Prison Officer

macroman29

Thanks,

Q1 Was the PCT hard and who counts the shuttle runs 15x40 600m.
Q2 Were you present when the gov of ballad said a class will be starting in 3-4 weeks?.
Q3 Are their many retirements in the PS this year.

Taxipete29

macroman29 wrote: »

Thanks,

Q1 Was the PCT hard and who counts the shuttle runs 15x40 600m.
Q2 Were you present when the gov of ballad said a class will be starting in 3-4 weeks?.
Q3 Are their many retirements in the PS this year.

1, It wasnt any harder than I expected. I trained alot for it and passed fairly easily in the end. The guys administering the tests count the runs. They are not from the prison service.

2, No that was said to the 8 am group apparently

3, I heard a few hundred, but cant say for certain

macroman29

Thanks Taxipete29,

I'd say the croke park agreement will have a bearing on how many retire although i have a friend in the PS and the general view their is they dont thrust the goverment. I'm in the early 400's and i'm 39 like yourself do a lot of training 6 miles plus 5 days a week. Might be 50 before i get the call if at all. Is my training enough as their is a lot of turning in the pct.

Taxipete29

macroman29 wrote: »

Thanks Taxipete29,

I'd say the croke park agreement will have a bearing on how many retire although i have a friend in the PS and the general view their is they dont thrust the goverment. I'm in the early 400's and i'm 39 like yourself do a lot of training 6 miles plus 5 days a week. Might be 50 before i get the call if at all. Is my training enough as their is a lot of turning in the pct.

Your training is loads, trust me you will be fine

user1999

The first group to start training will start on the 14/16th of June. The next pct is on the 11th of june. There will be another group to start training in mid july also. So thats two groups of 40ish starting in the next two months. Also the fail rate on the 21st of May out of 70 people, 20 didnt turn up, 9 failed and the rest passed. Got all this info from three different sources and they all confirmed the same.

youngsam

user1999 wrote: »

The first group to start training will start on the 14/16th of June. The next pct is on the 11th of june. There will be another group to start training in mid july also. So thats two groups of 40ish starting in the next two months. Also the fail rate on the 21st of May out of 70 people, 20 didnt turn up, 9 failed and the rest passed. Got all this info from three different sources and they all confirmed the same.

Thats a lot of precise information. Great news if true. If the next PCT is on the 11th of June shouldn't we hear something soon.

Taxipete29

user1999 wrote: »

The first group to start training will start on the 14/16th of June. The next pct is on the 11th of june. There will be another group to start training in mid july also. So thats two groups of 40ish starting in the next two months. Also the fail rate on the 21st of May out of 70 people, 20 didnt turn up, 9 failed and the rest passed. Got all this info from three different sources and they all confirmed the same.

Oh please let this be true.

I would imagine if the PCT is on the 11th anyone involved will get a letter by Wed. That was the notice period we got for ours.

bano12

Taxipete29 wrote: »

Oh please let this be true.

I would imagine if the PCT is on the 11th anyone involved will get a letter by Wed. That was the notice period we got for ours.

the next pct is on the 11th i got my letter last friday. if i do pass i'll prob be looking at the class in july.i suppose there wouldnt be a chance of starting in the next class?? that wouldnt be too bad considering im waiting since 07..

Taxipete29

bano12 wrote: »

the next pct is on the 11th i got my letter last friday. if i do pass i'll prob be looking at the class in july.i suppose there wouldnt be a chance of starting in the next class?? that wouldnt be too bad considering im waiting since 07..

That has been some wait alright. At least your on your way now. Best of luck with the physical and anyone else on here that is doing it the 11th.

youngsam

bano12 wrote: »

the next pct is on the 11th i got my letter last friday. if i do pass i'll prob be looking at the class in july.i suppose there wouldnt be a chance of starting in the next class?? that wouldnt be too bad considering im waiting since 07..

Did anybody from the 08 campaign get a letter for the PCT on the 11th of June.

darkmark79

bano12 wrote: »

the next pct is on the 11th i got my letter last friday. if i do pass i'll prob be looking at the class in july.i suppose there wouldnt be a chance of starting in the next class?? that wouldnt be too bad considering im waiting since 07..

Congrats on finally been remembered , hopefully i'll be there with you on the 11th haven't got word yet but fingers crossed

darkmark79

youngsam wrote: »

Did anybody from the 08 campaign get a letter for the PCT on the 11th of June.

No word yet but i'll be stalking the postman for the next few days til i get some thing...................:D

NOVICE-REFURB

user1999 wrote: »

The first group to start training will start on the 14/16th of June. The next pct is on the 11th of june. There will be another group to start training in mid july also. So thats two groups of 40ish starting in the next two months. Also the fail rate on the 21st of May out of 70 people, 20 didnt turn up, 9 failed and the rest passed. Got all this info from three different sources and they all confirmed the same.

that is excellent news!!!! I take it, since as was passed, we are in , just have to wait on the letter !!!

do you know if the IPS will confirm this ? Delighted !

martingore

great news ...hope we get a letter this week so I can bugger off on holidays for a few days .To anyone worrying about the pct , if you are doing any training , you should be grand .

NOVICE-REFURB

martingore wrote: »

great news ...hope we get a letter this week so I can bugger off on holidays for a few days .To anyone worrying about the pct , if you are doing any training , you should be grand .

DITTO!!!!!

phillips

user1999 wrote: »

The first group to start training will start on the 14/16th of June. The next pct is on the 11th of june. There will be another group to start training in mid july also. So thats two groups of 40ish starting in the next two months. Also the fail rate on the 21st of May out of 70 people, 20 didnt turn up, 9 failed and the rest passed. Got all this info from three different sources and they all confirmed the same.

Thats excellent, when I rang ips, they couldn't tell me anything. Is that a definite start date?

Taxipete29

phillips wrote: »

Thats excellent, when I rang ips, they couldn't tell me anything. Is that a definite start date?

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When did you phone mate?? I phoned last wed and they could tell me nothing

phillips

phoned first thing this morning, was talking to a girl who couldn't tell me anything, she said that they'll give us a much notice as they can possibly give but have no details of start dates yet. We could do with knowin when to give notice for work etc.

Taxipete29

phillips wrote: »

phoned first thing this morning, was talking to a girl who couldn't tell me anything, she said that they'll give us a much notice as they can possibly give but have no details of start dates yet. We could do with knowin when to give notice for work etc.

Yeah was told the same last week. The guy told me though that they are the 2nd last to know and we are the last. He said its just not always possible to give much notice and thats just the way it works in there.

I have confidence( or is that just blind hope) in this latest rumour though.

phillips

Is it mainly lads that got through, I was in the 8am group and only one girl got in. I think 3 or 4 out of our group failed -the 40x15m shuttles was where people failed. You can't repeat the run on the day, you'll have to do the repeat all the test again on another day, 3 07 repeats did the retest with us.

phillips

Taxipete29 wrote: »

Yeah was told the same last week. The guy told me though that they are the 2nd last to know and we are the last. He said its just not always possible to give much notice and thats just the way it works in there.

I have confidence( or is that just blind hope) in this latest rumour though.

Like you, I'm grasping at it too, fingers crossed

LoanShark

I was talking to a serving officer last night, and he told things are going to happen VERY SOON..He said three prisons are severly under staffed and they need to be sorted out soon....

I'm waiting on my letter for my physical.....I finished 150 on the panel..

phillips

LoanShark wrote: »

I was talking to a serving officer last night, and he told things are going to happen VERY SOON..He said three prisons are severly under staffed and they need to be sorted out soon....

I'm waiting on my letter for my physical.....I finished 150 on the panel..[/QUOTE

Hopefully you'll be called for the next pct - you should be, especially when you're placed 150. Just can't wait to get in now,we're waiting for it for so long now....nearly a form of torture or part of the recruitment process to test patience

user1999

Got a letter today in the post about the retest for the PCT. Am booked in for 8am on the 11th June. Fingers crossed!!!! (oh and i am from the 2008 panel)
I heard only one girl out of 9 girls got through on the 21st May, so cant have her being on her own!!!
Bring on the 11th!!!!

phillips

user1999 wrote: »

Got a letter today in the post about the retest for the PCT. Am booked in for 8am on the 11th June. Fingers crossed!!!! (oh and i am from the 2008 panel)
I heard only one girl out of 9 girls got through on the 21st May, so cant have her being on her own!!!
Bring on the 11th!!!!

Thats great, best of luck with it- it will be no problem to you!!

darkmark79

user1999 wrote: »

Got a letter today in the post about the retest for the PCT. Am booked in for 8am on the 11th June. Fingers crossed!!!! (oh and i am from the 2008 panel)
I heard only one girl out of 9 girls got through on the 21st May, so cant have her being on her own!!!
Bring on the 11th!!!!

Best of luck hope you get it this time.

user1999

phillips wrote: »

Thats great, best of luck with it- it will be no problem to you!!

well i missed it by 4 seconds the last time and was raging!! Hadnt a clue where i was and what shuttle i was on. So im counting this time myself and putting in the extra vroom when needed. I'd would recommend others doing the test, to do the same. Keep count yourself, so you know when your coming near the end and when to pick up the pace.

NOVICE-REFURB

How certain are you on the 14/16th, cause im getting really relaxed in work now hahaha, dying to give notice!!!

user1999

Well i got the dates off people in the top end of the training and recruit section. They were the ones that told me early last week that i would be getting a letter to do the re-test for the PCT on the 11th, and i recieved the letter confirming that today. They havent put me wrong yet.


But dont give your notice till you recieve written confirmation of that......Anything could happen, especially with the croke park deal thingy looming!!!

portumna

Didn't get my letter for the PCT today so i rang the IPS there and was told the letter will be in the post this week, should have it by Wednesday. I'm in on the 11th at 11. Here's hoping i don't drag this out any longer for myself like i have been doing already!