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ATC Student Programme 2013 *Warning post 195*

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    #542
    kapisko1PL
    Registered Users Posts: 277 ✭✭kapisko1PL


    Shane1989 wrote: »
    Hey Kapisko1PL,
    I sat the group assesment on Monday 23rd March 2015 too, actually I think I was in your group. We're you on at 2:30 by any chance.?
    Anyhow, you don't know anything about when we will hear back do yo.?

    Hey Shane! Yes, you were in my group! We were sitting opposite to each other at the table. And no, i don't know when we should hear back from them. The waiting is gonna kill me!


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    #543
    Shane1989
    Registered Users Posts: 23 ✭Shane1989


    I know how you feel. I find myself constantly checking my email for notification.

    Best of luck anyway and hopefully I will see you on the training. ðŸ˜Â႒


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    #544
    rafter21
    Registered Users Posts: 14 ✭rafter21


    Starting training 14th September. Finally!!!


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    #545
    kapisko1PL
    Registered Users Posts: 277 ✭✭kapisko1PL


    rafter21 wrote: »
    Starting training 14th September. Finally!!!

    Hey how did you find out?


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    #546
    Shane1989
    Registered Users Posts: 23 ✭Shane1989


    rafter21 wrote:
    Starting training 14th September. Finally!!!

    Yeh, would be interested to know how you found that one out. Cheers.


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    #547
    Shane1989
    Registered Users Posts: 23 ✭Shane1989


    Just out of interest, has anyone heard anything back in relation to the group interviews/assessments yet.?


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    #548
    Sqawk7000
    Registered Users Posts: 2 ✭Sqawk7000


    Congrats to you Rafter21!

    I'm halfway through the selection process and was wondering if you or anyone else who's been accepted onto a course could pass on some info about what happens after the selection process.

    I understand there is a training contract first and after successfully gaining your ATCO licence you may get offered a job, which if turned down, will incur a cost of €85,000. If there is a training contract we have to sign, does it detail the terms and conditions we will be employed on if offered a position after training?

    I ask because I noticed a few months ago that the IAA have removed details of pay from their website and there is little to no information about the terms and conditions that we might be under when employed (ie. pay, 5on/3off shift pattern, etc). I know the terms on offer aren't what they used to be a few years ago. I am worried that the IAA could be looking to reduce pay further and may offer reduced terms of employment after training by using the 85k bond to hold successful trainees to ransom if they refuse to work for less than what was originally advertised (starting at €32,500 and rising to €88,540 over 20 years, etc).

    Thanks!


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    #549
    Shane1989
    Registered Users Posts: 23 ✭Shane1989


    rafter21 wrote:
    Starting training 14th September. Finally!!!

    Hey rafter21,
    Have you actually already been offered a place on he IAA training course or have you just got details of the proposed starting date???


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    #550
    Shane1989
    Registered Users Posts: 23 ✭Shane1989


    kapisko1PL wrote:
    Hey Shane! Yes, you were in my group! We were sitting opposite to each other at the table. And no, i don't know when we should hear back from them. The waiting is gonna kill me!

    Hey kapisko,

    Have you heard anything back yet after our group assessment/interview.

    Cheers.


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    #551
    kapisko1PL
    Registered Users Posts: 277 ✭✭kapisko1PL


    Shane1989 wrote: »
    Hey kapisko,

    Have you heard anything back yet after our group assessment/interview.

    Cheers.

    Hey Shane! nothing yet! And I believe it will not be quick before we hear anything from them.


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    #552
    rafter21
    Registered Users Posts: 14 ✭rafter21


    Shane1989 wrote: »
    Hey rafter21,
    Have you actually already been offered a place on he IAA training course or have you just got details of the proposed starting date???

    I was accepted last year. Did the interview last August and the medical in September. They emailed me the date they are hoping to start a couple of weeks ago.


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    #553
    kapisko1PL
    Registered Users Posts: 277 ✭✭kapisko1PL


    If the training takes place every two years (since the training takes up to two years to complete), assuming my assumptions to be correct and having my FEAST and DART tests done in November 2014, should I expect to start my training (if successful) in 2017?


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    #554
    rafter21
    Registered Users Posts: 14 ✭rafter21


    They take in groups whenever they need new people. They could take in 2 groups in a year. They might not take in any in another year. I think the last group to start training was April 2014


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    #555
    kapisko1PL
    Registered Users Posts: 277 ✭✭kapisko1PL


    So were you the group ahead of us? We are therefore the second group?


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    #556
    rafter21
    Registered Users Posts: 14 ✭rafter21


    I did the FEAST and DART tests in February 2014. No idea if anyone did theirs in between then and when you did them.


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    #557
    kapisko1PL
    Registered Users Posts: 277 ✭✭kapisko1PL


    But it took you around 12 months for the entire process?


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    #558
    rafter21
    Registered Users Posts: 14 ✭rafter21


    Did the DART and FEAST tests in February, the online tests in around May, the group assessment in July, the interview in August and the medical in September.

    Been just waiting since.


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    #559
    kapisko1PL
    Registered Users Posts: 277 ✭✭kapisko1PL


    I haven't done any online tests and I have been talking to few other guys and they didn't do them either.

    We'll just have to wait. Cheers for clearing things up a little.


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    #560
    Shane1989
    Registered Users Posts: 23 ✭Shane1989


    Thanks rafter21,
    Appreciate you giving some clarity to the process.


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    #561
    kapisko1PL
    Registered Users Posts: 277 ✭✭kapisko1PL


    Hey Guys, anything back from the IAA yet? Cheers. :)


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    #562
    Shane1989
    Registered Users Posts: 23 ✭Shane1989


    kapisko1PL wrote:
    Hey Guys, anything back from the IAA yet? Cheers.

    Hey Kapisko1PL,
    No I've heard nothing back yet, how about you???


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    #563
    kapisko1PL
    Registered Users Posts: 277 ✭✭kapisko1PL


    Shane1989 wrote: »
    Hey Kapisko1PL,
    No I've heard nothing back yet, how about you???

    Still nothing. Seems like it's gonna be a long wait. I'll post something when they get back to me. Probably next year. Lol.


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    #564
    Shane1989
    Registered Users Posts: 23 ✭Shane1989


    kapisko1PL wrote:
    Still nothing. Seems like it's gonna be a long wait. I'll post something when they get back to me. Probably next year. Lol.

    Will do the same Kapisko1PL, best of luck though. :)


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    #565
    podge018
    Registered Users Posts: 1,817 ✭✭✭podge018


    re. the strikes in France, does anybody know if there's an obligatory retirement age in Ireland?


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    #566
    notharrypotter
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,112 ✭✭✭notharrypotter


    podge018 wrote: »
    . is there an obligatory retirement age in Ireland?

    No


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    #567
    kapisko1PL
    Registered Users Posts: 277 ✭✭kapisko1PL


    Unfortunately I did not pass stage 3.. I Got a letter in the post today. Anyways, good luck to you Shane and to the others!


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    #568
    kapisko1PL
    Registered Users Posts: 277 ✭✭kapisko1PL


    Did anybody pass/fail?


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    #569
    Garret C
    Registered Users Posts: 66 ✭✭Garret C


    I also got a letter about starting the 14th of Sept. Did my Dart and Feast back in early 2014 very long process.


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    #570
    john94rn
    Registered Users Posts: 15 ✭john94rn


    Garret C wrote: »
    I also got a letter about starting the 14th of Sept. Did my Dart and Feast back in early 2014 very long process.

    Did my feast dart in november. Final interview upcomming. Do you or anyone else know any more?


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    #571
    Sqawk7000
    Registered Users Posts: 2 ✭Sqawk7000


    Things do seem to be moving along quickly enough for this round of assessments alright. It's possible that the IAA may need to fill a few spare places for the course in September if some candidates from the last intake gave up waiting in the hold pool. Or perhaps they just want to have their hold pool topped up for whenever the next course kicks off!

    Guess we'll see in a not too distant future...


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