Prison Officer Recruitment 2016

Leanne7011 wrote: »

Well done that's great! You must be delighted

No not really I interviewed for the presidency aswell , didn't get it ):

Leanne7011 wrote: »

I heard that too. I'm not looking for a transfer to Cork. I would gladly move. It's the 12 week intensive training course that I would need to organise so I'm just seeing if anyone else is on the same boat as me.

The boat is full of us don't worry. People say after the 12 weeks it'll be graaaaamd but in reality if you break down 12 weeks into hours in minutes of your children's lives then it really matters to you.
What I will say is if you really want the position, then you'll do well.

Just going by this thread alone not as much interest as gardai ,fire brigade etc could be wrong but tough job I suppose

How many are they hiring this year? Did I read 150?

stripmymind wrote: »

150 in November-ish ... But anyone who passes all stages will be on a panel who will be used in recruitment next year. You'd want to shine early to make the first 150, but this post wasn't advertised as much as the Garda or army recruitment so let's hope not many saw it. I only barely caught the advertisement on Facebook.

Ya I caught it on Facebook the day before it closed! By shining early do you mean doing well in the aptitude test? I think mine was only released today. Is that the same for everyone?

stripmymind wrote: »

Same, I was like wtf??!! ..
Well for the Garda recruitment, the aptitude score determines who gets to progress first. But this year the interest Was so high, someone who got say 2 more questions wrong than someone else found themselves like 900-1200 places behind the other person. So literally every question counts. One more question right means you could be called ahead of another guy who didn't get it right. It could save you months of waiting so I guess be on your A game from the off.

Oh wow. Pressures on so. It's the numerical reasoning that will catch me but I looked at a few sample questions and they were ok

stripmymind wrote: »

They are fine I've done them before. It's the job reasoning part. The "a lad threatened other prisoners with a knife what do you do" then u have four choices and pick the best issue which resolves the case. (It's a little harder than ya think) ..

I had a look at the some examples actually. Tricky I'd say. It will really define if you're suitable for the job. One example was about a prisoner not wanting to go into the yard and being unusually quiet that day. So your options were to leave him and tell him you'll be telling the yard warden he wouldn't be out today, or tell a colleague to tell the yard warden and to stay with with the prisoner to talk to him bla bla bla and more options. I would have chose to stay with the prisoner but then that could raise some issues we don't know about yet as we haven't been trained. So it's going to be tricky. I suppose it will show your personality and your suitability for the job. Is there any way of practicing and seeing if our answers are right or wrong? (Without buying that package advertised on careers to help you prepare, have you seen that?)

Leanne7011 wrote: »

I had a look at the some examples actually. Tricky I'd say. It will really define if you're suitable for the job. One example was about a prisoner not wanting to go into the yard and being unusually quiet that day. So your options were to leave him and tell him you'll be telling the yard warden he wouldn't be out today, or tell a colleague to tell the yard warden and to stay with with the prisoner to talk to him bla bla bla and more options. I would have chose to stay with the prisoner but then that could raise some issues we don't know about yet as we haven't been trained. So it's going to be tricky. I suppose it will show your personality and your suitability for the job. Is there any way of practicing and seeing if our answers are right or wrong? (Without buying that package advertised on careers to help you prepare, have you seen that?)

Do you mind me asking where did you find those example? is it on the link given by PAS?

Thanks

Hi all been watching this and applied myself. How dangurous is this job? Are officers being abused/attack or is this limited. Does the job mess with your head??

adrenalee wrote: »

All the above you have listed are yes.

You have to take all the above in consideration.

Are you a prison officer? I just have a few questions if you are

adrenalee wrote: »

No I am sorry I am not just done my homework on the job but if you have any question pop me in pm.

OK thanks! You would have been bombarded with questions if you said yes 😂 I'll pm you

I am not an PO but I've applied for this competition!

Some of my Family are officers so I hear alot about the job from them. All of whom have been assaulted at one time or another, mostly minor but some more serious. There is a high probability that you will be assaulted as a Prison Officer. 92 officers were attacked last year according to POA ( Prison Officers Association) There's a excellent chance you will be verbally abused regularly and apparently vexatious complaints by inmates are common place which have a massive impact on an Officer.

Your dealing with People that have no regard for the law, Prison rules or you as an Officer

You'll have no personal protection, no baton, pepper Spray and no protective vest.

Judging by a lot of questions and comments made in this thread, a lot of people really have not considered the conditions and vices of the job applied for

Star hurl wrote: »

Did anyone try the numerical section on the practise tests ? I have done a few appitudes and seems very tough ?

Ya I had one look and gave up. The verbal reasoning was tough enough. Or did you find that normal?

Star hurl wrote: »

Verbal was tough I scored 20 but always do well enough in that area ! But the numerical was nothing like any other public jobs aptitude I have done before but I'm shocking with maths anyway .

I think I got 12/30 right so about 40 percent but not sure what score that is. (Assuming your 20 doesn't mean percent).. I'm awful at maths, so the verbal turned me off even attempting the numerical one