[DFB] Temporary Emergency Services Controller

Wonder how many will they interview?

My guess is 350 for testing, they will cull 20% down to 280 to interview pannel of 80-90 (1:4 chance of a panel place) thats the ratios from the firefighter process applied to this process.

stringbox wrote: »

Will we get the rent allowance too if we get in? Anybody have any idea?

Was wondering that myself. My guess is no. An ESC is not a firefighter. Yes they work shift but not the same training or pay scale. It would be great if they did as the basic in this roll is fat too low imho.

But i could be wrong.

stringbox wrote: »

I guess the bad point if we don't get it is that I'll struggle to find a place to rent. The good point is that hopefully some older guys with families and mortgages will realise they can't afford to take the pay cut and give me a better shot to rise up the panel.

i hear ya pal, but nobody going in to the emergency services for a career should have to "Hope" for someone to bow out for financial reasons. Everyone should be paid fairly but unfortunately they are not. Dont take it personal i sympathies with your situation. Just aim as high as you can, study bloody hard and earn a top place on the panel. Dont hope that someone bows out for a reason. Be better than that. you wouldnt be on this forum looking for information if you werent looking to improve. Just go the extra mile pal and it will pay off

stringbox wrote: »

I have to disagree with ya there TJ, I think the ability to stick out the low wages is a huge factor in the suitability of a candidate.

With respect it does not. Many people who live (born is dublin) would not be able to survive on that salary not because they made silly financial decisions but because they live in a capital city and the cost of living is much higher than say a candidate that applies from a neighboring county that can commute with much lower cost of living.

stringbox wrote: »

If someone takes the paycut and later realises he made a mistake and quits he is screwing two people, number one himself and number two the less experienced guy who he beat out.

Again that is not an accurate statement. End of the day as you siad less experienced guy. The process by your own admission as chosen the more qualified candidate. There can be many changes in circumstances that would dictate someone might leave. Perhaps the other parent in the family has been made redundant or has become terminally ill? Perhaps one of the parents has died and the other needs to make a sacrafice for financial reasons.

I have to say buddy your not coming across like a team play on this issue. Your coming across as somone who is quite sour that you have not been successful in the past. You really need to stop looking at everyone else around you and focus on improving your chances next time. The more time you waste looking for faults on other people you will miss your own shortcomings

stringbox wrote: »

It's a simple fact that a 45 year old applicant will have more life experience than a 35 year old applicant. In turn a 35 year old applicant will have more experience than a 25 year old applicant. Simply because they've been an adult longer.

thats not fact, that is your opinion and you are blinded by it. If an 18 year old chap arrives in to an interview with 4 years done in AFS/Casualty has attended many events providing cover etc, has sat a course on interview techniques visited every station. versus a 45 year old candidate who has gone for the role because he fancied being a fireman when he was 6 and never though about it since.

the answer is the 18 year old has more experience. life experience will get you so far, a panel want to see commitment to becoming a firefighter, what did you do to prepare? how much have you shown that you want it? are you prepared to be the best candidate? because all im hearing from you are excuses as to why people are better candidates than you or why you are hoping the money so as low so less people will apply.

Hi I was just wondering for the recruitment that just went do I need to score around same points for the first three and get the qualifying score for instructions and observation to get a interview thanks

When are the results out?

Quote: TJHooker2016
My guess is 350 for testing, they will cull 20% down to 280 to interview pannel of 80-90 (1:4 chance of a panel place) thats the ratios from the firefighter process applied to this process.

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Would the panel have been that big back in 2013?

Dave087 wrote: »

Roughly 3500 applied for DFB controller in 2013, and they cut it down to the top 250 for supervised tests and then from there they took the top 140 to interview.

wow, thats a serious cull. thats less than 10% through to supervised tests, and less that top 5% through to interview. Firefighter competition wasent even that fierce.

personally i did better i reckon. in the firefighter test i ran out of time on the tabs questions and had about 6-8 questions left over. this time i completed it and had 60 seconds left. i then looked around when i was finished and saw most people still had 10 or so questions still to answer. in the math i think i did better too. in the firefighter i got stuck on a sum and decided to work on it but lost too much time. this one i flew through it and put in a wrong answer on purpose rather than wast time.

i purposely didnt practice for this one as i wanted to see the difference between this and the firefighter results. i placed below 150 in OOM in the firefighter. I will be very interested to see where i place on this.

Anyone any idea what the gap between being excepted onto the panel and beginning training is? I know it's jumping the gun but have a wedding in mid June so just trying to plan ahead in case

Just off to phone to pas and the girl said the results of stage 2 should be out by next week. Just to let you all know