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tfitzgerald · 01-06-2008 09:19PM

1/ dress to impress dont go in wearing t-shirt and jeans ,you will not look good. **** maybe i should be telling ye all to wear torn jeans,ear rings ect. (joke) i got called in late july any one going then let me know anf if any one has hints,tips,tricks,comments.inside knowledge ,even a few smart comments on the ac pm them on to me i am not shy or proud i can use all the help i can get

Kevin1 · 02-06-2008 08:17AM

hello there, just signed up.

i've been invited to attend the assessment centre and was just wondering if anyone had any tips or advice on ways to prepare???:D

given1 · 02-06-2008 09:47AM

Kevin1 wrote: »

hello there, just signed up.

i've been invited to attend the assessment centre and was just wondering if anyone had any tips or advice on ways to prepare???:D

Kevin1, read the last few pages of posts mate, numerous people have posted really useful tips/advice in regards of what to expect and how to best prepare youself for the AC!

Kevin1 · 02-06-2008 10:49AM

i'll get a look then. cheers pal

bobbin88 · 02-06-2008 02:04PM

hi all, i'm new on here. have my a/c next monday. just wondering what way they collate the marks after? does your ist count towards it? and what does your merit mark mean?!

thanks

PapaYankeeGirl · 02-06-2008 02:28PM

bobbin88 wrote: »

hi all, i'm new on here. have my a/c next monday. just wondering what way they collate the marks after? does your ist count towards it? and what does your merit mark mean?!

thanks

Is yours the 9th? Thats my AC day. They only consider your IST marks if when all candidates have been assessed and ranked according to merit score, there are 2 people with the same score. The the lower the merit number the better (200 is better than 500).

Steven123 · 02-06-2008 03:23PM

What exactly does vetting entail?? do many people fail at this stage of the process?? What sort of things would cause you to fail?

Thanks

bobbin88 · 02-06-2008 06:37PM

yea mine is 9th as well! eeek! what time is ures? u nervous?!

Monkeymagic824 · 02-06-2008 06:40PM

Anyone from C13 heard anything reference the aug intake?? cant be long now till they are sending letters out!!!

goodcopbadcop · 02-06-2008 06:44PM

leegibson7 wrote: »

Anyone from C13 heard anytjing reference the aug intake?? cant be long now till they are sending letters out!!!

Heard it is middle of the month they are sending things out. Just working away and not thinking about it at the minute.

Steven, the vetting is basically the Psni checking you and your family background to make sure you have a clean record and haven't commited any serious offences in the past. Obviously if you have a criminal record for something serious you will be rejected, things like parking tickets etc are ok and not a problem as long as you declare them. It will all be explained when you get to that stage.

Monkeymagic824 · 02-06-2008 06:44PM

does anyone know where the merit scores start........IE can someone get a merit score of 1 or does it start high like 100's??????

goodcopbadcop · 02-06-2008 06:52PM

Yep someone has to have a score of 1. Everyone who goes through the assessment centre and passes gets ranked based on their results.

egwene · 02-06-2008 07:36PM

hey all,

planning on starting into some exercise this week, just incase i get a call for the august intake.

im not particularly over weight or anything, but i have no fitness at all, having not ran in years

ive looked up the physical competence requiements on the psni site, but was wondering if anyone knows roughly what i should be aiming in regards to minutes per mile? something i can monitor on the treadmill you know...

any help wud be appreciated

stote21 · 02-06-2008 07:39PM

egwene wrote: »

hey all,

planning on starting into some exercise this week, just incase i get a call for the august intake.

im not particularly over weight or anything, but i have no fitness at all, having not ran in years

ive looked up the physical competence requiements on the psni site, but was wondering if anyone knows roughly what i should be aiming in regards to minutes per mile? something i can monitor on the treadmill you know...

any help wud be appreciated

Im the same, went out last week for a run and threw up after about ten minutes. Beat that

goodcopbadcop · 02-06-2008 07:46PM

As someone who runs 3 times a week round a forrest, I cant say I know how you feel, guess im lucky I actually like running and being wrecked, gives me something to do.

only advice I can give any of you out there who are finding it hard to get going is to just stick at it, you wont get fit by doing nothing. Sure it will hurt, you will be sick, but when you stick at it long enough you will find it easier and easier until you enjoy it. Seems a long way off but its not, just take it one day at a time. The best tip I can give for being fit is to get out of the gym and away from the treadmill, get to a jogging trail or round the roads, you will get double the results in half the time, and it will get you used to the running you will have to do in garnerville, no treadmills there to lean on the sides!

pedro552 · 02-06-2008 08:02PM

egwene wrote: »

hey all,

planning on starting into some exercise this week, just incase i get a call for the august intake.

im not particularly over weight or anything, but i have no fitness at all, having not ran in years

ive looked up the physical competence requiements on the psni site, but was wondering if anyone knows roughly what i should be aiming in regards to minutes per mile? something i can monitor on the treadmill you know...

any help wud be appreciated

Hey guys..
on the fitness side of things..
start of doing a bit of scout pacing for example, running 3mins and walk for 3 mins.. then decrease walking to 2 when you feel up to it etc etc..
Ps. about the time for miles, my advice would be, dont worry bout mins per mile yet.. just try running for lenghts of time now(ie. running for 15mins wothout stopping is better than running a certain distance..
just build yourself up.
good advice thought o stay away from treadmills, they are a false confidence boost... trust me on that one!;)

PapaYankeeGirl · 02-06-2008 08:04PM

stote21 wrote: »

Im the same, went out last week for a run and threw up after about ten minutes. Beat that

Snap. Lets just say I seen my rice krispies again!!!!:(

tfitzgerald · 02-06-2008 08:25PM

does anyone know if you can get private tuition for the ac in the belfast area i would be very interested in getting some kind of professional advice before i do the ac THANKS

Par827 · 02-06-2008 08:25PM

leegibson7 wrote: »

Anyone from C13 heard anything reference the aug intake?? cant be long now till they are sending letters out!!!

The intake starts on 3rd Aug and pack-ups will go out about 6 weeks before, so roughly 23 June onwards.

pedro552 · 02-06-2008 08:43PM

Par827 wrote: »

The intake starts on 3rd Aug and pack-ups will go out about 6 weeks before, so roughly 23 June onwards.

Yep guys, aug intake is on the 3rd aug,
Phonecalls will prob go out between 15-23 june..
phone wont be leaving my sight between those dates!!!
How many in here are waiting/expecting to get the phonecall/letter for aug??
and also, any other southerners??

BoutYe · 02-06-2008 11:29PM

pedro552 wrote: »

Yep guys, aug intake is on the 3rd aug,
Phonecalls will prob go out between 15-23 june..
phone wont be leaving my sight between those dates!!!
How many in here are waiting/expecting to get the phonecall/letter for aug??
and also, any other southerners??

Me hopefully. Northerner here.

pedro552 · 03-06-2008 07:20AM

BoutYe wrote: »

Me hopefully. Northerner here.

Very Good,
Hope to see ya in August then.
good luck with the phonecall...
fingers crossed!

Ali08 · 03-06-2008 08:49AM

stote21 wrote: »

You maybe missed out a circle, then that would have put the rest out of order

Hey! Thanks for the suggestion, but I was careful about checkin that!:)

Cannot believe they are so incompetent as to have to lower the pass mark NOT ONCE BUT TWICE! No expert here, but surely if you add the number of people who got 52+ to the number who got 51, then take that away from the quota they need to pass, theyda realised they needed to lower it to 50 in the first place!!!:D

Kevin1 · 03-06-2008 08:58AM

howday all!!:)
was just reading some comments on previous pages and found alot of usefull information on role plays at the a/c.
cheers;)

just wonering if anyone knows what the writtin test involves and how can i prepare for it??

also wondering if anyone has any information on "the buz phrases"
is there certain words or phrases that have to be said or else u will fail??:eek::(:confused:

Maura2145 · 03-06-2008 09:19AM

Looks like us 50 mark borderliners are back in the game!

carlty888 · 03-06-2008 09:19AM

Ali08 wrote: »

Cannot believe they are so incompetent as to have to lower the pass mark NOT ONCE BUT TWICE! No expert here, but surely if you add the number of people who got 52+ to the number who got 51, then take that away from the quota they need to pass, theyda realised they needed to lower it to 50 in the first place!!!:D

Am I hearing correctly? They have now lowered the pass mark to 51 and now to 50?

That's good news to those who got 50 or 51. Not so great for anyone else. More damn competition!!! :eek:

Well done to all those going through.

Wanalaugh · 03-06-2008 09:25AM

Hi guys
Im in the same boat as a few of you guys on here. Just waitin on the phone call for 3rd Aug start (i hope lol).......

pedro552 · 03-06-2008 09:28AM

wanalaugh..
do you mind me asking what your merit number is?? a rough guide wil do, no specifics!!

Ali08 · 03-06-2008 09:51AM

carlty888 wrote: »

That's good news to those who got 50 or 51. Not so great for anyone else. More damn competition!!! :eek:

Well done to all those going through.

Couldn't have said it better myself Carlty!!

PapaYankeeGirl · 03-06-2008 10:00AM

Hey,

Now that the have lowered the pass mark again that means MrsGeneHunt from the forum has passed. She is in turkey and wont be home till Monday!!!! Wish I could tell her the good news now:).

As someone put it, great for those who have now got through but more competition for us lot!!!!

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