Prison Officer

senordingdong · 07-01-2011 12:34pm

ebear24 wrote: »

Yeah thats great I heard contracts were posted yesterday and there are 2 starting dates the 17th and31st... I hope I get mine today too.... are you happy with it.. also u have a very early postman.. I surely wont get mine until 3 or 4

Doubt it was posted yesterday if I got it today, and yep, posty was remarkably early.

Delighted with it.

bowdie4733 · 07-01-2011 5:23pm

Got my Contract today!!!

17th Of Jan Start date!! Cant wait!

lozzy23 · 07-01-2011 6:02pm

was told that my clearance wasn't back and that the gardai didnt do the vetting anymore it was another crowd but was told the contracts would be sent out yesterday and i would receive mine this morning but haven't heard anything yet why dont they do the vetting in order of where you came through interview or whats the point in giving you a number and also its not as if i have any convictions and have only lived in one address for my whole life dono whats going on with them

cob655 · 07-01-2011 6:36pm

lozzy23 wrote: »

was told that my clearance wasn't back and that the gardai didnt do the vetting anymore it was another crowd but was told the contracts would be sent out yesterday and i would receive mine this morning but haven't heard anything yet why dont they do the vetting in order of where you came through interview or whats the point in giving you a number and also its not as if i have any convictions and have only lived in one address for my whole life dono whats going on with them

i was thinking the same thing and ive lived in the same address all my life,and to add to that my sis got into the gardi between 2 and 3 years ago,so they wouldnt have to look that far back in my familys record/history...

i rang up today and told the class starting on the 17th was full but their hoping the rest of the clearances will come back next week so they can give 2 weeks notice for the people starting on the 31st...

d2k7x · 07-01-2011 7:15pm

i passed my fitness test today. there were only seven of us. for two of us it was our first attempt and passed

3 people failed

we got our measurements taken and were told that we should be starting on the 31st of january. i rang the HR department to change my address and was just told my garda clearance as yet to come through, so hopefully soon!

08-01-2011 2:32pm

sodbuster77 wrote: »

Is there a Vhi group scheme in the prison service does anyone know?

Prison Officers Medical Aid Society

http://www.pomas.ie/

d2k7x · 08-01-2011 5:12pm

senordingdong wrote: »

Doubt it was posted yesterday if I got it today, and yep, posty was remarkably early.

Delighted with it.

what exactly does it say on your contract??

senordingdong · 09-01-2011 2:26pm

d2k7x wrote: »

what exactly does it say on your contract??

In regards to what?

lozzy23 · 09-01-2011 8:43pm

doe sit give any indication what you'll be taking home a week or anything like that

senordingdong · 09-01-2011 8:50pm

Nope.
It lists three pay rates, but does not elaborate on which we will have.
Then it basically says that this doesn't include over time, which one will have to be prepared for.

Furthermore, it doesn't give any details about allowances etc...

sodbuster77 · 10-01-2011 11:03am

Looks like it's the 31st for me. No security clearance yet:mad:

tommy57 · 10-01-2011 3:49pm

sodbuster77 wrote: »

Looks like it's the 31st for me. No security clearance yet:mad:

Lads said it before here the clearance can take up to a year and half and thats no b******T.

sodbuster77 · 10-01-2011 4:08pm

tommy57 wrote: »

Lads said it before here the clearance can take up to a year and half and thats no b******T.

Whats annoying me is that I had to get vetted in my last job only 12 months ago and it only took about 3 weeks.

tommy57 · 10-01-2011 4:27pm

sodbuster77 wrote: »

Whats annoying me is that I had to get vetted in my last job only 12 months ago and it only took about 3 weeks.

I know man its a joke but if you have any type of record inclouding motor offences it will hold you up. its a 10 year background check. the clearance holds so many up.

senordingdong · 10-01-2011 9:43pm

Note that the Gardaí are very under-staffed at the moment too.

no1horse · 11-01-2011 1:47pm

senordingdong wrote: »

Note that the Gardaí are very under-staffed at the moment too.

do you know when they might be recruiting??

lozzy23 · 11-01-2011 2:32pm

was it not only a 6 year background check? it is a pain alright better not take a year and a half where is it done now anyways?

sodbuster77 · 11-01-2011 3:21pm

lozzy23 wrote: »

was it not only a 6 year background check? it is a pain alright better not take a year and a half where is it done now anyways?

Its done down in Thurles

11-01-2011 4:01pm

sodbuster77 wrote: »

Whats annoying me is that I had to get vetted in my last job only 12 months ago and it only took about 3 weeks.

The civil service doesn't care if you're waiting years. Don't be surprised if your clearance doesn't come before then .

ebear24 · 11-01-2011 7:31pm

senordingdong wrote: »

Note that the Gardaí are very under-staffed at the moment too.

See youu the 17th I got my contract too. nervous now I must say... did you notice on the contract we get paid fortnightly... do you think we will have to work like for a month before we get any wages??

en.r4cart · 11-01-2011 7:49pm

much safe than Garde

macroman29 · 11-01-2011 8:06pm

Security Clearance is not carried out by GS. Your vetting form goes to the Northern Ireland Security Section in the Department of Justice. Thats why it takes so long.

sodbuster77 · 11-01-2011 8:32pm

macroman29 wrote: »

Security Clearance is not carried out by GS. Your vetting form goes to the Northern Ireland Security Section in the Department of Justice. Thats why it takes so long.

Then why did it have the Garda logo on the form?

senordingdong · 11-01-2011 9:19pm

no1horse wrote: »

do you know when they might be recruiting??

Yeah they recruited last night, you missed it.

ebear24 wrote:

See youu the 17th I got my contract too. nervous now I must say... did you notice on the contract we get paid fortnightly... do you think we will have to work like for a month before we get any wages??

Yeah I saw that.
I shouldn't think we will have to do a back week....it's not something often associated with the civil service.0

What I'm curious about is the pay scale.

macroman29 · 11-01-2011 10:44pm

Gardai are part of Dept of justice and their are guardi in that section.

sodbuster77 wrote: »

Then why did it have the Garda logo on the form?

senordingdong · 12-01-2011 8:16am

macroman29 wrote: »

Gardai are part of Dept of justice and their are guardi in that section.

So a company in the North does the background checks?

ebear24 · 12-01-2011 2:36pm

senordingdong wrote: »

Yeah they recruited last night, you missed it.

Yeah I saw that.
I shouldn't think we will have to do a back week....it's not something often associated with the civil service.0

What I'm curious about is the pay scale.

Me too its weird that there is 3 different pay scales what do you think thats about??

twowheelsonly · 12-01-2011 2:56pm

ebear24 wrote: »

See youu the 17th I got my contract too. nervous now I must say... did you notice on the contract we get paid fortnightly... do you think we will have to work like for a month before we get any wages??

No, you'll be paid on the next pay day after you start.
Payslips come on a Weds and the money is in the bank on the Thursday.

If you're starting on the 17th of Jan then the next pay day is Thurs 27th.
If somebody were to start on the 24th then they'd be paid on the same date, but proportional to their start date (i.e. you'd have a weeks wages more than them). The working week starts on a Saturday BTW.

Good luck to all those that are starting soon.
The first few years will be tough enough but hopefully you'll all find it worth it in the end. The first few days/weeks in a 'real' jail will be petrifying for a lot of people and you'll probably question your own sanity but that feeling usually goes fairly quickly as you settle in. If you are having trouble settling and/or are especially nevous then talk to somebody about it. Almost everybody there will know exactly how you're feeling. There are SSOs' (Staff Support Officers) available to talk to in confidence if you feel that you can't discuss it with just anybody. They're very good and will assist you in any way that they can.

Enjoy, and hopefully we'll see you along the road.

Lawros Tache · 12-01-2011 10:00pm

ebear24 wrote: »

Me too its weird that there is 3 different pay scales what do you think thats about??

Not wierd at all, very simple....

Starting off, you'll be an RPO Year 1 so you'll be on first (lowest) pay grade
After 1 year you'll be RPO Year 2 so you'll be on second (middle) pay grade
After 2 years you'll be RPO Year 3 so you'll be on highest of the three pay grades mentioned for an RPO.

cob655 · 12-01-2011 11:38pm

any one have any idea on when these clearances will come back??I was supposed start on the 17th but my clearance still wasnt back,please god it comes back soon so i can start on the 31st!!

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