Student paramedic 2013

Gawley · 24-04-2013 1:29pm

anybody have some links on where to practice that apptitude test. They are using diagram sequence tests, not too many available online

McCoy · 24-04-2013 3:56pm

BX 19 wrote: »

August.

really ? that would be great , I know it says the panel goes live in August 9th bit I wasn't expecting them to run a class from it til Oct or Nov , what makes you say August ?

sjb25 · 24-04-2013 4:47pm

McCoy wrote: »

really ? that would be great , I know it says the panel goes live in August 9th bit I wasn't expecting them to run a class from it til Oct or Nov , what makes you say August ?

I would of tought the same by time medicals etc are completed altough would be great of it was

Gawley · 25-04-2013 10:40am

sjb25 wrote: »

I would of tought the same by time medicals etc are completed altough would be great of it was

from what I hear the last batch from previous panel has nearly finished their training so this next panel will be started quiet soon. They are starting to run short as there are alot of retirements coming up. They are running short of cover in some areas. I have heard of people having to cover outside of their area(midlands into West and such), which is very unusual.

Mycroft H · 25-04-2013 11:48am

McCoy wrote: »

really ? that would be great , I know it says the panel goes live in August 9th bit I wasn't expecting them to run a class from it til Oct or Nov , what makes you say August ?

Ahh sorry, I though you were asking when the panel went live. I'll ask around when I the classes could possibly start.

sjb25 · 25-04-2013 12:27pm

Gawley wrote: »

from what I hear the last batch from previous panel has nearly finished their training so this next panel will be started quiet soon. They are starting to run short as there are alot of retirements coming up. They are running short of cover in some areas. I have heard of people having to cover outside of their area(midlands into West and such), which is very unusual.

Oh very good hopefully so would be great just got to concentrate on getting a good place on the panel and things could move quiet quickly then...... Wel got to get over aptitude test first obviously

going a bit mad practicing ha I will be dreaming of triangles etc

Gawley · 25-04-2013 12:30pm

yeah the aptitude is the first step, hopefully they wont make it too difficult....fingers crossed.

STANDCLEAR!!! · 25-04-2013 1:43pm

Lads I wouldnt go estimating when you will get an offer to start training, just remember the current class has been on the panel since 2010. Depending on your order of merit and funding available you can expect a very long wait.........I'm just trying to break the ice for you guys! :-)

sjb25 · 25-04-2013 2:33pm

STANDCLEAR!!! wrote: »

Lads I wouldnt go estimating when you will get an offer to start training, just remember the current class has been on the panel since 2010. Depending on your order of merit and funding available you can expect a very long wait.........I'm just trying to break the ice for you guys! :-)

I agree totally with you I am expecting a good long wait if I'm honest what I'm hoping for is a place on the panel I would be ecstatic

a good placing will be the icing that il be trying for

and if it started quick another bonus but panel placing is the aim to be honest my main focus is only the aptitude test till after Monday........ But can always live in hope

Gawley · 25-04-2013 5:20pm

I agree, at some stage there they were going to cancel training for some of last panel which would have delayed it even more. All depends on what resources are available.

stevie06 · 26-04-2013 2:57pm

STANDCLEAR!!! wrote: »

Lads I wouldnt go estimating when you will get an offer to start training, just remember the current class has been on the panel since 2010. Depending on your order of merit and funding available you can expect a very long wait.........I'm just trying to break the ice for you guys! :-)

It takes about 2-3months to start a class from when the offers go out, so realistically first class won't be before Oct.

There is funding allocated in the NAS plan for 2013 so that shouldnt hold things up too much, if they want to follow their plan of 96 paramedics to start traing before 2014 they will have a class ASAP once the panel is live, but there are about 5 people left from the 2010 panel so they will get first refusal.... So if they run a full class ( ie no delegates from outside bodies) then prob top 15 ish will get first class.

STANDCLEAR!!! · 27-04-2013 12:41am

stevie06 wrote: »

It takes about 2-3months to start a class from when the offers go out, so realistically first class won't be before Oct.

There is funding allocated in the NAS plan for 2013 so that shouldnt hold things up too much, if they want to follow their plan of 96 paramedics to start traing before 2014 they will have a class ASAP once the panel is live, but there are about 5 people left from the 2010 panel so they will get first refusal.... So if they run a full class ( ie no delegates from outside bodies) then prob top 15 ish will get first class.

I hope it pans out as easy as that.......those of us that is also on the ico panel knows quite well that these things can go up in the air without notice......and the panel lies dormant.......personally I'd love to see it moving quickly and get the training done, it has been a long journey so far! :-)

sjb25 · 28-04-2013 9:41am

Good luck to everybody like me on tommorrow and also the other days

Gawley · 28-04-2013 6:06pm

good luck everyone

McCoy · 29-04-2013 3:19pm

I was in this morning for tests, the only advice I can give is work as quickly as you possibly can... if you don't know one after 15 seconds then just pick one and move on... best of luck to all

sjb25 · 29-04-2013 3:23pm

McCoy wrote: »

I was in this morning for tests, the only advice I can give is work as quickly as you possibly can... if you don't know one after 15 seconds then just pick one and move on... best of luck to all

Was in aswell this morning and this is good advice the time flys in...... Good luck all

parakeith12 · 29-04-2013 9:53pm

I was surprised at how fast the time went, I had practised plenty and I had been keeping to a time limit of 25 secs per Q while studying... and when it can to test time... I was so determined to give it my best shot I became slower in answering, so be really strict on yourself in the analytical reasoning.

McCoy · 29-04-2013 9:56pm

parakeith12 wrote: »

I was surprised at how fast the time went, I had practised plenty and I had been keeping to a time limit of 25 secs per Q while studying... and when it can to test time... I was so determined to give it my best shot I became slower in answering, so be really strict on yourself in the analytical reasoning.

exactly the same as that, its gonna be a long wait for results for me anyway

sjb25 · 30-04-2013 8:27am

parakeith12 wrote: »

I was surprised at how fast the time went, I had practised plenty and I had been keeping to a time limit of 25 secs per Q while studying... and when it can to test time... I was so determined to give it my best shot I became slower in answering, so be really strict on yourself in the analytical reasoning.

It was the verbal I was slow in ended up with not enough time to answer the last question because same as was trying to hard realy the analytical I literally marked the last question when she said stop

just the long wait now and hope I did enough

Gawley · 30-04-2013 11:28am

yes the time flew in, a long anxious wait now for results

STANDCLEAR!!! · 30-04-2013 7:20pm

The verbal reasoning was dumbed down since the 2011 ico selection test, analytical reasoning didn't change. Happy enough but with the shear competition anything can Happen. Good luck on the 17th May guys!! :-)

Parafox · 01-05-2013 4:15pm

When are the tests finished. How do yee feel it went? I thought it was tricky enough, any one else feel the same?

herself_there · 01-05-2013 4:30pm

Parafox wrote: »

When are the tests finished. How do yee feel it went? I thought it was tricky enough, any one else feel the same?

Agreed! I was fairly confident going in having done the prep day with that company but I found the verbal tough, even though I had enough time for it, and I had to guess the last 3 questions in the analytical due to time.
It's my own fault with the verbal because I think they are out to trick me in every feckin question!

Ah well, can't really think about it. Just gotta wait and see.

Parafox · 01-05-2013 5:27pm

herself_there wrote: »

Agreed! I was fairly confident going in having done the prep day with that company but I found the verbal tough, even though I had enough time for it, and I had to guess the last 3 questions in the analytical due to time.
It's my own fault with the verbal because I think they are out to trick me in every feckin question!

Ah well, can't really think about it. Just gotta wait and see.

I know what you saying. I was the bloody same looking for the catch in every question. You know i'd say theres no catch, but that didn't stop me looking for them.

Wineport · 01-05-2013 5:28pm

Yea, the time element was tricky. Had to guess the last few on the analytical meself. Still done and dusted now and good luck to everyone.

smokie32 · 01-05-2013 6:13pm

Thank god it's done. I thought it went ok, got finished just in time. Last time I done those tests I didn't get finished either set in time. Now for the results!

Parafox · 02-05-2013 2:54pm

Spoke to a friend who was on the last session today. Supposed to be 70 taking test. Only 9 turned up. Also girl checking licences told them that over 100 turned away this week for not having correct licence.
Going by this there will be less than the 1000 originally muted who applied. Odds are getting better for those of us who did sit.
Good luck to all. Two weeks to find out tick, tock, tick, tock.

McCoy · 02-05-2013 3:56pm

Parafox wrote: »

Spoke to a friend who was on the last session today. Supposed to be 70 taking test. Only 9 turned up. Also girl checking licences told them that over 100 turned away this week for not having correct licence.
Going by this there will be less than the 1000 originally muted who applied. Odds are getting better for those of us who did sit.
Good luck to all. Two weeks to find out tick, tock, tick, tock.

thats good news , im clutching at straws now like haha

herself_there · 02-05-2013 4:06pm

Parafox wrote: »

Spoke to a friend who was on the last session today. Supposed to be 70 taking test. Only 9 turned up. Also girl checking licences told them that over 100 turned away this week for not having correct licence.
Going by this there will be less than the 1000 originally muted who applied. Odds are getting better for those of us who did sit.
Good luck to all. Two weeks to find out tick, tock, tick, tock.

Why the hell did people show up without the correct licence? Over a 100 is a shocking figure. I read that public jobs message loads of times to make sure I didn't miss anything. That's OCD me though...
I think they were expecting more to show up in our group yesterday because they ended up putting us in with the other group. Only about 35 in the room I'd say

sjb25 · 02-05-2013 4:25pm

herself_there wrote: »

Why the hell did people show up without the correct licence? Over a 100 is a shocking figure. I read that public jobs message loads of times to make sure I didn't miss anything. That's OCD me though...
I think they were expecting more to show up in our group yesterday because they ended up putting us in with the other group. Only about 35 in the room I'd say

It is a very high figure but Supoze could be I was on Monday and there was about 50/60 of us at least but there was about 7/10 of those stickers with the I'd number left on the desk do I assume that means that many didn't get in/show up at my time alone

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