Prison Officer

Leo Demidov

I believe there were marks to be lost for including irrelevant content.

You got to eliminate the negatives, accentuate the positives and look out for mr. inbetween.:rolleyes:

Jobhunter09

If you fail a test on friday do you repeat it on the same day or at a later date??

theirishlad

someone who lives near the training center,
can you give me directions as you enter portlaois coming from tullamore side

thanks

Jobhunter09

Assuming your coming through mountmellick, you come into town go straight through the first roundabout, a topaz filling stations is on your left, keep going straight past dunnes stores(on ur left) and under the bridge, go straight tru the next round about. Tale a left at the next roundabout(there is a fillin station on ur left and rite here) and head straight through 2 more round abouts. You'll see the church then, go straight through 2 mini round abouts(you'll see what I mean) keep heading straight (you'll be driving along the left hand side the church) it is the first entrance after you pass the prisons!! Oh and incase you didn't notice this town thinks roundabouts solve all traffic problems:p

jason99

Jobhunter09 wrote: »

If you fail a test on friday do you repeat it on the same day or at a later date??

i asked the ips the very same question.you repeat the test on a different day,but hopefully you wont have to.

darkmark79

Bellad house is beside the prison which is on the Dublin side of Portlaoise ,it'll be on your right as you come in past the hospital.Hope this helps just look for the Dublin road and you can't miss the Prison.

hit_killer

Just a tip guys....probably sounds obvious but if you can bring a couple of bottles of lucozade sport with you on the day...not the fizzy one but the flat orange or blackberry ones, and SIP on it as much as possible in between excersises....dont gulp it down just sip on it so it doesnt upset your stomach and gives you a steady stream of glucose...keeps muscle glycogen high which as you already know converts to energy fast, helps performance and can prevent burnout.

Try and get some porridge into you in the morning as well yeah and a couple of eggs...stay well hyrdrated.

I came in 296th...don't think my batch has been contacted for an interview yet but not 100% sure...anyone know? or has anyone around my range been contacted yet?

youngsam

Best of luck to everyone doing the physical tomorrow. Let us know how ye got on.

darkmark79

Best of luck to everyone doing the physical tomorrow ,i hope everyone does well.:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

LoanShark

Good Luck tomorrow to everyone...

user1999

Of all the luck!!! .....Have had a really chesty cough all week, went to the doc and was told i have really bad hay fever and a chest infection. So if you see someone collasp tomorrow during the run...it will be me!!!! Heres hoping that i wake up in the morning as fresh as a daisy!!! (Hopefully!!!).
Best of luck everyone....

portumna

Best of luck to all tomorrow. Spare a thought for those of us who should be there with ye and let us know how ye get on. Hopefully there won't be any of ye back for a retest on the day we do ours!

jen_cokes

Been practising the stupid weights, got it so hopefully all will be ok 2moro, best of luck everyone, hopefully we'll all be fine, driving up from west cork first thing 2moro morning so hopefully i wont get lost!

redhotdevil

Well lads best of luck to everyone tommorrow,I'm sure everyone will fly it on the day:)

I'm placed 106 after the interview so haven't been called this time for the PCT but hopefully it won't be long.

On another note i was speaking to someone in the IPS about the salary and he told me that the starting salary is €24k + €4k rent allowance(paid to everyone regardless if your renting,living with parents or paying mortgage) ,8% operational allowance and also paid extra for sat & sun work.This is what the RPO's who started in feb are on.He couldn't tell me though when next class is due to start unfortunately.

He also said that security clearance could take up to 3 months,don't know why it takes so long as the job I'm in at the moment required security clearance and I got it back in two weeks

martingore

best of luck everyone !!!

Mick990

Hey best of luck to everyone tomorrow i hope it all goes really well

Taxipete29

After all the nightmares I had about those shuttle runs I passed. Congratulations to anyone else on here who passed.

portumna

Taxipete29 wrote: »

After all the nightmares I had about those shuttle runs I passed. Congratulations to anyone else on here who passed.

Well done Pete. Hopefully i'll be posting something similar in the not too distant future!

On a different note i got a call from the IPS earlier. They were looking for my home address that i grew up in for the sucurity clearance as they couldn't find anything on me at any of the addresses i gave them. There seems to be a lot of movement from them lately!

jason99

So what was it like today?
what was the procedure today?

jason99

Taxipete29 wrote: »

After all the nightmares I had about those shuttle runs I passed. Congratulations to anyone else on here who passed.

Congrats and well done.you can relax now.

martingore

From what I heard today , the next pct is on in one month .Well done taxipete ....glad to get that out of the way too.

Taxipete29

Well done to you too martin.

Hopefully the rest of you wont be too far behind.

There was also a whisper(rumour, story, whatever you wanna call it) about a class starting very soon, as in the next few weeks. We will see. I think we have all learned not to expect anything until it happens.

jason99

Did the test take long to complete taxipete?

Taxipete29

jason99 wrote: »

Did the test take long to complete taxipete?

About an hour for the actual test part. We were split into 2 groups. Our group went first while the other group had to wait around while we did our tests.

jason99

Thanks.
and what were the other parts......demonstration etc?????

Taxipete29

jason99 wrote: »

Thanks.
and what were the other parts......demonstration etc?????

They demonstrate each test just before you do it. It really is all very straightforward.

Taxipete29

Found this on Kildarestreet.com from yesterday.

Question 115: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 195 of 3 March 2010, when a response will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21129/10]

Dermot Ahern (Minister, Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform; Louth, Fianna Fail)
I refer further to my reply to Question 195 of the 3rd March 2010.
I wish to advise the Deputy, that following the receipt of sanction from the Minister for Finance, a recruitment process commenced in February of this year. Candidates for this process were drawn from those who successfully completed a written examination and were placed on a panel for the position in 2008.
The recruitment process involves the holding of competitive interviews, medical and health assessments, and security clearance of prospective candidates.
It is expected that this 2008 panel will be adequate for the current recruitment needs of the Irish Prison Service, and there are no plans to advertise for further applicants.

http://www.kildarestreet.com/wrans/?id=2010-05-20.1129.0

redhotdevil

Well done to everyone today,here's hoping the rest of us get called soon for the PCT!!!!

lakes1985

hi can anybody help me! i applied for prison officers i think it was late 2008! i did my aptitude test in portlaoise. I got a letter back to say i had finished in the top 15% in the country! thing is public jobs.ie changed somethin wit thier website & ya had to re register! i never did cos i didnt know how to! now i ave just registered today! i havnt recieved any news regarding any more tests or anything & was justwondering if anybody had heard from them that did ther aptitude test with me?? should i ring them up to find out?? any help please?

Crocop legend

Taxipete29 wrote: »

Found this on Kildarestreet.com from yesterday.

Question 115: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 195 of 3 March 2010, when a response will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21129/10]

Dermot Ahern (Minister, Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform; Louth, Fianna Fail)
I refer further to my reply to Question 195 of the 3rd March 2010.
I wish to advise the Deputy, that following the receipt of sanction from the Minister for Finance, a recruitment process commenced in February of this year. Candidates for this process were drawn from those who successfully completed a written examination and were placed on a panel for the position in 2008.
The recruitment process involves the holding of competitive interviews, medical and health assessments, and security clearance of prospective candidates.
It is expected that this 2008 panel will be adequate for the current recruitment needs of the Irish Prison Service, and there are no plans to advertise for further applicants.

http://www.kildarestreet.com/wrans/?id=2010-05-20.1129.0

Nice find mate,iHeard it was a closed shop after us and prob won't be more recruitment for the next 5 years!!!It's all the home straight now.Congrats to those who made the final hurdle today.Just a waiting game for you guys now.I heard they took up to no.80 for the pct today.Thats just 16 away from me so fingers x'd it happens soon!To those that did the pct today,was it as stressful as everybody was makin it out to be or was it relaxed?

Leo Demidov

lakes1985 wrote: »

hi can anybody help me! i applied for prison officers i think it was late 2008! i did my aptitude test in portlaoise. I got a letter back to say i had finished in the top 15% in the country! thing is public jobs.ie changed somethin wit thier website & ya had to re register! i never did cos i didnt know how to! now i ave just registered today! i havnt recieved any news regarding any more tests or anything & was justwondering if anybody had heard from them that did ther aptitude test with me?? should i ring them up to find out?? any help please?

If you were in the top 240, you'd have received a letter. If you're outside this, sit back and enjoy your summer.

youngsam

To the people who did the PCT yesterday, you obviously didnt have to run backwards during the shuttle runs did you ?

Taxipete29

youngsam wrote: »

To the people who did the PCT yesterday, you obviously didnt have to run backwards during the shuttle runs did you ?

No lol.

user1999

Missed out on passing the 600m by 4 seconds!!! Yet the person who was in front of me by 2 yards got through!! Dont think that two yards took me 4 seconds!!!! Raging. Going to have to wait for the repeat now. Hopefully it will be soon...

Crocop legend

Not to change the subject too much but I take it we are all on the panel.Anyone have any ideas how many of us are on the panel playing the waiting game???!!!;).It's basically "we hire as we need" according to Dermot Ahernes reponse from 2 days ago that Taxipete found.

480905

lakes1985 wrote: »

hi can anybody help me! i applied for prison officers i think it was late 2008! i did my aptitude test in portlaoise. I got a letter back to say i had finished in the top 15% in the country! thing is public jobs.ie changed somethin wit thier website & ya had to re register! i never did cos i didnt know how to! now i ave just registered today! i havnt recieved any news regarding any more tests or anything & was justwondering if anybody had heard from them that did ther aptitude test with me?? should i ring them up to find out?? any help please?

If you did a test and you were placed you should still be considered. Ring on Monday morning and get answers. Baby who cries loudest gets the dummy....

hotter

Crocop legend wrote: »

Not to change the subject too much but I take it we are all on the panel.Anyone have any ideas how many of us are on the panel playing the waiting game???!!!;).It's basically "we hire as we need" according to Dermot Ahernes reponse from 2 days ago that Taxipete found.

I have heard that a class may start early june but finance has not yet been approved for it.

Crocop legend

hotter wrote: »

I have heard that a class may start early june but finance has not yet been approved for it.

Yeah I heard this too but from what I heard it's 20 from the 07 panel that are ready to go and starting in june.Don't know how true it is coz i've been told so much B/S over the last while to do with the job.Think the rest of us can sit back and enjoy the summer if this is the case.I was just wondering what numbers are on the panel.As I said before i'm 96 on the list.Was just wondering does it go much further than that or are there people in the 300-400's also on the panel.I know it almost went to 2000 on the 07 panel and I know for certain that the 08 panel is much smaller.Rant over!!!!:D

bano12

Crocop legend wrote: »

Yeah I heard this too but from what I heard it's 20 from the 07 panel that are ready to go and starting in june.Don't know how true it is coz i've been told so much B/S over the last while to do with the job.Think the rest of us can sit back and enjoy the summer if this is the case.I was just wondering what numbers are on the panel.As I said before i'm 96 on the list.Was just wondering does it go much further than that or are there people in the 300-400's also on the panel.I know it almost went to 2000 on the 07 panel and I know for certain that the 08 panel is much smaller.Rant over!!!!:D

hey crocop, im from the 07 panel and havent done the fitness test! couldnt believe i wasnt called for the one last friday!! I think the next class will be a mix of 07, 08. your right about the B/S its ridiculous..

martingore

Did you contact the prison service bano?

bano12

martingore wrote: »

Did you contact the prison service bano?

I did and I know another fella from 07 in the same boat. Im sick ringing them but getting no straight answers. Id rather be told im not been considered anymore than this waiting around! looks like they are picking who ever they feel like..

martingore

thats bad form .they should let you know one way or the other

Taxipete29

It might be worth noting that all of us there on Friday were measured up for our uniforms before the test, presumably so they could be ordered if and when we passed. This might be another indication of a quick intake

darkmark79

Taxipete29 wrote: »

It might be worth noting that all of us there on Friday were measured up for our uniforms before the test, presumably so they could be ordered if and when we passed. This might be another indication of a quick intake

Well done Pete and everyone else who passed on Friday:D
Just wondering how many attended on Friday and any news on when the next test will be?
Fingers crossed i get called and do well ,did those who passed all do some sort of training to prepare or was it easy enough?

Taxipete29

darkmark79 wrote: »

Well done Pete and everyone else who passed on Friday:D
Just wondering how many attended on Friday and any news on when the next test will be?
Fingers crossed i get called and do well ,did those who passed all do some sort of training to prepare or was it easy enough?

From a personal point of view I was very unfit and have been training since I got the call for the interview. My main advice for anyone doing the test would be to practice the 40 shuttle runs again and again.

darkmark79

Taxipete29 wrote: »

From a personal point of view I was very unfit and have been training since I got the call for the interview. My main advice for anyone doing the test would be to practice the 40 shuttle runs again and again.

Thanks ,i was very unfit myself and started training aswell but lost interest with it for one reason or another ,me thinks its time to buck myself up and get back at it.;) The rowing machine is great for d leg muscles , a must have for the shuttle runs FEEL THE BURN:p:p:p

johnnyk11

i passed test on fri was dreadin the thing all week.i done trainin for d 40 shuttle runs.personally i think any1 who hasnt done test yet should train 4 d runs cause its alot harder then it sounds

user1999

I was in the first group on friday, and the governor of beladd met with us when we arrived and said that after we pass the physical (which was friday), the course will be starting in 3/4 weeks. This will be filled by the people who passed on friday. There was people from the 07 & 08 group at the physical when i was there. I also heard from a person within the top end of the service, that the next day for physicals will be the 11th of June or there abouts. And the people who pass this will be in the next class (sept/oct), as they would have enough people who passed to fill a class from the tests on friday last. I unfortunately didnt pass the 600m, so have to wait till the next call for physicals. Which isnt really fair, seen as you can repeat the strength tests, the carrying test etc... on the ame day if you fail,(you get two chances) but you arent allowed to repeat the 600m shuttles on the same day. Which means i have missed out on being in the first group to start the training. Thats my little rant done with now!!!

LoanShark

user1999 wrote: »

I was in the first group on friday, and the governor of beladd met with us when we arrived and said that after we pass the physical (which was friday), the course will be starting in 3/4 weeks. This will be filled by the people who passed on friday. There was people from the 07 & 08 group at the physical when i was there. I also heard from a person within the top end of the service, that the next day for physicals will be the 11th of June or there abouts. And the people who pass this will be in the next class (sept/oct), as they would have enough people who passed to fill a class from the tests on friday last. I unfortunately didnt pass the 600m, so have to wait till the next call for physicals. Which isnt really fair, seen as you can repeat the strength tests, the carrying test etc... on the ame day if you fail,(you get two chances) but you arent allowed to repeat the 600m shuttles on the same day. Which means i have missed out on being in the first group to start the training. Thats my little rant done with now!!!

Very useful post...

Sorry to hear you didn't make the cut on the shuttle runs...The dream ain't over, its just been put on the long finger..

hotter

user1999 wrote: »

I was in the first group on friday, and the governor of beladd met with us when we arrived and said that after we pass the physical (which was friday), the course will be starting in 3/4 weeks. This will be filled by the people who passed on friday. There was people from the 07 & 08 group at the physical when i was there. I also heard from a person within the top end of the service, that the next day for physicals will be the 11th of June or there abouts. And the people who pass this will be in the next class (sept/oct), as they would have enough people who passed to fill a class from the tests on friday last. I unfortunately didnt pass the 600m, so have to wait till the next call for physicals. Which isnt really fair, seen as you can repeat the strength tests, the carrying test etc... on the ame day if you fail,(you get two chances) but you arent allowed to repeat the 600m shuttles on the same day. Which means i have missed out on being in the first group to start the training. Thats my little rant done with now!!!

I have heard once they get the funding they will look to take on everyone who past the pct in early june