Garda Recruitment - Stage 3a - Medical Examination

I passed my medical (yipee!!!) and the soonest date for a PCT they gave was mid October. There is one coming up in mid Sept but it is over booked. It appears that they are very infrequent now. Before it was a case of a PCT within a week or two.

If the scenario is as I see it the earliest that anyone without a PCT date can do the PCT will be mid Oct.

Means that if you need to give notice to your job or anything you might only have 2 weeks.

Paolo5 wrote: »

ps Doctor (male) and nurses were sound. I had heard of a few bad apples but I could not complain.

Male Dr i like it already

madbadger wrote: »

Congrats tigerman, i got mine today too... Such a relief, one more stage down. Just the checks, medical, & PCT & we're on our way!

Thanks Badger. Well done youself. I think that is the hardest bit over.

Do you or anyone know if you have been called to your local station to meet the inspector/sgt does that mean your background checks are ok? He said to me "background checks seem fine" but I had only sent them in about 4/5 weeks previously and the impression I'm getting on this forum is that checks are taking a lot longer than that. Could I be so lucky?

M.Knight wrote: »

Has anyone been called for the medical out of the May competition?

One or two so far but it is only from batch one!

When you meet the local garda they do a quick check on your back round before they meet you. It is not the detailed one that is carried out by seperate agencies. To the best of my knowledge the local station do not have any way of knowing how the main checks are going. You might be lucky but you never know!

The whole process has slowed way down now so will have to keep an eye on the budget too to see if anything will change .........

sff wrote: »

Does anyone know if you fail for being colourblind? Or does it matter?

Audi2008 wrote: »

Ya i also wanna know does Being colourblind stop your chances from gettn in????:)

Could be wrong here:o (and open to correct) but i think you dont fail if colourblind but you would not be allowed do certain things. eg drive a car!!

Audi2008 wrote: »

Are you sure cause like if im colourblind now and im still let drive a car... Sorry it kinda doesnt make sense sorry im not tryn to mean or nething just an observation!!!

What does anyone else think???:)

I think they meant a squad car,

Colour Blindness

I heard you dont fail but may not be able to do some things like drive a squad car. I did not hear this officially but it was talk of boards a little while ago - you could maybe check with the medical docs you get on application around eye sight etc. It is tested for though.

Weight & Height

You stand on a measuring tool that you step onto (stand as tall as possible!) and the doctor pulls down a ruler like thing that balances on the top or your head to give you your height.

You then step on an electric weighing machine and he types in your height and then this prints out your height, weight and BMI on a receipt type piece of paper - this is then attached to your file.

My BMI was over 25 but he said my build was 'lean' so there are allowances there too.

D.B.Y wrote: »

Hi,
I too was concerned about the colour blind test for the medical so I got in contact with headquaters and they gave me this reply:

I have asked our medical centre for an answer to your query and they
inform me that colour deficiency is not a bar to recruitment to An Garda
Siochana. Candidates are tested at pre-employment medicals for colour
deficiency. The only relevance for the very small number who are found
to be deficient, is that the are currently not permitted to drive
official Garda vehicles.

There are two tests used at the Garda medical department, one being
Ishihara Plates, one in twelve of the male population will fail this
test. If a candidate fails the Ishihara test a City University Vision
Test is performed and the vast majority of candidates pass this test.

Hope this is of some use to you.

Can anyone tell me if its possible to wear some sort of corrective eye wear such as glasses or contact lenses for the vision standard test during the medical. I don't quite understand what they mean when they say correctable to 6/12 6/12.

no you must be naked, your eyes that is. as for correctable to 6/12 6/12, that mens that your vision must meet at minimum standard of 6/12 6/12 ie. able to read size 12 letters on a chart from 6 feet. hope this helps:)

The Dude 87 wrote: »

How could you do this test if you were 6 feet from a computer using microsoft word?? What size font would it be?? :P

your best going to an optician, your GP should also be-able to tell you.