Limerick City Fire and Rescue are recruiting

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http://www.limerick.ie/council/current-job-vacancies

Full Time Fire Fighter
Limerick City and County Council requires full-time fire-fighters.



If you are interested in applying for these positions, you must have successfully completed a physical fitness test by 5p.m. on 28th September 2015.


Full details in relation to the test and the position generally are available on the Briefing Document


Candidates may be shortlisted on the basis of qualifications and experience.


Limerick City & County Council is an equal opportunities employer

mojopin10

Any idea of the expected volume of interest for this?

glic83

mojopin10 wrote: »

Any idea of the expected volume of interest for this?

Interest will be high I'd say, the problem is the money doesn't look great starting off, €860 gross per fortnight. I presume (open to correction) this is the rate you would start at during your 12 month probation, after your training. Maybe somebody could confirm this. Either way I could see the rate of pay being a serious issue for people who are in full-time employment but couldn't take the reduction in wages due to other issues.

mojopin10

Jesus that money is awful alright thought that was a week

D Trent

Yerra I'm sure you could buy a house for cheap enough in Moyross or Carew Park, with a bus service into town.

Be graaand

mojopin10

Would you get more with shift allowance unsocial hours etc?

sjb25

mojopin10 wrote: »

Would you get more with shift allowance unsocial hours etc?

I'd hope so god that pay not great at all

glic83

REMUNERATION
The current wage scale for Firefighter is:
€859.20 -€1699.24 (including LSI) per fortnight gross. This is subject to change at the direction of the Council.

ALLOWANCES, OVERTIME and COMPENSATORY LEAVE
The position qualifies for a series of allowances, overtime and compensatory leave in recognition of the unsocial hours,additional time worked and in accordance with the Council's obligations under the Organisation of Working Time Act.
These are as determined by the City and County Council from time to time and are subject to change. Currently it is proposed that the recruit fire fighter will receive in addition to basic wage a Saturday Allowance, a Meal Allowance and additional per hour payments for working Nights Sundays and Public Holidays. No other allowance such as “living out allowance” is payable.

pauld81

Spoke to HR, that min rate is recruit firefighter with no prior experience. The rate goes up depending on experience and qualifications.

DeltaDelta

Has anyone any idea on what would be considered a reasonable distance from the station? The pay is a bit low alright.

mojopin10

And can anyone shed any light as to why a full time person has to live a certain distance from work? Seems odd when it's not retained

DeltaDelta

Maybe it's a sign of things to come? It could be a way of reducing the number of applicants, i.e. if you are not living in the catchment area, then you will go no further with the application.

apc

mojopin10 wrote: »

And can anyone shed any light as to why a full time person has to live a certain distance from work? Seems odd when it's not retained

Once you can turn up to work at the start of your shift you can live any where you like, You are not on call

mojopin10

It's says in the booklet you need to live a reasonable distance from the station

apc

mojopin10 wrote: »

It's says in the booklet you need to live a reasonable distance from the station

The reason they say reasonable and dont specify a time or distance from the station is because you are not on call. There are people working there who live 40+ miles from the station and did so when they applied for the position

oneway1

Does anyone no how many there looking for

glic83

10 people is what I heard, anyone else hear anything different?

glic83

There seems to be a few places doing psychometric training , who are people going with for the training?

oneway1

I'm doing mine with test preparations it's a two day course

Fire1985

oneway1 wrote: »

I'm doing mine with test preparations it's a two day course

It's beneficial but very expensive.


With regard to where you need to live, I know lads commuting 2 hours each way to work. U can live where u want . They can't make u move

Fire1985

oneway1 wrote: »

I'm doing mine with test preparations it's a two day course

It's beneficial but very expensive.


With regard to where you need to live, I know lads commuting 2 hours each way to work. U can live where u want . They can't make u move

Fire1985

oneway1 wrote: »

I'm doing mine with test preparations it's a two day course

It's beneficial but very expensive.


With regard to where you need to live, I know lads commuting 2 hours each way to work. U can live where u want . They can't make u move

Fire1985

oneway1 wrote: »

I'm doing mine with test preparations it's a two day course

It's beneficial but very expensive.


With regard to where you need to live, I know lads commuting 2 hours each way to work. U can live where u want . They can't make u move

sjc10

Does anyone know when the aptitude tests might be held?Its a little soon after the closing date I know...

seekingthetruth

Aptitude/Psychometric test is next Monday the 12th of October, Does anyone have any good links for sample tests that are free to download and print off?

Shawshank999

Hi guys, anyone do the aptitude test on Monday ?
What ye think of it?
How did ye feel it went?
I though it was tough and did not finish??