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Permanent Defence Forces Recruitment 2015

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    #812
    Maybe_Memories
    Registered Users Posts: 927 ✭✭✭Maybe_Memories


    During the medical how do they check for a squint?


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    #813
    Bigus Dickus
    Registered Users Posts: 27 ✭Bigus Dickus


    Maybe_Memories wrote: »
    During the medical how do they check for a squint?

    not at all its natural to squint when looking at something blury to try focus ur eyes on it yano. sure i squinted too


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    #814
    swimfast
    Closed Accounts Posts: 181 ✭✭swimfast


    Bigus Dickus wrote: »
    u have them in september like ?

    no had army one 13th aug naval one 5th sept


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    #815
    Bigus Dickus
    Registered Users Posts: 27 ✭Bigus Dickus


    swimfast wrote: »
    no had army one 13th aug naval one 5th sept

    ahh im sure ul get one of them haha


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    #816
    Maybe_Memories
    Registered Users Posts: 927 ✭✭✭Maybe_Memories


    Bigus Dickus wrote: »
    not at all its natural to squint when looking at something blury to try focus ur eyes on it yano. sure i squinted too

    Sorry when I say squint I mean the condition where one eye drifts off on its own...

    Actually what kind of eye exam do they do in the medical? Anything involving covering each eye and looking at the uncovered one?


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    #817
    Bigus Dickus
    Registered Users Posts: 27 ✭Bigus Dickus


    Maybe_Memories wrote: »
    Sorry when I say squint I mean the condition where one eye drifts off on its own...

    Actually what kind of eye exam do they do in the medical? Anything involving covering each eye and looking at the uncovered one?

    ohhh i think i read that question wrong but i dnt think they really care too much if there letting people in with glasses..

    and yeah its done tru a machine thingy like it covers one eye for you its mad ha


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    #818
    swimfast
    Closed Accounts Posts: 181 ✭✭swimfast


    Maybe_Memories wrote: »
    Sorry when I say squint I mean the condition where one eye drifts off on its own...

    Actually what kind of eye exam do they do in the medical? Anything involving covering each eye and looking at the uncovered one?

    your looking into a machine for the whole thing


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    #819
    CIGANO
    Registered Users Posts: 77 ✭✭CIGANO


    Maybe_Memories wrote: »
    Sorry when I say squint I mean the condition where one eye drifts off on its own...

    Actually what kind of eye exam do they do in the medical? Anything involving covering each eye and looking at the uncovered one?

    They dont even look at your eyes, you just look through a machine that does your colour vision/visual acuity, you could walk in cross eyed and they wont even notice.


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    #820
    billy few mates
    Registered Users Posts: 6,920 ✭✭✭billy few mates


    Is the medical the same for the Army and the Navy...?

    I find it a bit odd if someone has progressed to this stage of the competition having to do two medicals unless there's something radically different between them given that they admit that the medicals are quite costly.
    Surely a bit of joined up thinking between the two branches of the Defence Forces could come up with one medical that would be acceptable to both branches...?


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    #821
    not_a_robot
    Closed Accounts Posts: 64 ✭✭not_a_robot


    billy few mates wrote: »
    Is the medical the same for the Army and the Navy...?

    I find it a bit odd if someone has progressed to this stage of the competition having to do two medicals unless there's something radically different between them given that they admit that the medicals are quite costly.
    Surely a bit of joined up thinking between the two branches of the Defence Forces could come up with one medical that would be acceptable to both branches...?

    That actually was the case for candidates in the Southern Brigade that had medicals for both, one medical counted for the other as long as you made sure to contact the manpower office to let them know the date and time you did your first medical so they could request the results.


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    #822
    Maybe_Memories
    Registered Users Posts: 927 ✭✭✭Maybe_Memories


    CIGANO wrote: »
    They dont even look at your eyes, you just look through a machine that does your colour vision/visual acuity, you could walk in cross eyed and they wont even notice.

    Really? That's interesting. Do they not check for things like double vision then?

    Also one last question, do they check your medical records?


    Btw, just to cover myself here, firstly I don't even have double vision, I have a squint which sometimes causes me to see double, but whoever is examining me might get picky.. I'm also not even in the competition so it doesn't really matter, just wondering for future reference. :)


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    #823
    Bigus Dickus
    Registered Users Posts: 27 ✭Bigus Dickus


    Maybe_Memories wrote: »
    Really? That's interesting. Do they not check for things like double vision then?

    Also one last question, do they check your medical records?


    Btw, just to cover myself here, firstly I don't even have double vision, I have a squint which sometimes causes me to see double, but whoever is examining me might get picky.. I'm also not even in the competition so it doesn't really matter, just wondering for future reference. :)

    i think they shud take u on... if you see double atleast your guaranteed to hit the ****in target :P


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    #824
    billy few mates
    Registered Users Posts: 6,920 ✭✭✭billy few mates


    Plus you'll have twice as many targets to aim for....


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    #825
    CIGANO
    Registered Users Posts: 77 ✭✭CIGANO


    Maybe_Memories wrote: »
    Really? That's interesting. Do they not check for things like double vision then?

    Also one last question, do they check your medical records?


    Btw, just to cover myself here, firstly I don't even have double vision, I have a squint which sometimes causes me to see double, but whoever is examining me might get picky.. I'm also not even in the competition so it doesn't really matter, just wondering for future reference. :)

    They dont check your medical records they just hope you are honest on the questionnaire, the dont check for double vision either and judging by my medical they dont check depth perception either.


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    #826
    Bigus Dickus
    Registered Users Posts: 27 ✭Bigus Dickus


    anybody hear any word yet on whether they got accepted or not after their medical?


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    #827
    Skinnykenyan
    Registered Users Posts: 306 ✭✭Skinnykenyan


    Anybody have any idea how many people are on the panel from this years competition and is their much chance of being called up from this panel


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    #828
    Bigus Dickus
    Registered Users Posts: 27 ✭Bigus Dickus


    Skinnykenyan wrote: »
    Anybody have any idea how many people are on the panel from this years competition and is their much chance of being called up from this panel

    i heard a lad thats on the panel found out that he has a medical date for early next year apparently :/


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    #829
    Skinnykenyan
    Registered Users Posts: 306 ✭✭Skinnykenyan


    Bigus Dickus wrote: »
    Skinnykenyan wrote: »
    Anybody have any idea how many people are on the panel from this years competition and is their much chance of being called up from this panel

    i heard a lad thats on the panel found out that he has a medical date for early next year apparently :/

    i doubt recruitment would be this ahead of themselves while their still processing medicals.. just thinking the df reorginisation could result in less chance of recruits being needed in the next yr.

    we also received emails saying panels were being amalgamated so does anyone have a guesstimate of how many will be on it


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    #830
    zolinho
    Closed Accounts Posts: 40 ✭zolinho


    Do you think a broken leg will be disqualificiation from the army?


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    #831
    zolinho
    Closed Accounts Posts: 40 ✭zolinho


    it was 5 years ago


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    #832
    Midnight Oil
    Closed Accounts Posts: 114 ✭✭Midnight Oil


    zolinho wrote: »
    Do you think a broken leg will be disqualificiation from the army?

    Provided it has healed and not left any limp or other defects then you will be fine. Arriving in for medical on crutches on the other hand ...


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    #833
    RedWolfCQB
    Registered Users Posts: 66 ✭✭RedWolfCQB


    Going crazy here! When will we know about induction?!!


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    #834
    Skinnykenyan
    Registered Users Posts: 306 ✭✭Skinnykenyan


    RedWolfCQB wrote: »
    Going crazy here! When will we know about induction?!!
    As recruits could be sent anywhere in ireland id reckon you will hear after the last medical which is the first week of sept i think.. Best of luck lad.


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    #835
    zolinho
    Closed Accounts Posts: 40 ✭zolinho


    Midnight Oil wrote: »
    zolinho wrote: »
    Do you think a broken leg will be disqualificiation from the army?

    Provided it has healed and not left any limp or other defects then you will be fine. Arriving in for medical on crutches on the other hand ...
    Thanks


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    #836
    Turbobudz
    Registered Users Posts: 5 ✭Turbobudz


    Lads i was talking to person from the Manpower Office last week and he informed me that the recruits will be trained in Gormanston or Dundalk... I just thought you's might like to know.

    I went for my medical the 16th August and haven't heard anything back yet so maybe no news is good news??


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    #837
    c-90
    Registered Users Posts: 587 ✭✭✭c-90


    i heard one platoon to gormo one to dundalk and one to limerick and that theyre taking them in september october and november.

    emails should be sent out from the 4th of september onwards.


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    #838
    PDF101
    Registered Users Posts: 12 ✭PDF101


    Definitely will be two platoons in Kilkenny lads


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    #839
    ashley21
    Registered Users Posts: 7 ✭ashley21


    Would it be worth wearing a suit for the medical?


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    #840
    goldie fish
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,195 ✭✭✭goldie fish


    ashley21 wrote: »
    Would it be worth wearing a suit for the medical?

    Not really, but dress tidy. Your clothes will be in a neat pile for most of the medical :)


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    #841
    BigDuffman
    Registered Users Posts: 1,512 ✭✭✭BigDuffman


    Don't show up with a full beard either. One of the day I went for medicals was sent away to shave before the doc would look at him.


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