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SAMFS / Re: SAMFS Recruitment 2018
« on: June 22, 2019, 09:03:43 PM »
Im in the 'keep fit' too.

Im at the stage where I just want an email saying 'pat1' or no. Its hard on the whole family when it feels like your life is on hold for the last year.

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SAMFS / Re: SAMFS Recruitment 2018
« on: May 29, 2019, 10:51:53 PM »
The wording is a bit broad. When did you get your email?

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SAMFS / Re: SAMFS Recruitment 2018
« on: May 16, 2019, 08:38:43 PM »
This is complete speculation but my theory is the ones going for interviews are what was left from the first round of intakes.

Example. 2x squads 24 = 48. failure rate say 10% = 5. 48+5= 53 round up to 60 applicants tested.

After 48 recruits taken the left over applicants will go to interviews, plus the testing of the keep fit pool and the ones who have already passed interviews but not proceeded yet.

Purely by statistics the 'keep fit' who received a no thank you letter will have missed out because of numbers available for this year and historical failure rate of the process.

So by the time the new recruitment drive has been given results, at the end of the year, 2 more squads will have been selected from the remaining.

SPECULATION ONLY, im just try to be optimistic for my own situation   :-D

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SAMFS / Re: SAMFS Recruitment 2018
« on: May 16, 2019, 07:03:41 PM »
Quote from: TE on May 16, 2019, 03:43:05 PM
Yea I was in the keep fit pool of people that did the pat1 before Christmas. The email came through about 4pm yesterday so keep an eye out and good luck!

Thats cool mate. I hope whoever is left in the running gets a good crack at it before the next recruitment drive. When you did your PAT1 did it stop at 9.6 or did it keep playing?

Has anyone else got interviews?

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SAMFS / Re: SAMFS Recruitment 2018
« on: May 15, 2019, 09:15:53 PM »
Quote from: TE on May 15, 2019, 05:19:15 PM
I got an email today for an interview in a few weeks. Anyone else heard anything?

Have you already done your PAT1?

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SAMFS / Re: SAMFS Recruitment 2018
« on: May 11, 2019, 07:53:49 PM »
Congrats to the first squad. Second squad must be starting soon. Has anyone been notified for the 3rd or are they going to start PAT1's again? Any rumours? How many are in the keep fit still?

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SAMFS / Re: SAMFS Recruitment 2018
« on: April 12, 2019, 12:39:06 PM »
Yea im in the same boat too, hopefully we might get a chance. Canine, do you mean that they might be recruiting again in July? I wasnt sure if that was confirmed.

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SAMFS / Re: SAMFS Retained Firefighter Information
« on: January 18, 2019, 07:10:41 PM »
Yea im going through the process now. I just moved and volunteered before and was looking for a station in my new town. The mfs was closest so i thought i might as well get paid to do what i enjoy. And probably receive better organisational support, equipment and training.

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SAMFS / Re: SAMFS Recruitment 2018
« on: September 15, 2018, 04:54:58 PM »
What time was your pat1 booked in for?

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SAMFS / Re: SAMFS Recruitment 2018
« on: September 11, 2018, 02:34:25 PM »
Quote from: Left foot snap on September 11, 2018, 02:24:24 PM
I think you may be just hopeful. They will run enough through the PAT 1 to allow for multiple squads. They will then take enough to the interview stage to allow for a squad to be filled if people are unsuccessful at the interview/PAT 2/Medical, where a number of people may be unsuccessful.

Cheers mate. Gotta keep the dream alive somehow though hey haha

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SAMFS / Re: SAMFS Recruitment 2018
« on: September 11, 2018, 02:21:20 PM »
Quote from: Zeke11 on September 11, 2018, 02:17:57 PM
Quote from: Phil.Collins99 on September 11, 2018, 02:12:15 PM
I just got an unsuccessful email

Unsuccessful keep fit?
Or just unsuccessfull? If just unsuccessful sorry to hear

Yea mate, sorry too.

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SAMFS / Re: SAMFS Recruitment 2018
« on: September 11, 2018, 02:17:22 PM »
I got a "keep fit" too. Seems to be a lot of "keep fit" letters but not as many people saying they've got through to PAT1.

For the people who got through what is your scheduled time for Friday? Just trying to gauge how many they might be testing.

I wonder if SAMFS is only testing for the first squad. Since there is 3-4 months in between intakes, a lot could change for people in that time. It would also spread out recruitment timeframes and ease the pressure on the HR department. Maybe im just being hopeful haha.

Thoughts?

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SAMFS / Re: SAMFS Recruitment 2018
« on: September 11, 2018, 09:40:29 AM »
(Removed my rant, its not being constructive)

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SAMFS / Re: Mount Barker MFS
« on: September 10, 2018, 03:32:14 PM »
I read in the state budget that they've allocated the funds now for a retained station in Mt Barker.

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SAMFS / Re: SAMFS Recruitment 2018
« on: September 10, 2018, 03:29:25 PM »
Nope, not yet!

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SAMFS / Re: SAMFS Recruitment 2018
« on: September 07, 2018, 07:24:12 PM »
They couldnt test us all on one day mate. You and me will get ours on Monday haha.

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SAMFS / Re: SAMFS Recruitment 2018
« on: August 14, 2018, 05:44:20 PM »
Yea I have mine this Friday as well, good luck. Did they let you know what you had troubles on? Im wondering how much of the actual test is based on maths and english compared to personality/psych, what was it like last time?

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SAMFS / Re: SAMFS Recruitment 2018
« on: August 10, 2018, 11:20:03 AM »
Gpats, that's good to know. I went through a similar recruitment before and nearly failed on the audio spelling. I hope your right or im stuffed haha.

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SAMFS / Re: SAMFS Recruitment 2018
« on: August 10, 2018, 09:48:47 AM »
It would be based on percentile, so how you score compared to the rest of the candidates. If it was a pass mark then they wouldn't be thinning out the herd enough... Question for the people who have previously applied, was there a spelling test done using an audio recording?

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SAMFS / Re: SAMFS Recruitment 2018
« on: August 06, 2018, 11:17:36 AM »
I received mine on Friday and it's exactly 2 weeks notice for my assessment, maybe that's what they're aiming for.

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SAMFS / Re: SAMFS Recruitment 2018
« on: July 12, 2018, 05:42:37 PM »
Did they say how long the applications are open for?

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SAMFS / Re: SAMFS Recruitment 2018
« on: July 10, 2018, 02:49:55 PM »
Quote from: FireLuke on July 06, 2018, 12:57:43 PM
Hey Optimistic, I'm happy to give some insight after the session. :)

Thanks mate i really appreciate that.

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SAMFS / Re: SAMFS Recruitment 2018
« on: July 06, 2018, 12:32:06 PM »
Unfortunately I can't make it to the info sessions. Would anyone mind giving me a summary after they've been? Im really interested in the aptitude testing and how many recruits they are looking to take on.

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SAMFS / Re: SAMFS Recruitment 2018
« on: February 08, 2018, 02:54:20 PM »
Yea Gfoss thats what i was thinking. Makes you wonder if its a cost thing or if the requirements/standards and procedures for recruitment are changing next time around. they might want to take as many people as possible from that drive.

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SAMFS / Re: SAMFS Recruitment 2018
« on: February 01, 2018, 09:49:07 PM »
Thanks Phoenix for taking the time to reply. Yea i had speculated a lot of what you said but i wanted to know for sure. Good to know how much i could possibly be up for in airline tickets.... Congrats Beater and to everyone else who made it through. What is the dynamic of your squad? what backgrounds and previous experience does everyone have?... i think its pretty crazy thou that the MFS will have taken 6 squads from a recruitment drive in 2016.

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