Prison Officer

martingore

sorry bitterlemon lol

twowheelsonly

bitter_lemon wrote: »

oi i'm a girl! twowheelonly would call me a sheeser probably :rolleyes:
you're welcome though sweetie

I prefer She-warden myself..:p

Where are you based by the way?

bitter_lemon

i'm in pats. how is cork treating you?

twowheelsonly

It's grand, handy enough jail, been here since 2007 and no intention of going anywhere else soon.

Pats is a grand spot. I know quite a few of the lads there. Did quite a few days up there when we had a thing called overtime. Used to have a laugh with all the young fellas thinking that we were all brand new guys.

Is ACO W.F. still up there with ye? Tell him I said hello and see can he figure out who I am. Worked with him in the Base in M/Joy and got promoted around the same time.

I'm off... nights tonight and gotta go get a life for myself in the meantime!!!

Talk Later.

bitter_lemon

yep he is. hes just back from IOD.

chat to ya again.

bohsboy

Deleted User wrote: »

Out of curiousity. How come the wage is high for a prison officer?

Its not. Ask the 75 staff on income support across the country.

jason99

Best of luck to everyone on friday and to those who are starting monday.
hopefully the rest of us will be there soon.:)

Taxipete29

Can one of the serving officers on here possibly let us know what is involved in the Croke Park deal from a prison officers perspective??

Mick990

Hey lads,

Just out of curiosity does anyone know if while your doing your college course you're intitled to a student card ??

I know its a little thing but the girlfriend has one and the amount of places she gets discount is unreal could help just a little bit

fedor.2

ya mick,you get a student card. its the only benefit of the course id say

darkmark79

Best of luck to every one attending the pct tomorrow,its getting closer and closer .:D


And a big well done and best of luck to the lucky ones who start on monday hope it works out for eveeryone:):):):):):)

youngsam

Have the people starting on Monday been told if the salary is the same as advertised when we applied?

Taxipete29

youngsam wrote: »

Have the people starting on Monday been told if the salary is the same as advertised when we applied?

Expecting contract today but the confirmation letter I got the other day stated that I was being appointed under the same terms and conditions as were originally advertised. This should mean salary as advertised less the cut that was made in the last budget

Leo Demidov

Best of luck and keep us posted as things develop.

youngsam

Taxipete29 wrote: »

Expecting contract today but the confirmation letter I got the other day stated that I was being appointed under the same terms and conditions as were originally advertised. This should mean salary as advertised less the cut that was made in the last budget

Thats good to know Taxipete. Best of luck on Monday.

martingore

heard yesterday from the prison service that there is 10 from the 07 campaign starting on monday too .So we can - 10 ourselves on the order of merit.

and there is a second class starting but agin ..the usual "waiting for finance approval"

darkmark79

martingore wrote: »

heard yesterday from the prison service that there is 10 from the 07 campaign starting on monday too .So we can - 10 ourselves on the order of merit.

and there is a second class starting but agin ..the usual "waiting for finance approval"

Was looking back but couldn't find it but did some one not say that 20 people didn't turn up for last pct. Surely that'll make a difference as well.
Heres hoping......

johnnyk11

No sign of contract today anyway.Did any one else recieve theirs today.Lets just hope in arrives tomorrow dyin to no wat the story is with everything.best of luck today anyone doin pct.

martingore

darkmark79 wrote: »

Was looking back but couldn't find it but did some one not say that 20 people didn't turn up for last pct. Surely that'll make a difference as well.
Heres hoping......

Instead of taking the first 40 from the first pct ..they took 30 + 10 from 07 panel.On the merit system it seems that the no shows and the fails didnt mostly take place through numbers 1-30..maybe 1 or 2 at most..I moved up 1 place in the list.

The no shows will benefit people pushing to get into places 30 -70.That will make up the second class.

portumna

martingore wrote: »

Instead of taking the first 40 from the first pct ..they took 30 + 10 from 07 panel.On the merit system it seems that the no shows and the fails didnt mostly take place through numbers 1-30..maybe 1 or 2 at most..I moved up 1 place in the list.

The no shows will benefit people pushing to get into places 30 -70.That will make up the second class.

I think you'll find that's my place. I was made do the step test and am only going to do the PCT tomorrow. Was no 11 before that.

Can i have it back please?

phillips

Anyone receive the contract today? Anyone know startin salary?
Best of Luck tomorrow with the pct, cheer each other on - it does make a difference!

charlemont

been inside myself so i got to know the prison staff well........a great bunch of lads, i treated them with respect as they never went out of their way to hassle ordinary blokes like myself...id say working with them would be great craic but the atmosphere in our jails is getting worse everyday , several reasons but the percentage of prisoners who are genuinely real bad is getting higher.... most prisoners inside actually get on well with the officers...:cool:

darkmark79

portumna wrote: »

I think you'll find that's my place. I was made do the step test and am only going to do the PCT tomorrow. Was no 11 before that.

Can i have it back please?

:):):):):):):):)

martingore

portumna wrote: »

I think you'll find that's my place. I was made do the step test and am only going to do the PCT tomorrow. Was no 11 before that.

Can i have it back please?

lol You can have it back .But I know someone refused the job so that why we moved up perhaps

Electrician

Best of luck to everyone doing the pct tomorrow. I'm in at 11. Hopefully we'll all get good results

Taxipete29

Best of luck to all of you doing the PCT tomorrow.

portumna

Best of luck to every1 today. I'll be seeing some of ye at 11!

LoanShark

Best of luck to all who have their PCT today...

limerickguy

Can anyone tell me the number they are at in the pct?

Mick990

Hey Limerick mine is today and i was 107 i think thats the highest ive seen so far

hit_killer

Best of luck to everyone and congratulations to those who are starting up soon.....rang the ips today coz i think im in the next batch, i placed 296th, the guy said that they may be starting interviewing again for the 3rd batch so anyone around that range hopfully things will get moving again.

LoanShark

hit_killer wrote: »

Best of luck to everyone and congratulations to those who are starting up soon.....rang the ips today coz i think im in the next batch, i placed 296th, the guy said that they may be starting interviewing again for the 3rd batch so anyone around that range hopfully things will get moving again.

Thats a good bit of info..I hope its right..I'm in the mid 100's of the current batch... and am still waiting on a call for a PCT..Hopefully it'll not be long now!

portumna

Passed the PCT earlier and am just after getting the call to start on Monday. Had to turn it down but was told i'll be starting on 12th July. Happy days!

LoanShark

portumna wrote: »

Passed the PCT earlier and am just after getting the call to start on Monday. Had to turn it down but was told i'll be starting on 12th July. Happy days!

Congratulations Portumna, It was worth the wait!!

limerickguy

Well done portumna, what was the pass rate?

darkmark79

I managed to pass today myself , congrats to all who passed and commiserations to those who didn't make it have faith and you'll get it next time.
Just got a call to start on monday myself, thinking i'll take it but all depends if we can sort out a babysitter.

portumna

limerickguy wrote: »

Well done portumna, what was the pass rate?

15 out 18 passed the morning group and 9 out of 10 passed our group. I don't know how many out of the 10 after us passed.

Electrician

Well done to everyone who passed. Can't believe its all out of the way now.
For anyone who didn't reach the required standard at least you know what to expect next time and you can work on it.
Hopefully we won't be waiting too long to get the call

Electrician

portumna wrote: »

15 out 18 passed the morning group and 9 out of 10 passed our group. I don't know how many out of the 10 after us passed.

Hey portumna. Congrats on getting the call.
One person out of the second group at 11 failed.

Electrician

darkmark79 wrote: »

I managed to pass today myself , congrats to all who passed and commiserations to those who didn't make it have faith and you'll get it next time.
Just got a call to start on monday myself, thinking i'll take it but all depends if we can sort out a babysitter.

Congrats Darkmark,

Happened sooner than you thought.

martingore

darkmark79 wrote: »

I managed to pass today myself , congrats to all who passed and commiserations to those who didn't make it have faith and you'll get it next time.
Just got a call to start on monday myself, thinking i'll take it but all depends if we can sort out a babysitter.

What number were you darkmark?

darkmark79

Electrician wrote: »

Congrats Darkmark,

Happened sooner than you thought.

Thanks bud still in a state of shock.

darkmark79

martingore wrote: »

What number were you darkmark?

Hi Martin i was placed 82 .
I think i was rang cos on d form we filled out this morning it asked how much notice was required and i wrote none because i'm at home at d mo.

Leo Demidov

Well done all, must be great to get the call to go on monday, I was kinda hoping that would happen cos I'm in the next pct which will hopefully be before the 12th of july. Hopefully they will need more to fill that next class.

Did mondays posse get their contracts after.

Taxipete29

Congrats to all who passed. Hopefully anyone who failed last time out managed to get through.

Portumna thats great news about the 12th. Its alot easier to wait when you know its definatly happening.

Darkmark, with a bit of luck we will see you Monday.

For those starting on Monday, I was speaking to the IPS today and it will be in or around the 9th of July before we will be paid our first wages. Its something to do with the forms not going to be in time. Just to give you the heads-up

Mick990

Hey lads i passed today thank god.

I was in the 2 o clock group and im pretty sure everyone passed out of it . One lad got a call while we were finishing up to ask him if he wanted to start Monday which makes me wonder have a fair few dropped out of that class ??

My advice to anyone getting ready for the pct is to practice your shuttle runs also try do lots of squats to help your leg strength its not the running that wrecks you its the constant turns


Congrats to everyone who passed today not long left now peeps

limerickguy

when your doing the shuttle runs, are you running around a conr or is it from line to line? And are you doing it in a group?

youngsam

Did the PCT at 2.00pm today. Everybody passed. Also got a call to start on Monday but had to turn it down. Not enough notice. Looking forward to the 12th of July though. Well done everyone today.

Electrician

limerickguy wrote: »

when your doing the shuttle runs, are you running around a conr or is it from line to line? And are you doing it in a group?

From line to line. 5 people do it at a time

Electrician

youngsam wrote: »

Did the PCT at 2.00pm today. Everybody passed. Also got a call to start on Monday but had to turn it down. Not enough notice. Looking forward to the 12th of July though. Well done everyone today.

Congrats youngsam. Hopefully i'll get a call soon. So happy to have the pct out of the way.