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    #542
    Rootsblower
    Registered Users Posts: 445 ✭✭Rootsblower


    khaldrogo wrote: »
    I presume there are on going tests/assessments the whole time? Do many people who start the training fail out?

    Yea constant tests I believe, it was a different training regime when I done it.


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    #543
    annor99
    Registered Users Posts: 64 ✭✭annor99


    Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime wrote: »
    Anyone else get an email in the last bit ?

    Core numerical skill test I got sent to me and it links back to my profile with the other tests

    Has to be done by the 15th

    Funny the subject said mechanis, fitters

    Nope, nothing here either. When did you complete the 2nd stage tests?


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    #544
    Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime
    Registered Users Posts: 3,964 ✭✭✭Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime


    annor99 wrote: »
    Nope, nothing here either. When did you complete the 2nd stage tests?

    Sunday night I did the 3 tests.

    Just looking the email says to complete this exam by the 14th which is a day sooner than the other 3 exams !!!!


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    #545
    Paul_Mc1988
    Registered Users Posts: 748 ✭✭✭Paul_Mc1988


    Just finished the RAAT there. I managed to get it completed but tool 23 minutes. Does it auto stop once you have hit the limit?. The other sample for the two other test don't mention a time limit. Are they timed also?


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    #546
    Tickityboo
    Registered Users Posts: 454 ✭✭Tickityboo


    Paul_Mc1988 wrote: »
    Just finished the RAAT there. I managed to get it completed but tool 23 minutes. Does it auto stop once you have hit the limit?. The other sample for the two other test don't mention a time limit. Are they timed also?

    Yeah it automatically stops.
    I didn't manage to finish it so not very hopeful of going any further.


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    #547
    Plumbthedepths
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,653 ✭✭✭✭Plumbthedepths


    Tickityboo wrote:
    Yeah it automatically stops. I didn't manage to finish it so not very hopeful of going any further.


    The last test is not about finishing but accuracy and following instructions.


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    #548
    Tickityboo
    Registered Users Posts: 454 ✭✭Tickityboo


    Plumbthedepths wrote: »
    The last test is not about finishing but accuracy and following instructions.

    Thanks for that I was hoping it would be.


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    #549
    Josephine1991
    Registered Users Posts: 10 ✭Josephine1991


    Hey has anyone done the 2nd round of tests on a tablet. We have no laptop at home, so was wondering is it possible to do with one? Thanks.


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    #550
    Plumbthedepths
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,653 ✭✭✭✭Plumbthedepths


    Josephine1991 wrote:
    Hey has anyone done the 2nd round of tests on a tablet. We have no laptop at home, so was wondering is it possible to do with one? Thanks.


    It would be better to the second round of tests on laptop/pc, easier if you are using a mouse. What about using you local library to do the tests?


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    #551
    Josephine1991
    Registered Users Posts: 10 ✭Josephine1991


    Plumbthedepths wrote: »
    It would be better to the second round of tests on laptop/pc, easier if you are using a mouse. What about using you local library to do the tests?

    I was thinking that but time constraints with work at the moment I would find it hard to get to a library so was wondering was it even possible to do it on one.


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    #552
    Coralcoras
    Registered Users Posts: 80 ✭✭Coralcoras


    Josephine1991 wrote: »
    I was thinking that but time constraints with work at the moment I would find it hard to get to a library so was wondering was it even possible to do it on one.

    may be possible with an ipad - there's a practice run before you actually press continue to start the real thing.


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    #553
    Plumbthedepths
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,653 ✭✭✭✭Plumbthedepths


    Josephine1991 wrote:
    I was thinking that but time constraints with work at the moment I would find it hard to get to a library so was wondering was it even possible to do it on one.


    The third of the 3 tests is just a wall of text in each section where you have to search for letters line by line. So much easier with a mouse just my opinion.


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    #554
    .G.
    Registered Users Posts: 5,415 ✭✭✭.G.


    Yeah I wouldn't try the SCAAT on a tablet, need a mouse. The other two, I can't see either being a problem on a tablet, its just read a passage and tick some boxes after it.


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    #555
    topnotch
    Registered Users Posts: 409 ✭✭topnotch


    Josephine1991 wrote: »
    Hey has anyone done the 2nd round of tests on a tablet. We have no laptop at home, so was wondering is it possible to do with one? Thanks.

    I did the tests on my iPad and they worked fine. I must have missed where it said you had to do them on a laptop/PC.


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    #556
    Plumbthedepths
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,653 ✭✭✭✭Plumbthedepths


    topnotch wrote:
    I did the tests on my iPad and they worked fine. I must have missed where it said you had to do them on a laptop/PC.


    Someone asked a question and it was answered in a helpful manner, what does your snarky response add?


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    #557
    topnotch
    Registered Users Posts: 409 ✭✭topnotch


    Plumbthedepths wrote: »
    Someone asked a question and it was answered in a helpful manner, what does your snarky response add?

    I hope they have a keyboard and mouse in the locomotive so you can drive it with them. :rolleyes:


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    #558
    Asmodean
    Registered Users Posts: 1,644 ✭✭✭Asmodean


    Would those 32 weeks in Inchicore be fulltime in the classroom?


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    #559
    shamrock55
    Registered Users Posts: 7,208 ✭✭✭shamrock55


    topnotch wrote: »
    I did the tests on my iPad and they worked fine. I must have missed where it said you had to do them on a laptop/PC.

    It actually does state they recommend you do it on a laptop with a mouse and not a tablet or phone, before the tests start it's says it, I hope you read the questions as thoroughly


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    #560
    benp
    Registered Users Posts: 8 ✭benp


    Head wrecked tests done , good luck to the thousands that applied ;)

    A certain age what am I getting into here, 32 weeks in class away from home !


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    #561
    Rootsblower
    Registered Users Posts: 445 ✭✭Rootsblower


    Asmodean wrote: »
    Would those 32 weeks in Inchicore be fulltime in the classroom?

    Yes full time in Inchicore or Heuston for diesel and Fairview for DART. Simulators are in training school in Inchicore for both DART and diesel so sometimes DART classes are in Inchicore.


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    #562
    shamrock55
    Registered Users Posts: 7,208 ✭✭✭shamrock55


    Did the 3 tests today, fair bit of a head wreck alright and only managed 24 of the 32 questions in one of the sections, but if you ain't in you can't win, good luck to everyone would be a great job whoever gets one


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    #563
    topnotch
    Registered Users Posts: 409 ✭✭topnotch


    shamrock55 wrote: »
    Did the 3 tests today, fair bit of a head wreck alright and only managed 24 of the 32 questions in one of the sections, but if you ain't in you can't win, good luck to everyone would be a great job whoever gets one

    Only managed 24 perhaps you were reading them too thoroughly :pac:


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    #564
    Plumbthedepths
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,653 ✭✭✭✭Plumbthedepths


    topnotch wrote:
    Only managed 24 perhaps you were reading them too thoroughly


    You really think there is a need for your snarky comments?


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    #565
    shamrock55
    Registered Users Posts: 7,208 ✭✭✭shamrock55


    topnotch wrote: »
    Only managed 24 perhaps you were reading them too thoroughly :pac:

    Obviously was, I like to be thorough


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    #566
    benp
    Registered Users Posts: 8 ✭benp


    I hope they give you a break down on your scores, not just a no interest reply


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    #567
    topnotch
    Registered Users Posts: 409 ✭✭topnotch


    shamrock55 wrote: »
    Obviously was, I like to be thorough

    No harm in trying. Somehow i wonder will there be any positions at the end of the process. Like with alot of companies the positions are normally gone before they are advertised.


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    #568
    Tickityboo
    Registered Users Posts: 454 ✭✭Tickityboo


    topnotch wrote: »
    Only managed 24 perhaps you were reading them too thoroughly :pac:

    It's better to get 24 answers correct than to answer the 32 and get half of them wrong.


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    #569
    Asmodean
    Registered Users Posts: 1,644 ✭✭✭Asmodean


    Rootsblower wrote: »
    Yes full time in Inchicore or Heuston for diesel and Fairview for DART. Simulators are in training school in Inchicore for both DART and diesel so sometimes DART classes are in Inchicore.

    Thanks for all the information roots. Very handy to know the scheme of things.


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    #570
    khaldrogo
    Registered Users Posts: 1,572 ✭✭✭khaldrogo


    Hopefully the training being Dublin based and so long will put people outside of the big smoke off and narrow the pool for me!!!


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    #571
    Del.Monte
    Registered Users Posts: 12,363 ✭✭✭✭Del.Monte


    I am intrigued by many of the posts in this thread - it's like some sort of secondary (?) school project. Any chance that somebody would post up some of the really difficult questions? Just for interest sake.

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