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Garda Recruitment - Stage 3a - Medical Examination

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  • Registered Users Posts: 46 picotto


    I passed my interview in mid april and still haven't heard anything. Its soooooooo frustrating to be left in the dark for so long:mad::mad:

    This waiting is killing me, dont know how much more I can take:(:confused:


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,468 ✭✭✭ojewriej


    picotto wrote: »
    I passed my interview in mid april and still haven't heard anything. Its soooooooo frustrating to be left in the dark for so long:mad::mad:

    This waiting is killing me, dont know how much more I can take:(:confused:

    Get used to it. I had everything done in January, and I'm still waiting to be called.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 9 GSinead08


    Hi Guys,


    Did my interview mid may, had my medical yesterday and passed anyway thank god, have my physical this day next week so they said if i pass i should be going in on august 5th! Fingers crossed i pass next week!!

    Hang in there tho you never know when you might get a call!!!


  • Registered Users Posts: 527 ✭✭✭Haz33


    GSinead08 wrote: »
    Hi Guys,


    Did my interview mid may, had my medical yesterday and passed anyway thank god, have my physical this day next week so they said if i pass i should be going in on august 5th! Fingers crossed i pass next week!!

    Hang in there tho you never know when you might get a call!!!

    Well done Sinead and good luck with the PCT.

    PVT JOKER there is someone pulling the wool over your eyes........medicals yesterday...........doctors in the building...............get out the phone quick man, you're asleep on the job!!!!!:D:D


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,985 ✭✭✭pvt.joker


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,127 ✭✭✭✭kerry4sam


    pvt.joker wrote: »
    rang, they cant say if the doctors will review it today, even though theyre back since Tuesday. Apparantly theyre dealing with "immediate people" now :rolleyes: (i.e people doing medicals) so it all depends on if they go into the office or not.
    It's like banging your head against a wall. Im half tempted to go in, get the report from the office and hand it to the doctor myself.

    that's hard to believe kaizer but maybe they are waiting until they have x number of people ready for the PCT before officially giving you the go-ahead to your final stage?!?

    anyone doing medical ... are you given your PCT date on the day or are you being told you'll be contacted at a later date with your officially PCT date?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,985 ✭✭✭pvt.joker


    kerry4sam wrote: »
    that's hard to believe kaizer but maybe they are waiting until they have x number of people ready for the PCT before officially giving you the go-ahead to your final stage?!?

    anyone doing medical ... are you given your PCT date on the day or are you being told you'll be contacted at a later date with your officially PCT date?

    Would like to think thats the case Kerry, but someone who did it on Tuesday has been given a PCT date for next week already. And they always hand them out on the day if you pass the PCT.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,127 ✭✭✭✭kerry4sam


    pvt.joker wrote: »
    ...And they always hand them out on the day if you pass the PCT.

    that's not always the case though ...

    Do you know anyone up there who could speed things along for you - like handing your report over to be signed off on? Surely their is somebody there who can do that much :confused:


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,985 ✭✭✭pvt.joker


    kerry4sam wrote: »
    that's not always the case though ...

    Do you know anyone up there who could speed things along for you - like handing your report over to be signed off on? Surely their is somebody there who can do that much :confused:

    .


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,985 ✭✭✭pvt.joker


    I'm going to take a break from here for a while to try and get things sorted, have to be very careful what you say here, the walls have ears as the saying goes.
    Good luck to all going in for medicals etc.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 288 ✭✭Paolo5


    Does anyone know if they just do medicals at certain times of the year / coming up to the intake dates?

    I am hoping for November but also hoping to have lots of notice so would hate to think that things just stop again after August and I could be waiting til October to find out!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 136 ✭✭jt123456


    Just back from the HQ, Ive passed, WHOOP WHOOP!!!!!! Seriously cannot believe it. I have to do my PCT on the last few days of july as they want me in for 5th august. He was really reluctant to deffer me to november as they must want as many in as possible. Id say a lot of ppl wil be doing medicals and physicals in the next 2-3 weeks for the final push/drive. Anyway im almost there and im off to pack. Going to South east asia in the morning. :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,128 ✭✭✭Geri Boyle


    Congrats cmcskeane! Another success story to give us all hope!
    Delighted for ya, enjoy the hols. :)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,985 ✭✭✭pvt.joker


    well well , i got passed by the medical dept. went out for a few(lot) of pints to celebrate!

    Pct next week, all going well ill be looking at haz for the first pint on august 5th :)

    alls well that ends well.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 299 ✭✭controller


    Ah pvt. joker, that's deadly. Delighted for you, what a relief I'd say. How you set for giving work notice this time around? I'd say you don't care at this stage. Good luck with the PCT, no more pints till then.:D:P


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,985 ✭✭✭pvt.joker


    controller wrote: »
    How you set for giving work notice this time around? I'd say you don't care at this stage. Good luck with the PCT, no more pints till then.:D:P

    Notice??? Whats that?! :D :pac: Ill give it next week if i pass the pct. Dont really care what the manager says tbh, ive given a years work to him already!

    No more pints alright, hittin gym tomorrow and rest of weekend, leaving nothing to chance at this stage!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,468 ✭✭✭ojewriej


    pvt.joker wrote: »
    well well , i got passed by the medical dept. went out for a few(lot) of pints to celebrate!

    Pct next week, all going well ill be looking at haz for the first pint on august 5th :)

    alls well that ends well.

    good to hear that you finally got it sorted.

    Good luck with PCT, one last hurdle and you're in


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,985 ✭✭✭pvt.joker


    ojewriej wrote: »
    good to hear that you finally got it sorted.

    Good luck with PCT, one last hurdle and you're in

    Yeah I dont mind the waiting part, once every stage is finished.

    Any update for yourself? You've had to be the most patient of all in here.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,468 ✭✭✭ojewriej


    pvt.joker wrote: »
    Yeah I dont mind the waiting part, once every stage is finished.

    Any update for yourself? You've had to be the most patient of all in here.

    Nope, just reading about everyone getting their letters, then going home, checking my mailbox and dying a little inside, because it's empty again.

    Only messing (well, half messing), after such a long time it's easier to be patient. There is absolutely nothing i can do, only wait, so what's the point in stressing out. .


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,985 ✭✭✭pvt.joker


    True mate, it must be a killer.

    The positive thing is, you have everything passes, and you know you're getting in, it's just a matter of when. Obviously the sooner the better, but one of these days you're going to get that letter and it'll be all the sweeter then!
    ojewriej wrote: »
    Nope, just reading about everyone getting their letters, then going home, checking my mailbox and dying a little inside, because it's empty again.

    Only messing (well, half messing), after such a long time it's easier to be patient. There is absolutely nothing i can do, only wait, so what's the point in stressing out. .


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,468 ✭✭✭ojewriej


    pvt.joker wrote: »
    The positive thing is, you have everything passes, and you know you're getting in, it's just a matter of when. Obviously the sooner the better, but one of these days you're going to get that letter and it'll be all the sweeter then!

    True enough, but not knowing when is a pain in the ass. I have too many things on hold now for a good while, changing house, holidays etc.

    And it's not only for me - we werre supposed to go to Cuba with a bunch of friends, but can't really plan it properly, because we don't know where I will be next month. So they are all waiting for a word as well and i feel really bad about it. It's a pain.

    But as you said - at least I have everything passed.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,128 ✭✭✭Geri Boyle


    Congrats pvt joker. That's great news, you must be delighted!

    ojewriej I don't know how you're still sane. I've been going through this process a relatively short length of time and I'm ready to crack up! Your patience will be worth it in the end :)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,468 ✭✭✭ojewriej


    Blue Belle wrote: »
    ojewriej I don't know how you're still sane. I've been going through this process a relatively short length of time and I'm ready to crack up! Your patience will be worth it in the end :)

    I'm sure it will. I like to think it a good exercise for my patience, which I'm sure I will need a lot while in GS. So it's all part of a bigger picture really ;-)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 74 ✭✭ta moko


    Hi all

    can anyone tell me a detailed breakdown of the phases in Templemore or direct me to where i might find it

    Just want to know it for interview

    Tanks


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,468 ✭✭✭ojewriej


    ta moko wrote: »
    Hi all

    can anyone tell me a detailed breakdown of the phases in Templemore or direct me to where i might find it

    Just want to know it for interview

    Tanks

    Here

    Id would be a good idea to to have a look around Garda's site anyway. A lot of info there, that might come up on the interview, like units, region, news etc.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2 Caz3


    hey just wondering does anyone know if smokers are at a disadvantage in the medical? what do they test for! fit as a fiddle like just startin 2 worry a bit now


  • Registered Users Posts: 120 ✭✭cathalfeely


    Caz3 wrote: »
    hey just wondering does anyone know if smokers are at a disadvantage in the medical? what do they test for! fit as a fiddle like just startin 2 worry a bit now

    i am not that sure that smoking is a huge factor, they test you on your lung capacity... are you a heavy smoker??? i have the medical coming up and i smoke around 15 a day... obviously it would be better if you didnt smoke


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 69 ✭✭smokie78


    jaysus lads its piece of piss, not even a great bleedin job! change overs suck


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,468 ✭✭✭ojewriej


    i am not that sure that smoking is a huge factor, they test you on your lung capacity... are you a heavy smoker??? i have the medical coming up and i smoke around 15 a day... obviously it would be better if you didnt smoke
    Caz3 wrote: »
    hey just wondering does anyone know if smokers are at a disadvantage in the medical? what do they test for! fit as a fiddle like just startin 2 worry a bit now

    I smoke 10-15 a day, and had no problem passing the lung cap test.

    [It was more of a problem during PCT, but passed this too


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,985 ✭✭✭pvt.joker


    smokie78 wrote: »
    jaysus lads its piece of piss, not even a great bleedin job! change overs suck


    :rolleyes:
    thanks for your opinion
    :rolleyes:


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 95 ✭✭LeSurfer


    2 month after i did my interview, the letter finally came in this morning starting "i'm pleased to inform you...". absolutely delighted.:D

    hows everyone doing from jan 2008 drive,hope ye all got a date for your med. HQ told me they've started my background check a month ago and its highly unlikely that i'd make it for the augest intake.fingers crossed i'll see ye guys in novmeber.:)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,128 ✭✭✭Geri Boyle


    LeSurfer, did it take 2 months for you to get the results of your interview or am I taking you up wrong?? That's a long wait, considering the aptitiude test results come out in a week or 2!

    Congrats anyway, it must be a big relief! :)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 95 ✭✭LeSurfer


    Blue Belle wrote: »
    LeSurfer, did it take 2 months for you to get the results of your interview or am I taking you up wrong?? That's a long wait, considering the aptitiude test results come out in a week or 2!

    Congrats anyway, it must be a big relief! :)


    thanks blue belle!:DPAS had my result a week after i did my interview,it was the NQIR holding things back.took them 4 month to have my qualification recongnized.:eek:


  • Registered Users Posts: 120 ✭✭cathalfeely


    LeSurfer wrote: »
    thanks blue belle!:DPAS had my result a week after i did my interview,it was the NQIR holding things back.took them 4 month to have my qualification recongnized.:eek:

    Hey LeSurfer,

    I'm in the exact same boat, got my letter yesterday morning. i know that PAS have had it for a few weeks now and was a bit annoyed that they did not update the system to the headquaters. Phoned headquaters and told me that I would not be in running for the august intake, so it woill be november. Bit of a waiting game agian i suppose. I waited from the 15th of april on my qualifications to be recognised...


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 95 ✭✭LeSurfer


    Hey LeSurfer,

    I'm in the exact same boat, got my letter yesterday morning. i know that PAS have had it for a few weeks now and was a bit annoyed that they did not update the system to the headquaters. Phoned headquaters and told me that I would not be in running for the august intake, so it woill be november. Bit of a waiting game agian i suppose. I waited from the 15th of april on my qualifications to be recognised...


    alright lad! talking about the efficiency of public service sector hey?(not including the GS of course:D)phoned the HQ myself today they still haven't been informed by PAS regarding to my qualification.i was like...:pac:


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1 leon01


    Hey,Anyone know the issues relating to Red/Green colour blindness? Is it a fail or is is something that they would be willing to overlook?
    Thanks


  • Registered Users Posts: 527 ✭✭✭Haz33


    leon01 wrote: »
    Hey,Anyone know the issues relating to Red/Green colour blindness? Is it a fail or is is something that they would be willing to overlook?
    Thanks

    Hi Leon
    If you go back to the start of this thread and read through it, colourblindness comes up a couple of times so you should get what you need here!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 95 ✭✭LeSurfer


    Hey liong! would you send me another pm,i deleted your pm by mistake!:P


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,127 ✭✭✭✭kerry4sam


    Could anyone tell me how fallen arches/flat-foot would go or could go against you on the day of the medical ...

    According to various sources "should be noted that being flatfooted does not decrease footspeed"

    so just wondered if it could go against you in the medical?


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,985 ✭✭✭pvt.joker


    Im not sure Kerry, the only that they do that could detect that as far as I can remember is to stand up on your toes for a few seconds. Thats the only test of your feet that I got, apart from running/jumping at the PCT :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,127 ✭✭✭✭kerry4sam


    pvt.joker wrote: »
    Im not sure Kerry, the only that they do that could detect that as far as I can remember is to stand up on your toes for a few seconds...

    Yeah i wondered that when you are standing on your toes and they see that you do have flat-foot/fallen arches could that be held against you.

    They check it for a reason and i wondered has anyone heard of it effecting the end result on the day


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 149 ✭✭KINGofHEARTS


    Hi there,

    I have wanted to join the gaurds for some time, but have fears regarding the medical, In 2005 I was diagnosed with a cancerous tumour on my right leg, Now I under went chemotherapy and surgery and am since in great health (touch wood and all that :P )

    So my fear is will this hold me back in joining the guards ??? Will they worry about letting someone in with my past medical history and therefore reject my application ???

    As I say, I'm not familiar AT ALL with this, so If anyone could help me with this or have any information I would greatly appreciate it.

    Thanks

    Jeff


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37 Mountain Man


    Hi there,

    I have wanted to join the gaurds for some time, but have fears regarding the medical, In 2005 I was diagnosed with a cancerous tumour on my right leg, Now I under went chemotherapy and surgery and am since in great health (touch wood and all that :P )

    So my fear is will this hold me back in joining the guards ??? Will they worry about letting someone in with my past medical history and therefore reject my application ???

    As I say, I'm not familiar AT ALL with this, so If anyone could help me with this or have any information I would greatly appreciate it.

    Thanks

    Jeff

    Hi Jeff,

    No expert on this but had medical recently for GR, which is I believe the same procedure as for new full time recruits. On the med form it does ask your very question however, if you can show physical proof e.g. a letter from your consultant/doctor saying you are now clear, good to hear by the way, they shouldn't hold that against you.

    I had a minor operation for a small complaint, put down on form, doctor didn't even comment, I had a letter just in case. I know it happened to a another person where the doctor asked for such a letter, but it seems to depend on the doctor you meet.

    Hopefully there are a few people on the this thread who can answer your question from their own similar experiences.

    Regards.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,213 ✭✭✭shakin


    anyone do a medical lately get awawy with a high bmi?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,985 ✭✭✭pvt.joker


    Highest I think they accept is 30, and she gave me a warning of "watch youre weight" with a BMI of 27 :rolleyes:

    Funny thing is, I thought she said, "whats your weight", and I said "14 stone" :D


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,213 ✭✭✭shakin


    pvt.joker wrote: »
    Highest I think they accept is 30, and she gave me a warning of "watch youre weight" with a BMI of 27 :rolleyes:

    Funny thing is, I thought she said, "whats your weight", and I said "14 stone" :D

    had you the hearing test done at that stage!

    im about 29-30 have to get it down, but it doesnt stop me playing championship football!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,985 ✭✭✭pvt.joker


    shakin wrote: »
    had you the hearing test done at that stage!

    im about 29-30 have to get it down, but it doesnt stop me playing championship football!


    Yeah, you do the hearing test downstairs with the nurse first, then the medical with the doctor.
    bmi is a joke anway, doesnt take muscle mass into affect, you could be built like a tank with no body fat and still be classed as obese! They should use the bf% test instead, but bmi is easy for them to do. Get weight/height and make a calculation. No work involved :rolleyes:


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 277 ✭✭soundlad


    shakin wrote: »
    had you the hearing test done at that stage!

    im about 29-30 have to get it down, but it doesnt stop me playing championship football!


    bmi is a joke and it all depends on what doctor you get it seems to be. some people on this thread have got through wit bmi's bigger than 30 so it is really hard to know .


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 900 ✭✭✭Dr_MaSoN


    its silly if you leave it up to chance. Regardless if you are a super star championship footballer or the next Drico.


    If you want to get into the gards you will have made sure of passing the medical by working on your bmi and getting to down to what ever you need to pass.

    as ive said before, Fail to prepare, prepare to fail. :)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,985 ✭✭✭pvt.joker


    Dr_MaSoN wrote: »
    its silly if you leave it up to chance. Regardless if you are a super star championship footballer or the next Drico.


    If you want to get into the gards you will have made sure of passing the medical by working on your bmi and getting to down to what ever you need to pass.

    as ive said before, Fail to prepare, prepare to fail. :)

    +1

    You should be leaving nothing to chance. Plenty of lads who did the pct were quite fit beforehand, but did a good few weeks training beforehand just to make sure. Same goes for the medical.


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