A few questions about Cadetships

Delta Kilo · 28-08-2009 01:16AM

Its probably incase you break your glasses or something while out on the field. At least you will be able to see something at 6/18 as opposed to being very blind without glasses.

EDIT: Beaten to it by pmg58

DeCoR18 · 28-08-2009 01:26AM

^Yep I guess thats understandable lads.

I unfortunately need glasses and am not sure if I would be 6/18 without them, think I read earlier in the thread its the ability to read 5 rows down in an eyetest?

Sure I suppose the only way to be sure is to have an eyetest done.

pmg58 · 28-08-2009 01:30AM

http://www.i-see.org/block_letter_eye_chart.pdf

Print that out and try it yourself, standing 6m away, might give you an idea, although it's no substitute for a real test. Even if you're a bit short of the requirement, no harm trying. Conditions on the day might be favourable, or you might just get lucky or something.

Delta Kilo · 28-08-2009 01:35AM

Well, 6/18 is the same as 20/60, which is a quite poor standard of vision to be honest.

I always found this helpful, but the resolution of your monitor may interfere with the results. Go to your optician and find out what vision you have would probably be the best advice.

EDIT: You're probably best doing this test during the day as most people's vision is not as good at night when their pupils are dilated and eyes are tired.

DeCoR18 · 28-08-2009 01:42AM

pmg58 wrote: »

http://www.i-see.org/block_letter_eye_chart.pdf

Print that out and try it yourself, standing 6m away, might give you an idea, although it's no substitute for a real test. Even if you're a bit short of the requirement, no harm trying. Conditions on the day might be favourable, or you might just get lucky or something.

Ah thanks very much thats great! Did you really mean stand 6 metres away? Is that how far away you would stand in the defense forces eyetest? If so I definately wouldn't meet 6/18. Even at 6 feet I'm struggling to get 5 down.

Damn Call of Duty ruined my vision lol.

Delta Kilo · 28-08-2009 01:46AM

You need to be able to see the line with P D C on it at 6m to pass. Again, try the test in the morning when your eyes are awake and pupils are back to normal.

concussion · 28-08-2009 01:51AM

They have a minimum for if your glasses get knocked off, don't know how they came to that particular prescription but that's the minimum.

DeCoR18 · 28-08-2009 01:51AM

Delta Kilo wrote: »

You need to be able to see the line with P D C on it at 6m to pass. Again, try the test in the morning when your eyes are awake and pupils are back to normal.

I will thanks alot for the link aswell, really appreciate it. I can barely make out PDC at 6 metres but it could because I know the letters are PDC lol.

concussion · 28-08-2009 01:56AM

DeCoR18 wrote: »

Ah thanks very much thats great! Did you really mean stand 6 metres away? Is that how far away you would stand in the defense forces eyetest? If so I definately wouldn't meet 6/18. Even at 6 feet I'm struggling to get 5 down.

Damn Call of Duty ruined my vision lol.

They have a desktop instrument which you look into, rather than the usual chart on a wall. It tests both your visual acuity and colour vision. And yes, Delta Kilo, the lower limit is pretty crap, I'm at it and I wouldn't like being in a firefight without my glasses! On the flip-side, I've been on a load of tactical exercises and I've never worried about my glasses. Except when it's warm and raining - in that condition I'm glad I'm not 1 scout

cunnins4 · 29-08-2009 03:06PM

I've the tests on Monday too.

What's the navy's view on Asthma? I know the Royal Navy don't allow you in with it, but I didn't see it mentioned on the form for the Cadetships here.

My asthma's very mild-doesn't need much medication or monitoring, just dusty places have a bad effect on me, otherwise it goes unnoticed.

blondie83 · 30-08-2009 10:57PM

Good luck tomorrow everyone!

neilled · 31-08-2009 01:42AM

Best of luck guys.

neilled · 31-08-2009 11:38AM

Well that was fun, wasn't it?

blondie83 · 31-08-2009 12:00PM

It was certainly...em..."intense" is probably the word I'd use!

neilled · 31-08-2009 12:07PM

Yeah, i'm happy with verbal and job simulation but i've never been much good at maths.... Well hopefully i'll scrape through to the next stage.

rainbow kirby · 31-08-2009 01:03PM

Just out of curiosity, how were people dressed at the test this morning? I've got it tomorrow @ 9, so just wondering

neilled · 31-08-2009 01:07PM

rainbow kirby wrote: »

Just out of curiosity, how were people dressed at the test this morning? I've got it tomorrow @ 9, so just wondering

It was a mix. I wore a suit, others were smart casual, whilst there were lads in football tops, hoodies and trackies.

blondie83 · 31-08-2009 01:58PM

rainbow kirby wrote: »

Just out of curiosity, how were people dressed at the test this morning? I've got it tomorrow @ 9, so just wondering

Mix of everything really, a few guys in suits, others in trousers and shirts, and others as Neil says in jeans/trackies and hoodies. Doesn't hurt to look smart I reckon. Was about 7 PDF people wandering around as well keeping an eye on things. Good luck with it!

neilled wrote:

Yeah, i'm happy with verbal and job simulation but i've never been much good at maths.... Well hopefully i'll scrape through to the next stage.

I was the opposite, grand at the maths but dont have a clue how I did in the verbal one - typical engineer! Job sim one was very interesting I thought. Ah sure, let the waiting begin...:)

Delta Kilo · 31-08-2009 02:37PM

Check your pms blondie

rainbow kirby · 31-08-2009 02:41PM

blondie83 wrote: »

I was the opposite, grand at the maths but dont have a clue how I did in the verbal one - typical engineer!

Reckon I'll be the same, nothing like a CS degree to mangle your verbal reasoning abilities! :eek:

neilled · 31-08-2009 02:45PM

I done arts (got my result today yay!) - history and politics, so i'm better at the verbal.

Delta Kilo · 31-08-2009 02:47PM

I must say, aside from the trackies and hoodies, there was a lot of walter mittys there as well. One was sitting right behind me.

Local-womanizer · 31-08-2009 02:49PM

I cant understand why someone would go to something like that in trackies and football tops

I know its not an interview but jesus,are a shirt and jeans too much to ask?!

Good luck to all who took part today,when will you find out how you did?

neilled · 31-08-2009 02:51PM

Delta Kilo wrote: »

I must say, aside from the trackies and hoodies, there was a lot of walter mittys there as well. One was sitting right behind me.

Elaborate further if you will?

Delta Kilo · 31-08-2009 02:59PM

Local-womanizer wrote: »

I cant understand why someone would go to something like that in trackies and football tops

I know its not an interview but jesus,are a shirt and jeans too much to ask?!

Good luck to all who took part today,when will you find out how you did?

Monday they said. Stage 2 is from the 14th-17th of September

neilled wrote: »

Elaborate further if you will?

I'd rather not neilled, some might be on here...

concussion · 31-08-2009 03:17PM

OUT THEM!!!!

NAS24 · 31-08-2009 06:09PM

How many will get through to stage 2?

Delta Kilo · 31-08-2009 06:45PM

They just said the number will be decided by the defence forces.

There is probably a cut off score in the aptitude tests and anyone above that will go forward.

pmg58 · 31-08-2009 06:45PM

I thought the tests were ok overall, I had enough time for everything anyway. A lot of people seemed to struggle with the maths section I noticed. Well done to everyone today, and good luck to anyone doing it tomorrow.

Was surprised at the mix of clothing people wore...I wore a shirt and trousers myself, there were a fair few wearing suits which looked grand, but there was one guy "slightly" overdressed. But thats far better than the lads who looked like they'd been dragged through a hedge backwards, the lads with their tracksuit bottoms tucked into their socks...I could hardly believe it to be honest.

And for the group of RDF lads chatting about their latest exercise loud enough for everyone else to hear, there is no way in hell you fired 6000 rounds through a GPMG.

EDIT: And when the email says to be at the test centre at 08.40, and you don't arrive until 09.15, you might struggle with life in the Defence Forces.

cunnins4 · 31-08-2009 07:00PM

pmg58 wrote: »

And for the group of RDF lads chatting about their latest exercise loud enough for everyone else to hear, there is no way in hell you fired 6000 rounds through a GPMG.

Don't suppose they were a big group of lads in suits were they? Heard a group like this sitting in insomnia coffee across the road before the 12:30 session and they were clearly RDF and had sat the first session. They were holding a very loud conversation in the cafe letting everyone know they were RDF and sounded like a group of gimps.........

Tests were fine. The realistic job simulation was tough because there really were no "wrong" answers, but clearly there's preferred ones. Hopefully I'll get through....

A few questions about Cadetships

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