RECRUITMENT 2011

[Monger]

Received mine today 13th at 9.30.  Let the fun begin.

I'll be there with you then Scottie. My PAT1 is then also. Will be good morning / few minutes.

Heard out of the 1000 applicants 700 made it to beep test. So 300 didnt have their s$%t together in application.

[crossy]

wow didnt think the application was that hard to work out....  :| anybody else running 8am tues??

[bolts]

How did people go in their beep tests? All well I hope.

[Scottie]

Mate had test today at eight. Said he was in and out in no time and has next step on 2nd of May. Be glad to join him

[Scottie]

Heard the same news Ferret.  All i can say it just makes it a little easier for the rest of us. Odds a little better. Surely no one fails the Pat1 test.

[Citizen]

Killed it this morning :)
ALso the interview dates have been shifted, suits me perfectly.

[Monger]

Heard the same news Ferret.  All i can say it just makes it a little easier for the rest of us. Odds a little better. Surely no one fails the Pat1 test.

Maybe 20 will fail. Some dumb arises who don't prepare.

[Bolts84]

Passed my test this morning :-D Bring on the 2nd May.

[hotfire]

Got mine on Friday at 13:30.....

[mikey]

Lads,

Received my invitation to the Personality Profiling (PP) and Firefighter Abilities (FA) Test after PAT 1 today.  The testing goes for a total of 5 hours! Can anyone tell me the split of time between PP and FA?  Also, with FA what are the approximate time splits between Writing Ability Test, Basic Arithmetic & Numeracy Test and Reading & Reasoning Ability Test?  Any information greatly appreciated.

Mikey

[Monger]

Lads,

Received my invitation to the Personality Profiling (PP) and Firefighter Abilities (FA) Test after PAT 1 today.  The testing goes for a total of 5 hours! Can anyone tell me the split of time between PP and FA?  Also, with FA what are the approximate time splits between Writing Ability Test, Basic Arithmetic & Numeracy Test and Reading & Reasoning Ability Test?  Any information greatly appreciated.

Mikey

I did it a few years ago now, think the PP was about 3 hours. Involved about 600 questions, had a headache afterwards. Just try to be consistent with your answers. As for the FA testing i think you had about 15 min for each subject. Also had to write up a report on an incident so maybe study up on how to format a report.

[crossy]

passed my pat 1 this morning. and if i heard right 3 of our group didnt even rock up....

[hotfire]

Good job Crossy....well done

[tft]

Normally about 8-10 Key questions in the Personality Profiling you must get correct. They have a heap of questions, but if you get one of the key questions wrong you will fail. Just answer the questions straight away for this section, don't try and think too much about the questions.
With the quick maths, story and word association I am not sure how you study for that.

[Monger]

Normally about 8-10 Key questions in the Personality Profiling you must get correct. They have a heap of questions, but if you get one of the key questions wrong you will fail. Just answer the questions straight away for this section, don't try and think too much about the questions.
With the quick maths, story and word association I am not sure how you study for that.

From memory there is no right or wrong answers in the PP. Its all about your personality eg. team player, leader etc. There is a few questions that are related to political correctness. No one sees your test, it gets fed thru a computer and your personality type spits out the other end

[hotfire]

Thanks guys.. All these little tips help. Cheers

[tft]

The PP test has 8- 10 key questions, the rest is about Personality eg. team player, leader etc. There is a few questions that are related to political correctness.
All these test are like this.
With questions like this
Your desk, workbench etc. is usually neat and orderly   Y or N
I would like to write a famous play or Read a book
Strange questions and a heap of them.
Word Association Test
Dog is to    bird cat house fence     (cat is the answer)
This test gets harder, but don't worry about the last few questions, they are filtered hard. Just marks something.

Hey I could be wrong about this years test, but most tests are very similar.
Unless the MFS have changed what they want tested, which might be possible.

[wicky]

Passed pat 1 today, 2 failed in first group of six, 1 didnt show at all.

[mikey]

Hi Lads,

Thanks, as hotfire says all these little tips are helpful.  Just a question on the basic arithmetic and numeracy test - does the test include questions on long division and long multiplication?  Or is it just basic mental arithmetic?

Now let's see if I can help some of you guys - I came across a Fire Service Recuitment Preparation Guide titled "Forced Entry".  It cost $25 but well worth a read and has links to numerous websites with practice questions.  Here is the link to purchase:

http://fireservicerecruitment.com.au/

Good luck to all!

Mikey

[Monger]

Hi Lads,

Thanks, as hotfire says all these little tips are helpful.  Just a question on the basic arithmetic and numeracy test - does the test include questions on long division and long multiplication?  Or is it just basic mental arithmetic?

Now let's see if I can help some of you guys - I came across a Fire Service Recuitment Preparation Guide titled "Forced Entry".  It cost $25 but well worth a read and has links to numerous websites with practice questions.  Here is the link to purchase:

http://fireservicerecruitment.com.au/

Good luck to all!

3 years ago the maths was in sentence form. Eg if you are traveling 60km an hour to a fire that is 15km away, how long will it take to get there? So not real in depth calculations. They do get a bit harder then the example I gave

Mikey

[Scottie]

Well i ran and completed the test today. Next stage is 5th of May.  Three people never showed and one only made it to 7.4.  Any way all the best to those still to run and good luck to those on to the next stage. :-D

[Scottie]

From what I am hearing there seems to be a lot of people not showing up for the Pat1 test, as well a few failing. Anyone heard the number of applicants that have made next stage? Would have to be below 700.

[disturbed]

When i ran my PAT 1 on Thursday i heard a FF ask a SO it was a big group running as there was 22 of us and the SO said they had to run 600 people for the PAT 1

[6739264]

Just a curiosity here, why the obsession with the number of people failing/passing?

[Monger]

From what I am hearing there seems to be a lot of people not showing up for the Pat1 test, as well a few failing. Anyone heard the number of applicants that have made next stage? Would have to be below 700.

This is what happens when they make it easier to apply, people just apply for the hell of it without having to make any real commitment. Failing the pat1 unless injured or sick is a joke. You have had a few months to train for it and it is pretty much the only test out of the process that you can practise 100%.