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Permanent Defence Forces Recruitment 2015

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    #212
    swimfast
    Closed Accounts Posts: 181 ✭✭swimfast


    Gooleybag wrote: »
    Head down the night before and stay in a mares or B&B chances of tem changing your time to suit you are slim to none

    they changed it t 2 o clock for me :)


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    #213
    Cathal_91
    Registered Users Posts: 78 ✭✭Cathal_91


    Got an email saying am doing the fitness test on Monday, but have to get a medical test done aswell beforehand to prove I'm pysically fit, what all does this involve and do they check for drugs aswell?, cuz I took a Xanax tablet about a week ago when out in the pub with mates, obviously shouldn't have but I did :(


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    #214
    Maybe_Memories
    Registered Users Posts: 927 ✭✭✭Maybe_Memories


    Cathal_91 wrote: »
    Got an email saying am doing the fitness test on Monday, but have to get a medical test done aswell beforehand to prove I'm pysically fit, what all does this involve and do they check for drugs aswell?, cuz I took a Xanax tablet about a week ago when out in the pub with mates, obviously shouldn't have but I did :(

    I doubt it*... I'd say it's just one of those things where they might get you to do a few push-ups, check your heart, breathing and all that, make you try touch your toes and more stuff like that. I wouldn't say there will be a drug test since to get proper results they'd have to send it to a lad.

    Either way Xanax wont stay in your system for more than a few days and even so if it was a week ago there will be very little left in your system anyway!


    *Just to clarify, I don't actually know.


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    #215
    Cathal_91
    Registered Users Posts: 78 ✭✭Cathal_91


    Well I've to go to the doctor 2moro to get him to sign a certificate to say im fit and then bring that with me on Monday to Dublin for the fitness test. But will the urine test 2moro check for illegal drugs, I assume if there is a urine test that what it checks for or I'm I wrong?


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    #216
    swimfast
    Closed Accounts Posts: 181 ✭✭swimfast


    i dont know but iv my doc thing tommorrow and its 90 euro :O


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    #217
    Wills21
    Registered Users Posts: 57 ✭✭Wills21


    swimfast wrote: »
    i dont know but iv my doc thing tommorrow and its 90 euro :O

    €90?? :eek:

    I rang the doc earlier and got an appointment for tomorrow, €50 :D

    I doubt they will do a urine test in your doctor, I'd say it's just a precaution for the PDF in case you have a heart attack during the fitness test.


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    #218
    Cathal_91
    Registered Users Posts: 78 ✭✭Cathal_91


    Well if anyone whos already done the medical could confirm if a urine test is involved, and if it tests for drugs, that would be greatly appreciated, as I'm a bit worried about failing it, as I thought the medical wasn't til August.


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    #219
    Wills21
    Registered Users Posts: 57 ✭✭Wills21


    Cathal_91 wrote: »
    Well if anyone whos already done the medical could confirm if a urine test is involved, and if it tests for drugs, that would be greatly appreciated, as I'm a bit worried about failing it, as I thought the medical wasn't til August.

    Dude, its not a medical test

    This is what it says it the email I got
    Checklist of items to bring on the day:

    1. Printed copy of this email.
    2. Photographic ID - Passport, Driving License, Garda ID or National ID Card only.
    3. Attached letter (Medical Certificate) to be signed by your doctor stating that you are fit to undergo fitness
    Test.
    4. Attached Parental Consent Form – signed by a Parent/Guardian if you are under 18 years of age.
    5. Photocopy of your Birth Certificate
    6. Suitable sports clothing and footwear, bottled water.


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    #220
    spartacus 109
    Registered Users Posts: 12 ✭spartacus 109


    Both my fitness tests are next week. Tuesday Naval Service, Thursday Army. Went into my GP today and I can confirm there is a urine test however it was tested on the spot.. For what I don't know.. Also I only paid €70 not €90.. Anybody from Waterford going for the test?


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    #221
    potenialcandid
    Registered Users Posts: 4 ✭potenialcandid


    Lads, ye dont need to pay the doctor all you need is them to stamp it and sign it! takes 5 minutes


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    #222
    Cathal_91
    Registered Users Posts: 78 ✭✭Cathal_91


    Wills21 wrote: »
    Dude, its not a medical test

    This is what it says it the email I got

    So what is it then? What does it involve? Lol
    I thought it was a medical, with a urine test and even when they grab your balls and make you cough haha

    So it's not a medical test then? What is it? Last time I had a medical for boxing it involved, lung test, urine test, blood pressure I think, and few other things I can't remember the rest.


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    #223
    potenialcandid
    Registered Users Posts: 4 ✭potenialcandid


    this isnt a medical test its just the doctor signing off basically to say you've no heart condition etc

    you'll have an actual Medical Exam with all the tests in the final stage if you make it


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    #224
    FANTAPANTS
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    cathal 91 pm sent


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    #225
    Shocko1993
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    potenialcandid wrote: »
    this isnt a medical test its just the doctor signing off basically to say you've no heart condition etc

    you'll have an actual Medical Exam with all the tests in the final stage if you make it

    Lads hes right. Its only to make sure you have no major heart problems. The medical you's are doing is the one they'll do in August.


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    #226
    Cathal_91
    Registered Users Posts: 78 ✭✭Cathal_91


    Shocko1993 wrote: »
    Lads hes right. Its only to make sure you have no major heart problems. The medical you's are doing is the one they'll do in August.

    Then what's Spartacus 109 going on about...


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    #227
    spartacus 109
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    Cathal_91 wrote: »
    Then what's Spartacus 109 going on about...

    Just sharing my experience... Each GP id imagine does it there own way, I mean at the end of the day its not a military standard medical, More of a run of the mill check up.. As one of the other lads said its mainly to check out your heart before the test...


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    #228
    Wills21
    Registered Users Posts: 57 ✭✭Wills21


    I went to my GP this morning, she checked my blood pressure and my pulse, then listened to my lungs and heart before signing the form.

    Cost me €50.


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    #229
    Cathal_91
    Registered Users Posts: 78 ✭✭Cathal_91


    Cost me 50 euro aswell, done all the stuff listed above and tested my reflexes and weight height, eyesight, Abdominal pain, and a urine test, 50 euro was a rip off considering it only took 5-10 mins.

    A friend doing it only cost him 20 euro, but my doctor said she wouldn't sign it without doing a full medical and charging me 50 euro haha


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    #230
    Wills21
    Registered Users Posts: 57 ✭✭Wills21


    Cathal_91 wrote: »
    Cost me 50 euro aswell, done all the stuff listed above and tested my reflexes and weight height, eyesight, Abdominal pain, and a urine test, 50 euro was a rip off considering it only took 5-10 mins.

    A friend doing it only cost him 20 euro, but my doctor said she wouldn't sign it without doing a full medical and charging me 50 euro haha

    Actually she did check my weight and height too, forgot about that :D


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    #231
    Venema
    Registered Users Posts: 45 ✭Venema


    50 euro even with a medical card i guess?


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    #232
    Wills21
    Registered Users Posts: 57 ✭✭Wills21


    Venema wrote: »
    50 euro even with a medical card i guess?

    Not sure but I doubt a medical card would cover that


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    #233
    potenialcandid
    Registered Users Posts: 4 ✭potenialcandid


    Shocko1993 wrote: »
    Lads hes right. Its only to make sure you have no major heart problems. The medical you's are doing is the one they'll do in August.

    ** She, thanks :P


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    #234
    Maybe_Memories
    Registered Users Posts: 927 ✭✭✭Maybe_Memories


    Just got the medical done. Was pretty standard. Just took a urine sample to check for diabetes and listened to my heart and lungs.

    The best part was it was free! :D


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    #235
    Burdock
    Closed Accounts Posts: 159 ✭✭Burdock


    Few failures so far in Cathal Brugha Barracks.

    Practice your sit-ups !!!


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    #236
    Donny5
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,827 ✭✭✭Donny5


    Burdock wrote: »
    Few failures so far in Cathal Brugha Barracks.

    Practice your sit-ups !!!

    Seriously? The 20 crunches?


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    #237
    Burdock
    Closed Accounts Posts: 159 ✭✭Burdock


    Donny5 wrote: »
    Burdock wrote: »
    Few failures so far in Cathal Brugha Barracks.

    Practice your sit-ups !!!

    Seriously? The 20 crunches?


    It's all about technique, you could do a thousand but if the technique is wrong they won't count

    A few people haven't come in for the test too


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    #238
    Donny5
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,827 ✭✭✭Donny5


    Burdock wrote: »
    It's all about technique, you could do a thousand but if the technique is wrong they won't count

    Yeah, I've done plenty of those tests, but 20 crunches should be a doddle to anyone looking to join a ****ing army.


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    #239
    Shocko1993
    Registered Users Posts: 17 ✭Shocko1993


    Donny5 wrote: »
    Seriously? The 20 crunches?

    Some people are complete f****** timewasters!


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    #240
    Wills21
    Registered Users Posts: 57 ✭✭Wills21


    Are the sit-ups done like shown on the page below?

    http://www.military.ie/careers/fitness-testing-centre/defence-forces-fitness-tests


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    #241
    Maybe_Memories
    Registered Users Posts: 927 ✭✭✭Maybe_Memories


    Wills21 wrote: »
    Are the sit-ups done like shown on the page below?

    http://www.military.ie/careers/fitness-testing-centre/defence-forces-fitness-tests

    Here's a video.

    http://www.1bderdf.com/situps.wmv


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