Garda Trainee August 2017 intake

Emer29

I got a call this morning with an offer for May!! Still can't belive it. I'm from Sept 16 campaign and did physical last week. Best of luck to everyone. Was sure at this stage it would be August. You never know what the day will bring 😊😊😊

ArifI

Emer29 wrote: »

I got a call this morning with an offer for May!! Still can't belive it. I'm from Sept 16 campaign and did physical last week. Best of luck to everyone. Was sure at this stage it would be August. You never know what the day will bring 😊😊😊

Congrats!

ArifI

Keeper34 wrote: »

Found out I passed the interview & my OOM is near 700.
Is it up to me to organise meeting with local sergeant/Supt?
What do I need to do next?

Thanks.

Keep fingers crossed and keep an eye on your email. they will contact you for all your stages.

Henry2006

Cathyp wrote: »

Hey guys. My vetting started a good while ago now, probably August I reckon. And I met the seargant around then. She recently contacted me to say my file would shortly go to the superintendent-and just this week I've been given a date to meet him. Does anyone know if meeting the super generally signals the end stage of your vetting?

Not really sure as when my daughter met the sergeant she was told her vetting was all cleared but she still hasn't met super

Emer29

They called me this morning about it so was definitely a good start to the day :-)

Henry2006

Emer29 wrote: »

I got a call this morning with an offer for May!! Still can't belive it. I'm from Sept 16 campaign and did physical last week. Best of luck to everyone. Was sure at this stage it would be August. You never know what the day will bring 😊😊😊

Fantastic, very best of luck

DonegalMan0544

Emer29 wrote: »

I got a call this morning with an offer for May!! Still can't belive it. I'm from Sept 16 campaign and did physical last week. Best of luck to everyone. Was sure at this stage it would be August. You never know what the day will bring 😊😊😊

Unreal! Congrats.

Marksy8429

Emer29 wrote: »

My oom was in the 50's. They called me this morning about it so was definitely a good start to the day :-)

Congrats and best of luck..

MrBlack93

Emer29 wrote: »

I got a call this morning with an offer for May!! Still can't belive it. I'm from Sept 16 campaign and did physical last week. Best of luck to everyone. Was sure at this stage it would be August. You never know what the day will bring 😊😊😊

Fair play to ya!

GB FAN GALWAY 30

Emer29 wrote: »

I got a call this morning with an offer for May!! Still can't belive it. I'm from Sept 16 campaign and did physical last week. Best of luck to everyone. Was sure at this stage it would be August. You never know what the day will bring 😊😊😊

Well Done. Best of Luck..

Cathyp

Keeper34 wrote: »

Found out I passed the interview & my OOM is near 700.
Is it up to me to organise meeting with local sergeant/Supt?
What do I need to do next?

Thanks.

Well done on passing the interview. No they will contact you to arrange the meetings. All you need to do now is make sure you meet all the requirements for the medical, and get training for the fitness test! Best of luck!

Shoj123

Anybody have any idea the starting dates for august ?

MrBlack93

Shoj123 wrote: »

Anybody have any idea the starting dates for august ?

8th of august.

Shoj123

is that excluding induction week?

MrBlack93

Shoj123 wrote: »

is that excluding induction week?

induction weeks will be prior to the 8th of august.

TallGlass

What's the difference between the starting week and induction week? Why not just start it all on a certain date..

MrBlack93

TallGlass wrote:

What's the difference between the starting week and induction week? Why not just start it all on a certain date..

Induction week covers first aid, manual handling, water safety and a few other things. The purpose of this is to get this training out of the way so as to make the course more efficient as it has been condensed.

Also, as far as I know you are not paid for your induction week.

vodkacz

MrBlack93 wrote: »

8th of august.

How do U know all the dates? U seem to be well informed all the time.

MrBlack93

vodkacz wrote: »

How do U know all the dates? U seem to be well informed all the time.

I got the dates from an archive of what's been said in the Dáil. :cool:

vodkacz

MrBlack93 wrote: »

I got the dates from an archive of what's been said in the Dáil. :cool:

Agent triple 0 sven ;-)

Tri83

So I take it, for all of us who pass the physical on the 29th of this month we will get August offers?? Obviously I mean for the ones who's vetting and all that is clear!

TallGlass

Tri83 wrote: »

So I take it, for all of us who pass the physical on the 29th of this month we will get August offers?? Obviously I mean for the ones who's vetting and all that is clear!

Well if you've everything done then it will be back to the waiting game for August.

DE1991

Can anyone shed some light for me.. ya know the way with an honours degree from college, that when starting year 3 you skip to year 5 or 6 salary? Which is it? And then what happens at start of year 4? Does the salary keep incrementing or does it stop for a few years?

MrBlack93

DE1991 wrote: »

Can anyone shed some light for me.. ya know the way with an honours degree from college, that when starting year 3 you skip to year 5 or 6 salary? Which is it? And then what happens at start of year 4? Does the salary keep incrementing or does it stop for a few years?

at the end of probation, at the start of year three you will go up 3 extra steps. Meaning you'll be on year no.6 on the salary scale.

The scale wont stop and will continue to increase incrementally each year

DE1991

MrBlack93 wrote: »

at the end of probation, at the start of year three you will go up 3 extra steps. Meaning you'll be on year no.6 on the salary scale.

The scale wont stop and will continue to increase incrementally each year

I had a feeling Mr.Black might be the one to know

So then starting year 4 you would be on year 7 and so on?
And then you know the way it stops at year 9 for a few years, what would be the case for that then? I mean come the very end of the pay scale would everyone end up on the same, just you would get there quicker with the degree is it?

Marksy8429

Tri83 wrote: »

So I take it, for all of us who pass the physical on the 29th of this month we will get August offers?? Obviously I mean for the ones who's vetting and all that is clear!

Not necessarily all depends on the campaign your from, older campaigns will get preference.

DonegalMan0544

Marksy8429 wrote: »

Not necessarily all depends on the campaign your from, older campaigns will get preference.

I thought that as well but it's not the case, I know a few people from Sept 16 starting in May and I've seen a good few on here from Sept 16 get offers as well

Keeper34

Bit of a cheeky one but I'd like to ask all the same. I passed stage 3 interview & placed under the 700 mark. So I'm guessing things won't be happening for me for a good while?
But.......

Just found out the wife is pregnant so I'd really like to be back from Templemore before she gives birth.

Are there ever allowances made for this type of thing? Any potential for jumping the queue?

Thanks.

MrBlack93

Keeper34 wrote:

Are there ever allowances made for this type of thing? Any potential for jumping the queue?

Short answer: No

Keeper34 wrote: »

Just found out the wife is pregnant so I'd really like to be back from Templemore before she gives birth.

Congrats!

When you say back from Templemore what do you mean? You're sent out to a station potentially anywhere in the country after you attest for the remainder of your probation and then potentially to another station at the end of your probation.

There are occasionally allowances made for where you're stationed for welfare cases but I've only heard of these being being granted for cases such as single parents or caring for someone. Regardless if in these cases you'll still be stationed a significant distance away from your home place.

vodkacz

MrBlack93 wrote: »

Regardless if in these cases you'll still be stationed a significant distance away from your home place.

It doesn't necessarily have to be like that. I know many guys with families who are stationed in a up to 2hrs drive distance from home.