2021 Applicants - Merit List

ThinBlueLine999

I’m attending a vetting interview this month. Has anyone any idea what I should expect?

Paddingtonbear1333

New pay scale now on the psni website

Anonymous4321

its just for 1 year at the minute isnt it?

kelsogi

For the pca it says to allow 1hr 50 minutes. Anyone know what this all entails ? Also is it worth doing the Familiarisation session ? Again it says allow 1 hr 50 minutes for that. Do we get to give the course a go?

psnaye2023

There’s a lot of standing about. You all have to be registered then there’s a bit of time in between then they let you have 5-10 mins to try anything on the course again that you’re unsure of. Then they do it in I assume alphabetical order? So it’s 1 at a time, up to 4.30 each person and there was about 20 at mine. All you do while others do it is sit and wait outside the hall. Then there’s a bit more time while they print and envelope the results though one of the officers was pretty good at doing those in batches.

I highly recommend the session. I didn’t find the fitness element of the PCA difficult but some obstacles I feel I could have hit/failed on the day had I not tried. For example I tried to run on my honkers under the first obstacle - this didn’t work with my height. Had i just done that on the day I’d have lost time. They explain the rules etc around the different obstacles and what happens. You can complete all elements of the course though not at once/in order ie you can’t just run the whole thing. Tbh even if you could you’d struggle as there was a queue for the wall, the body drag etc.

Unless you seriously can’t make it, it’s worth a day’s annual leave to ensure you’re fully prepared for the real thing.

Anonymous4321

any mention of this / future campaign in the policing board meeting today?

psnaye2023

Oh didn’t know there was one today. Afternoon in the office sorted lol

Anonymous4321

hahah yh. Started at 11.30 and they usually go on for an hour or so

psnaye2023

So I’m half an hour into meeting.

Can confirm;

• 34 officers in each intake April May July for a total of 102
• PSNI await full budget settlement (which is expected by the end of April according to the Finance Minister) which will confirm recruitment for rest of FY24/25.
• If the budget is there, the CC is aiming to recruit a full 350 this FY to maintain current headcount. So that would mean ~250 could be in this year budget depending, which would tie in with the current number going through managed stages.

psnaye2023

It also sounds optimistic regarding a further campaign. The COO outlined that if a 3 year budget is granted next year then they would have to plan their recruitment for that period. She notes as it stands “if we were to get to next January and have the ability to recruit, we wouldn't currently have that ability to recruit in the pipeline in terms of numbers in our merit list.” So I suspect a new campaign is all but certain within the next 6 months or so.

psnaye2023

Also for anyone excited to start I managed to watch Episode 1 of Blue Lights S2 early and it’s brilliant. Perfect timing too for anyone going through the stages/appointable!

weesmurf33

How does vetting check employment history? Anyone know?

psnaye2023

Don’t think anyone actually knows how vetting operates for certain. Though I guess they probably look at your HMRC history which should show most jobs.

weesmurf33

Would they not just contact the references listed? Would they really access job history with hmrc?

mse2020

I am still friends with two of my old bosses, both of them never recieved any contact from PSNI vetting, or anyone for that matter regarding me after i left, so maybe they confirmed through HMRC or just contacted the HR managers directly ?

weesmurf33

I think references are normally obtained from HR wer possible. Wise thing to do. More likely to get a truthful answer for what matters..

weesmurf33

Does anyone know when the 2020 campaign is due to close? Once closed is that you out? Or could you be deemed appointable but the campaign is over and therefore your beat?

Anonymous4321

the campaign will only close when the remaining people either fail a managed stage or go to GV.

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psnaye2023

Why would anyone do that? Seems like a gross waste of your own time and effort and you’d be without a job in between.

I doubt that this has happened.

weesmurf33

I can tell you this has happened

weesmurf33

That was why I asked what people waiting for a place thought of it.

Anonymous4321

it would be understandable for the likes of bereavement or something. But i doubt student officers are able to drop out and join at a later date willy nilly and who would even do that anyway?

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Anonymous4321

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122025357#Comment_122025357

does that not contradict what you’ve previously just said?

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psnaye2023

That is not at all what that paragraph you sent says.

What they are saying there is that you can’t apply in 2020 and then expect to use your AC results for a place on 2021, you’d have to reapply.

Are you on a merit list?

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