Career in the DF

Praetorian Saighdiuir

Anyone wishing for a career in the DF, keep an eye on www.military.ie on Thursday.

Poccington

http://www.military.ie/careers/index.htm

Recruitment has commenced for General Service in the PDF.

Local-womanizer

Good to see so it is!

bleedinrapidbud

Local-womanizer wrote: »

Good to see so it is!

Yep hopefully an overseas mission soon too

paddycam

yea seen it in the paper today,wonder how many there takeing on

SICKBOi

hi do you need to know how to swim to join the pdf ?

wildfowler94

SICKBOi wrote: »

hi do you need to know how to swim to join the pdf ?

Not Nessersarly But Its A Big Help!!

SIRREX

SICKBOi wrote: »

hi do you need to know how to swim to join the pdf ?

only for the Navy:D

elius

Lads can anyone tell me why the age is so young 25 and would i 27 be wasting my time applying.. I heard last week that they where taking applications
Filled an application all the same all they can say is no..

GK_91

Can you apply for both the army and the air corps or just one of them?

Lockstep

elius wrote: »

Lads can anyone tell me why the age is so young 25 and would i 27 be wasting my time applying.. I heard last week that they where taking applications
Filled an application all the same all they can say is no..

If you're under 27, you can still apply for the Navy.

elius

kickoutthejams wrote: »

If you're under 27, you can still apply for the Navy.

I no but the army is 25 which is a little harsh why not a level playing field..

ennisweed

sent my application hope i hear something soon

bleedinrapidbud

SICKBOi wrote: »

hi do you need to know how to swim to join the pdf ?

No bud ya don't and if ya get in you can do swimmin courses anyway

bleedinrapidbud

GK_91 wrote: »

Can you apply for both the army and the air corps or just one of them?

Air Corps are only takin on cadets as far as i know but the army are takin on in all Brigades as general service!!!!

Johnaldinioh

Just wondering i applied for the general service there and want to know is there the option of doing your leaving cert while in the defense forces? Any help will be greatly appreciated

Zambia

In relation to the swimming thing. There will be a lot of applications in for this intake I assume. So learning cant hurt.

bleedinrapidbud

Johnaldinioh wrote: »

Just wondering i applied for the general service there and want to know is there the option of doing your leaving cert while in the defense forces? Any help will be greatly appreciated

Yeah you can you'll be the only student to have a weekly wage

Lockstep

elius wrote: »

I no but the army is 25 which is a little harsh why not a level playing field..

I'm guessing it's as the army has more applicants, so they can be a bit more stringent with the criteria. Poccington would know more on the subject though,

wildfowler94

bleedinrapidbud wrote: »

Yeah you can you'll be the only student to have a weekly wage

How Dose This Work Im Doing My Leaving This Year...can I still apply and see How it Goes? If Your 16 Can You Apply And When I Have My Leaving Done Be 17?

Johnaldinioh

bleedinrapidbud wrote: »

Yeah you can you'll be the only student to have a weekly wage

Sounds good to me :D:D
Also do you think they would be a bit less likely to take you on due to the no leaving or would they be happy to hear you would do it with them.
Just wondering too im currently a security guard would that help in any way ?

Praetorian Saighdiuir

Ok,

1. You do not need to know how to swim before joining the army. I could not swim when I joined, 10 yrs in, and I still cant. If you do pass Recruit Training, there are basic swimming courses available throughout the year.

2. If you complete Recruit Training, there is a facility where you can do your leaving Cert. It is a 2 year course, its also fairly hard to get. My advice is do your leaving cert in Civvy street before you apply.

"Also do you think they would be a bit less likely to take you on due to the no leaving
Personally, I would imagine they would exclude people without already having an LC, purely because of the volume of applications for the 80 places. They will more than likely pick the best educated. Im not saying that THEY wont pick people without the LC, but I would.

or would they be happy to hear you would do it with them"
I very much doubt this, ^^^. A unit would not be happy to let you go for 2 years, we are already under staffed at the moment, so, giving you 2 years away from duties etc would not be favoured.

"Just wondering too im currently a security guard would that help in any way"
I doubt it.

miracleman89

Hi

I m thinking of joining the army but i have also applied for the Garda in 2008 but havent heard of any intake for a good while. if i joined the army and a year later the garda are taking in new entrants and i m accept. could i leave the army and join the garda if i wanted or would that be a dishonorable discharge or anything??

fernandovargas

the fitness test of 20 push ups /sit ups,, is it 1 minute for each or 1 minute to do both???

mc_coster

fernandovargas wrote: »

the fitness test of 20 push ups /sit ups,, is it 1 minute for each or 1 minute to do both???

its 20 push ups in a minute,
20 sit ups in a minute,
1.5 mile (2.4km) run in 11 and a half minutes (13 for woman)

fernandovargas

cheers

Disco Volante

Just about the leaving cert there lads. You need to be in second re-engagement of your contract to be eligible with competition section to do your leaving cert with the DF. So, if you enlist for a period of five years you have to wait for that contract to end and after you have signed back on then you can do apply for the course.

siblers

I'm 25 on 9th of October, would I pass for the age cut-off?

ArdMhacha

I'm nearly sure that in your case you'd need to enlisted on the 8th of October while your still 24, however the fitness tests aren't being held until the the last week of September so I don't think you have enough time before you turn 25.

Does anyone know how many each brigade is taking on?

Also I keep hearing that the DF want to have E and S Brigade recruits in training by December with W and DFHQ recruits starting in January, quite a quick recruitment process by the Army's standards! This could be a ball hop however and it could go on a bit longer than that. In any case it's brilliant that recruitment has commenced again.

Coolbreeze2809

The Eastern and Southern Brigade are taking 40 each. The numbers for Western Brigade and DFTC are TBC. According to Pat O'Connors Facebook page.

fernandovargas

im 25 on the 16th oct, would it make me inellegible??:mad:

elius

fernandovargas wrote: »

im 25 on the 16th oct, would it make me inellegible??:mad:

no dont think so

SIRREX

miracleman89 wrote: »

Hi

I m thinking of joining the army but i have also applied for the Garda in 2008 but havent heard of any intake for a good while. if i joined the army and a year later the garda are taking in new entrants and i m accept. could i leave the army and join the garda if i wanted or would that be a dishonorable discharge or anything??

If you are a serving member of the DF you can transfer to the Gardai directly if you are successful in the GS recruitment competition, all that happens is you loose one year of service towards your pension

siblers

ArdMhacha wrote: »

I'm nearly sure that in your case you'd need to enlisted on the 8th of October while your still 24, however the fitness tests aren't being held until the the last week of September so I don't think you have enough time before you turn 25.

Does anyone know how many each brigade is taking on?

Also I keep hearing that the DF want to have E and S Brigade recruits in training by December with W and DFHQ recruits starting in January, quite a quick recruitment process by the Army's standards! This could be a ball hop however and it could go on a bit longer than that. In any case it's brilliant that recruitment has commenced again.

Probably came too soon for me anyways, I kinda gave up hope with the recruitment freeze so haven't been training like I should, I can only hope they increase the age limit but that seems unlikely.

fernandovargas

ArdMhacha wrote: »

I'm nearly sure that in your case you'd need to enlisted on the 8th of October while your still 24, however the fitness tests aren't being held until the the last week of September so I don't think you have enough time before you turn 25.

Does anyone know how many each brigade is taking on?

Also I keep hearing that the DF want to have E and S Brigade recruits in training by December with W and DFHQ recruits starting in January, quite a quick recruitment process by the Army's standards! This could be a ball hop however and it could go on a bit longer than that. In any case it's brilliant that recruitment has commenced again.

im 25 on the 16/oct would same apply to me??

siblers

Probably best to give the recruitment office a ring, it's a bit of a gray area seeing as you'd be 24 for fitness testing but 25 before you'd actually join Up.

ArdMhacha

Exactly, best ringing a recruitment office

iceage

Just out of curiosity is there a cut off as to numbers? How many are they looking for in other words.

mc_coster

iceage wrote: »

Just out of curiosity is there a cut off as to numbers? How many are they looking for in other words.

200 are be recruited.... so thats 50 for each Brigade

fernandovargas

siblers wrote: »

Probably best to give the recruitment office a ring, it's a bit of a gray area seeing as you'd be 24 for fitness testing but 25 before you'd actually join Up.

yep i emailed the hq and they got back to me there unfortunatly il be 25 on enlistment date so im ruled out:mad: fcuk sakes

82dgolf

miracleman89 wrote: »

Hi

I m thinking of joining the army but i have also applied for the Garda in 2008 but havent heard of any intake for a good while. if i joined the army and a year later the garda are taking in new entrants and i m accept. could i leave the army and join the garda if i wanted or would that be a dishonorable discharge or anything??

How many threads are you going to post this in?
I can see you getting alot of attention as a recruit.

Praetorian Saighdiuir

mc_coster wrote: »

200 are be recruited.... so thats 50 for each Brigade

Where did you get this information from? Im not sure that it is accurate!

Its 80 in total, 40 for the East and 40 for ths South.

mc_coster

benwavner wrote: »

Where did you get this information from? Im not sure that it is accurate!

Its 80 in total, 40 for the East and 40 for ths South.

i was told by a CQ ........he said that they are taking in around 40-50 people in each brigade!!!!


and what about the Western Brigade and the Defence Forces Training Center??

Lockstep

Yeah, WB are advertisted on the application form.

SICKBOi

hi can you join if u had lasek eye surgery?

lakes1985

Johnaldinioh wrote: »

Just wondering i applied for the general service there and want to know is there the option of doing your leaving cert while in the defense forces? Any help will be greatly appreciated

hi my bro joined a few years back while in his l.cert year & they made time available for him to study & sit his exam!!;)

lakes1985

ArdMhacha wrote: »

I'm nearly sure that in your case you'd need to enlisted on the 8th of October while your still 24, however the fitness tests aren't being held until the the last week of September so I don't think you have enough time before you turn 25.

i applied & turned 25 in june!! surely its ok to be 25 years old max

mc_coster

lakes1985 wrote: »

ArdMhacha wrote: »

i applied & turned 25 in june!! surely its ok to be 25 years old max

i dont think so

concussion

You must be under 25 years for Army, under 27 years for NS.

SICKBOi

hi can you join if you had laser eye surgery? i know its not allowed for cadetships but im looking to join threw general enlistment afaik it says nothing about vision correction in the booklet

groundshaker

SICKBOi wrote: »

hi can you join if you had laser eye surgery? i know its not allowed for cadetships but im looking to join threw general enlistment afaik it says nothing about vision correction in the booklet

Well, sure say chice, they'll be none the wiser anyway. No use going creating problems for yourself.