RECRUITMENT 2008

[Fire_Rescue96]

Thanx for all your reply's guys.

Yeah I tried to contest it and get another go but the board said no, so yeah unfortunately I now have to wait till the next intake.

As for not going to the grass fire the night before it's hard when at night we don't get alot of people show up and when its something serious like a large fire its hard to not go. Like if it was a major MVA I would have gone but if it was a minor like fixed alarm wouldnt have bothered.

Thanx again

[JC]

Thats a different situation to what I witnessed last year. I completed my PAT 1 and one person who was missing on the role call was late and ran in the third session after me. I guess for you Fire_Rescue it is sad that your dream has ended, but its good that SAMFS has set a hard line in their recruitment to be equal to all that apply.
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Ah i wouldnt quite say there intakes are fair if you are a english caucasen & male.

[Firefrog]

Thanx for all your reply's guys.

Yeah I tried to contest it and get another go but the board said no, so yeah unfortunately I now have to wait till the next intake.

As for not going to the grass fire the night before it's hard when at night we don't get alot of people show up and when its something serious like a large fire its hard to not go. Like if it was a major MVA I would have gone but if it was a minor like fixed alarm wouldnt have bothered.

Thanx again

Fair enough  :-) - Your priorities are for you to work out.... :-)

[wicky]

Couldn't you just switch to petrol?
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petrol was also empty.

[chook]

Sorry to sound harsh mate but you were going to a part of a recruitment process for a job that you really want & you ran out of petrol & gas?
Not very good PPPPPP is it? (Prior Preparation Prevents Piss Poor Performance)
And you also signalled your volunteer work takes a higher priority than a potential paid one!
Most employers would have not given you a second glance (unless of course you have certain skills that others don't & even then not for a lower level position, think specialised middle or senior management).
At least next year you get another chance, so good luck & make sure the car is full :wink:
As I said it sounds harsh, but when you are starting at the bottom, they can afford to be choosy
cheers

[wicky]

Sorry to sound harsh mate but you were going to a part of a recruitment process for a job that you really want & you ran out of petrol & gas?
Not very good PPPPPP is it? (Prior Preparation Prevents filtered Poor Performance)
And you also signalled your volunteer work takes a higher priority than a potential paid one!
Most employers would have not given you a second glance (unless of course you have certain skills that others don't & even then not for a lower level position, think specialised middle or senior management).
At least next year you get another chance, so good luck & make sure the car is full :wink:
As I said it sounds harsh, but when you are starting at the bottom, they can afford to be choosy
cheers

you have mixed up two different posts from two different people maybe you should read them properly.

[chook]

Apologies - thanks for pointing that out Wicky :oops:
So instead of one person not quite getting there for the future career but two?
It still stands, if you want it be prepared!
Either excuse isn't acceptable to any employer especially when there is such a large waiting list.
Again sorry for the error (it just doesn't read that way).
cheers

[RescueHazmat]

Chook. From my reading - Wicky made the testing, Fire_rescue did not. :)

[rescue5271]

One of our members went down last week for his interview and testing but when he got there he found out that he had not brought his updated first aid card so they would not allow him the right to come back this week with it... Mind you he had passed his medical and had all the other information and last time he did the shuttle run  in correct time...This time around they are being very harsh and will not allow people to pop out and get something that they have forgotten or left in the car.....On the first day some 10 people did not show up at all for their interview....I always said MFS was the hardest service to join......

[Katrina]

Maybe they are just working on if you are not organised enough to get there on time and have absolutely everything that you require then maybe you are not the right person for the job. It is also a good way to cull a lot of people from what is a highly wanted position.
To be quite honest when you are interviewing/testing for positions and you have a lot of people applying you are looking for ways to cut people from the selection process to save you a lot of bother

[gasman]

The HR department are very strict on policy this year as they have been in the past, as someone already said, they want 100% or you are not good enough.
I beleive the application form is another area where people get culled, just for the simplest of mistakes,. The lesson here is , be prepared and do all that is required and then some.

[wicky]

Chook. From my reading - Wicky made the testing, Fire_rescue did not. :)

yes i made it to the beep test :-D

was just making a point that i went 2hrs early just in case something went wrong and it did. so i was prepared for it.

chook no worries  :-D

[wicky]

The HR department are very strict on policy this year as they have been in the past, as someone already said, they want 100% or you are not good enough.
I beleive the application form is another area where people get culled, just for the simplest of mistakes,. The lesson here is , be prepared and do all that is required and then some.

so true mike. 4 guys got culled at the PAT1 that i went to for not having the correct paper work if they had read the email properly it would not have happened. eg. drivers licence, 1 guy had a temporary one that expired last year. should have seen the look on his face when they told him he couldn't do the beep test. :cry: poor bugger.

[Fire_Rescue96]

I dont know about not letting you go out to your car to get something, cause when I showed up a guy had left his licence in his car and they let him go get it and come back, which took at least 5mins.

I really think that it is a bit hard to get into, they are very strict which is good in some ways but in others they are prob losing some people that may be excellent for the job.

[SA Firey]

What a joke I did my First Aid Course in December last year and are STILL waiting for the certificate :evil:

[RescueHazmat]

That stopped you getting into SAMFS, or you did it while on shift with SAMFS?

[josh]

One of our members went down last week for his interview and testing but when he got there he found out that he had not brought his updated first aid card so they would not allow him the right to come back this week with it... Mind you he had passed his medical and had all the other information and last time he did the shuttle run  in correct time...

have they changed something since last year?

you had to show your first aid, licence and computer skills proof before even starting the process at the shuttle run?

[rescue5271]

Not sure by what is the problem if you pass and then find out you have the wrong first aid card,why cant you show it next week when you have to come back???

[RescueHazmat]

Rules are set, and if people are really serious about it should be checking and then double checking they have everything perfect!..

[Red Message]

Its all about the little details. It may seem hard that they are knocking people off for those reasons, but as RescueHazmat said, it's not difficult to cross the T's and dot the I's.

[rescue5271]

that is why so many people did not get passed the interview........always next year.....

[21337]

i applied but got an email saying my application was denied because I did not state i had microsoft word and outlook skills, yet I did year 12 IT... ah wells.

did you guys who got through do a basic computer course or just say you had knowledge of it?

[josh]

you need to show evidence of the computer skills. you can go to a few recruitment joints and ask to be tested. it costs very little and you get a certificate.

its a process where they look for any little reason to eliminate numbers, so if you havent crossed your t's and dotted your i's forget it

[josh]

has anyone got any silly things on their police record?

[rescue5271]

Silly things???????