PCA/Fitness test

Muffins5520

Hi, some FOIs below:

1: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/393218/response/949481/attach/html/3/F 2017 00664 FOI Response.pdf.html

2: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/392591/response/953959/attach/html/3/F 2017 00643 FOI Response.pdf.html

3: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/388343/response/938701/attach/html/3/1509 Recruitment Update.pdf.html

4: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/385442/response/935837/attach/html/3/F 2017 00308 FOI Response.pdf.html

5: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/384184/response/934941/attach/html/3/F 2017 00253 FOI Response.pdf.html

6: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/375717/response/925697/attach/html/3/F 2016 02100 FOI Response.pdf.html

7: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/390209/response/945960/attach/html/3/00487 Final Response.pdf.html

RedPool2891

I was there today too.

I was most concerned about the stair aspect so it was good to give it a go and see which technique worked best, as with the tunnel.

Onwards to the real thing!

Trainee bob

Thanks muffins

Bunsen1burner

Good luck to all you guys headin to do PCA! Just give it your all cos its less than 4 minutes that can land yous your dream job!

Babybuns

Bunsen1burner wrote: »

Good luck to all you guys headin to do PCA! Just give it your all cos its less than 4 minutes that can land yous your dream job!

How do you hear about the familiarisation days

Muffins5520

Babybuns wrote: »

Bunsen1burner wrote: »

Good luck to all you guys headin to do PCA! Just give it your all cos its less than 4 minutes that can land yous your dream job!

How do you hear about the familiarisation days

An email with your PCA date and Familirisation date

Trainee bob

What score bracket are you guys that are fishing the pca in,going by the FOI how many more people are they going to appoint because 8 intakes and 40-50 in a intake is big numbers

Trainee bob

What score bracket are you guys that are fishing the pca in,going by the FOI how many more people are they going to appoint because 8 intakes and 40-50 in a intake is big numbers

Trainee bob

Anybody on here in the group that finished online at the start of the month?

Trainee bob

How do you go about asking for these foi

shanevendrell

Quick question, on the day of the test is there any sort of warmup pre-test or is it a case of a few static stretches outside the hall lol?

Timetravel

shanevendrell wrote: »

Quick question, on the day of the test is there any sort of warmup pre-test or is it a case of a few static stretches outside the hall lol?

Think the pti said you can only warm up in the corridor outside

Bunsen1burner

Timetravel wrote: »

Think the pti said you can only warm up in the corridor outside

Yea this is true, though the nerves make ya run up and down to the loos!!!!

C3POPO

For those of you about to do the PCA, I just wanted to re-share a previous post of mine (Post #2,852) with some tips. Hope they help:

https://www.boards.ie/b/thread/2057094180/191?

The previous page (190) has a great post from Tackleberry as well!

Good luck everybody!!!!

RedPool2891

Interesting reading on both posts - thanks for pointing this out C3POPO! 

Can't wait to get it done and over with.  The familiarisation day was invaluable and have a very good idea in my head of which techniques suit me best.  Now all I have to do is put it into practice!

C3POPO

RedPool2891 wrote: »

Can't wait to get it done and over with.  The familiarisation day was invaluable and have a very good idea in my head of which techniques suit me best.  Now all I have to do is put it into practice!

That is a great idea! Have a plan in your head on how you will tackle each obstacle and run through it your head before you do the actual test. Once they say "three, two, one GO" you will get total tunnel vision and there is no time to think, you just charge on

Johannes_Cabal

C3POPO wrote: »

That is a great idea! Have a plan in your head on how you will tackle each obstacle and run through it your head before you do the actual test. Once they say "three, two, one GO" you will get total tunnel vision and there is no time to think, you just charge on

I did that is campaign 1. It's really good to have run through mentally in the weeks beforehand, even though the PTI is there to direct you, having a 'mental map' of the course really helps you to maintain orientation and cuts down on valuable seconds if you were to wait/slow down for direction.

MayDupname

[font=Arial","sans-serif]Hi guys, unfortunately I was unable to get to the familiarisation day and will do doing the PCA soon. Is the youtube video from 2015 still up to date? Is it the same layout and obstacles etc? I think it may help if I try to memorise the course beforehand. Thanks and good luck to everyone, let’s smash it![/font]

majgreen

MayDupname wrote: »

[font=Arial","sans-serif]Hi guys, unfortunately I was unable to get to the familiarisation day and will do doing the PCA soon. Is the youtube video from 2015 still up to date? Is it the same layout and obstacles etc? I think it may help if I try to memorise the course beforehand. Thanks and good luck to everyone, let’s smash it![/font]

I never went to the one for my campaign. No sweat. On the day they show you around the course and you get a small amount of time to try out any aspects you are worried about, you just aren't allowed to run the whole thing in order.

My advice; chill out. It's easily achievable and your main goal should be not to make any mistakes as these cost you time. I recently redid mine for the first time in over a year and smashed it, with zero training in between the two (it's pretty hard to work out after a shift!). The online video is still accurate so by all means watch it but don't get too focussed on it or you'll lose track of the bigger picture

Johannes_Cabal

Passed PCA, to say I'm relieved is an understatement. Good luck to everyone still waiting to do it.

RedPool2891

Brilliant - well done!  Just out of curiosity, do they give you your time when it's done?

Bunsen1burner

Johannes_Cabal wrote: »

Passed PCA, to say I'm relieved is an understatement. Good luck to everyone still waiting to do it.

Im so so happy for ya! Was your time good?
Hopefully medical date soon too!

Johannes_Cabal

RedPool2891 wrote: »

Brilliant - well done!  Just out of curiosity, do they give you your time when it's done?

Thanks buddy and no they torture you and make you wait until you are leaving the site before you find out.

shanevendrell

Congrats mate

Mines is VERY soon too, excited and nervous. How long did the whole thing last?

Johannes_Cabal

shanevendrell wrote: »

Congrats mate

Mines is VERY soon too, excited and nervous. How long did the whole thing last?

About an hour and a half for me but a batch of us who had completed it were allowed to leave whilst others were still waiting to do it.

Goodluck with it, you'll be grand though, I was quite nervous before hand and during but surprised myself with the time I achieved.

So even if you feel you are doing a horrible job of it, don't give up just keep pushing.

Timetravel

Well done JC!

RedPool2891

Have to say I'm really looking forward to it.  I want to remain positive but I don't want to be over-confident and mess it up! Good luck with your forthcoming medical

Johannes_Cabal

Timetravel wrote: »

Well done JC!

Cheers :-)

C3POPO

Congrats Johannes_Cabal - it's a great feeling to get that pass! Well done! What was your time?

Johannes_Cabal

RedPool2891 wrote: »

Have to say I'm really looking forward to it.  I want to remain positive but I don't want to be over-confident and mess it up! Good luck with your forthcoming medical

It is a good experience, just give it your all, I tried to go as fast as possible on the sprint sections and take my time with the actual obstacles and by the 3rd lap I felt like I was walking.