow night:eek:. Thank you.

Giojohn

@ Blooming

I did get an E-mail from Public jobs straight after i Submitted my application ,it says that if you do not receive confirmation you should contact Pamela O Meara on 01 8587694.
Maybe you should ring to put your mind at ease

Best of luck,let the best 18 win

B2deF

Any dates on when these tests will take place? I assume being from Dublin will not be a disadvantage?

Any good free online examples of aptitude tests?

Giojohn

we wont hear anything until the 9th of April at the earliest

searescue

Giojohn wrote: »

we wont hear anything until the 9th of April at the earliest

Really? Ah, the wait...

seniorstaff

The applications are being processed and applicants will be hearing sometime in april
They hope to be starting recruit training by the end of september so there wont be any undue delays once they get going
the original figure was 18 recruits , but it seems due to the financial side of things it may be only 12, this is unconfirmed as yet

if anyone knows any of the last probationers that were taken on,my advice would be to pick there brains as to what was involved

This selection process is going to be long and hard and a very high level of fitness and physical strength is a MUST, if you are claustrophobic or have a fear of heights dont bother going any further as you will NOT get through the Fire Brigade Tests
Best of luck to all applicants

miseannmarie

Any idea if you can apply late? Was away and only seeing this now and I have been waiting so long for them to recruit!
Any help much appreciated

morgan2009

miseannmarie wrote: »

Any idea if you can apply late? Was away and only seeing this now and I have been waiting so long for them to recruit!
Any help much appreciated

hi there,,
it says on my email from publicjobs

You should complete the questionnaire in one sitting and it must be
completed by 5pm on Monday 2nd April.

hope this helped you..:D

miseannmarie

Where can I access this ??

Giojohn

Your online application form must reach the Public Appointments Service no later than midnight, Thursday 15th March 2012.

imonboard

Did i read or hear somewhere that we should get an invitation to the aptitude test the week of the 9th of April?

B2deF

I have done the online questionnaire and waiting for the email detailing the next stage

djor88

@imonboard; they said the earliest we'll hear would be this week, so it could be any time from now on...You can imagine the sheer amount of applicants that went for it, they'd have an awful lot to go through...

In the same boat as you lads, waiting to hear about next stage... Keep posting..

Cheers!

dave1982

Got through to next stage anyway.Neptune Stadium 25/04/12

Philush

ditto myself, 9 am, now to get work off! hope ye all have similar luck

imonboard

Received the email too. Heard over 2000 applied. Don’t know how true that is.

Headshot

I find it strange there's only 2 tests in the familiarisation material

djor88

Just received the email as well, good luck to all who are heading for the tests! I'm on 24/4 at 11.30am

markmaguiree

I got the E-MAIL myself , just wondering if there is anyone from the cork area or knows there way around cork here . im travelling from dublin down and my test is on 24th at 9am so im just gonna travel down the night before and shack up in a hotel . can anyone advice me what hotel would be the closest to the neptune basketball arena ,

cheers in advance

mark

PS , although so many applied , there is always gonna be the slackers , who applied at the spur of the moment and wont bother making the travel from around the country . fingers crossed

Giojohn

In the e mail it said you need to bring your full driving licence or you wont be sitting the exam its going to be a tough week to try and get it done

flipper15

@markmaguiree, The maldron hotel on John Redmond street is prob the closest. Its about 15 mins walk at the most (UPHILL!). Parking around neptune is bad at best and at 9 will be manic I'd say. PM me if ya want help/directions, am on at the same time-good luck.

markmaguiree

Cheers flipper ....... Ill have a look into that , i might dig out the tent and set it up in the car park in at the neptune ha .

searescue

Ye all set for Wednesday?

markmaguiree

I'm on tomorrow at 9 .... On the way down from Dublin .. Stay over the night

sitja

do anyone have any idea of how many tests to expect tomorrow.?

Headshot

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sitja

on the ball.. So how did everyone get on in the test today..

King Eric

I stupidly ran out of time on the first test and missed the last 5, I really hope it was worth my while going back through the others as I did them to double check.

The second one I found some of my answers didn't match up with their answers at all. I double checked them but couldn't find my mistake, but due to the time just had to keep moving, anyone else find the same, in particular the last 4 or 5 questions? I probably rushed them and messed up

In between the 2 tests I was trying to work out how many candidates there are. I heard numbers of as high as 8000 today.

I counted 48 seats in my centre, 6 centres and I reckon they are doing max 4 sessions a day over 2 days so I reckon that's 2304 max number of candidates.

This seems close to the 2000 imonboard had heard....

markmaguiree

King Eric wrote: »

I stupidly ran out of time on the first test and missed the last 5, I really hope it was worth my while going back through the others as I did them to double check.

The second one I found some of my answers didn't match up with their answers at all. I double checked them but couldn't find my mistake, but due to the time just had to keep moving, anyone else find the same, in particular the last 4 or 5 questions? I probably rushed them and messed up

In between the 2 tests I was trying to work out how many candidates there are. I heard numbers of as high as 8000 today.

I counted 48 seats in my centre, 6 centres and I reckon they are doing max 4 sessions a day over 2 days so I reckon that's 2304 max number of candidates.

This seems close to the 2000 imonboard had heard....

Apparently there are 3 sittings a day over the course of 2 days .

I found the numerical fairly easy if I'm being honest but I was always good at quick calculations . Got them all done and re-done .

I think I done good in test 1 , but that wouldn't be my strongest point . I didn't go far wrong anyways .

I'd be fairly confident to be back down on the 15th