Clerical Officer Campaign 2016 - The story continues

SB1982 · 11-11-2018 4:48pm

miccy203 wrote: »

Hey all,
I got a message from PAS to say I was assigned to the Dept of Justice in Tipp town and that someone would be in contact with regards to a start date. Would anyone know how long it could take?

If you don’t mind me asking is this placement from 2018 panel or 2016 panel?

Annie K64 · 11-11-2018 4:57pm

miccy203 wrote: »

Hey all,
I got a message from PAS to say I was assigned to the Dept of Justice in Tipp town and that someone would be in contact with regards to a start date. Would anyone know how long it could take?

If you got the message today, you should get a phone call tomorrow. Have you been garda vetted?

miccy203 · 11-11-2018 5:03pm

SB1982 wrote: »

If you don’t mind me asking is this placement from 2018 panel or 2016 panel?

No problem, It's for the 2016 panel.

miccy203 · 11-11-2018 5:05pm

Annie K64 wrote: »

If you got the message today, you should get a phone call tomorrow. Have you been garda vetted?

Yep the garda vetting went through Friday morning and then got the message from PAS Friday evening. So it shouldn't be to long at all then! :-)

Annie K64 · 12-11-2018 11:42am

miccy203 wrote: »

Yep the garda vetting went through Friday morning and then got the message from PAS Friday evening. So it shouldn't be to long at all then! :-)

Well done & best of luck!

podsull1 · 13-11-2018 7:40pm

Did anyone get called for Garda station in kerry yet ,friends wa ye to know what it’s like or how many got in for kerry as they are looking for a few ,

miccy203 · 14-11-2018 4:16pm

Annie K64 wrote: »

Well done & best of luck!

Thank you. Just one more question. Do you get paid every fortnight or monthly?

Annie K64 · 14-11-2018 7:51pm

miccy203 wrote: »

Thank you. Just one more question. Do you get paid every fortnight or monthly?

Weekly!

Annie K64 · 14-11-2018 7:52pm

miccy203 wrote: »

Thank you. Just one more question. Do you get paid every fortnight or monthly?

You don't get paid the first week but you get 2 weeks pay the 2nd week

Mikefitzs · 14-11-2018 8:01pm

2 years, 5 months later :-)
That was a seriously long road, I hope the drop in pay will be worth the move in the long term.

I am pleased to inform you that following the selection process for the above-mentioned campaign
you are being assigned to a position in An Garda Siochana, Limerick.
The Personnel Section of that Department will be in touch with you shortly in relation to your assignment,
including details of the location you should report to and your start date. If you have any enquiries with regard to your appointment.

podsull1 · 14-11-2018 8:41pm

Mikefitzs wrote: »

2 years, 5 months later :-)
That was a seriously long road, I hope the drop in pay will be worth the move in the long term.

I am pleased to inform you that following the selection process for the above-mentioned campaign
you are being assigned to a position in An Garda Siochana, Limerick.
The Personnel Section of that Department will be in touch with you shortly in relation to your assignment,
including details of the location you should report to and your start date. If you have any enquiries with regard to your appointment.

Congrats and well done, are you from limerick yourself

Gra11 · 14-11-2018 8:58pm

Annie K64 wrote: »

You don't get paid the first week but you get 2 weeks pay the 2nd week

I got paid the first week.

Mikefitzs · 14-11-2018 9:21pm

podsull1 wrote: »

Congrats and well done, are you from limerick yourself

No but not a million miles away. Once it's the citaay I'll be fine but if it's a rural town I'd have to decline the offer because of distance.

Annie K64 · 14-11-2018 9:39pm

Mikefitzs wrote: »

2 years, 5 months later :-)
That was a seriously long road, I hope the drop in pay will be worth the move in the long term.

I am pleased to inform you that following the selection process for the above-mentioned campaign
you are being assigned to a position in An Garda Siochana, Limerick.
The Personnel Section of that Department will be in touch with you shortly in relation to your assignment,
including details of the location you should report to and your start date. If you have any enquiries with regard to your appointment.[/quo,

Great news, well done

Annie K64 · 14-11-2018 9:41pm

Gra11 wrote: »

I got paid the first week.[/quoi

I didn't as I didn't have my p45 when I started

Kmhgallagher7 · 14-11-2018 11:57pm

best of luck to you, it will be worth it

Fific93 · 03-12-2018 12:38pm

Anyone have any updates on the waiting time for special clearance for the gardai?

Kitty2011 · 03-12-2018 12:48pm

Fific93 wrote: »

Anyone have any updates on the waiting time for special clearance for the gardai?

I'm still waiting for clearance and got offered a position on 18th Aug. They did say at the time it would be in excess of 3 months and the last update I had was that I was gone through phase 1 and there was another 2 to go. Happy enough to hold off till after xmas but hoping to get started by the end of Jan

podsull1 · 03-12-2018 7:44pm

Kitty2011 wrote: »

I'm still waiting for clearance and got offered a position on 18th Aug. They did say at the time it would be in excess of 3 months and the last update I had was that I was gone through phase 1 and there was another 2 to go. Happy enough to hold off till after xmas but hoping to get started by the end of Jan

Congrats, where is that for

Kitty2011 · 04-12-2018 10:31am

podsull1 wrote: »

Congrats, where is that for

Thanks, it's for Tipperary.

Fific93 · 04-12-2018 5:57pm

Kitty2011 wrote: »

I'm still waiting for clearance and got offered a position on 18th Aug. They did say at the time it would be in excess of 3 months and the last update I had was that I was gone through phase 1 and there was another 2 to go. Happy enough to hold off till after xmas but hoping to get started by the end of Jan

Thanks. I didn't get offered my place until thr end of September so I guess I have another while to wait for clearance haha

podsull1 · 05-12-2018 2:38pm

Anyone get clearance for kerry in 2016 panel

miccy203 · 05-12-2018 3:08pm

Would anyone have an idea what way the Christmas hours are worked? I'm starting next week but the creche wants the forms back by tomorrow to say what days they would be in!

podsull1 · 05-12-2018 3:21pm

miccy203 wrote: »

Would anyone have an idea what way the Christmas hours are worked? I'm starting next week but the creche wants the forms back by tomorrow to say what days they would be in!

Depends what department where and what department are you going to

miccy203 · 05-12-2018 3:44pm

podsull1 wrote: »

Depends what department where and what department are you going to

I'm going to dept of Justice in Tipp Town.

podsull1 · 05-12-2018 3:58pm

Best thing is ring up station you are going to they would let you know. Most people would have AL pre booked off.

Joe222 · 14-12-2018 1:32pm

Can anyone tell me what number they reached on the Galway & Mayo panels for this campaign?

It seems many counties barely got above 50 from the initial tests.

It seems to have got really competitive to get a job in the civil service, with the exception of Dublin.

Xenji · 14-12-2018 3:11pm

Joe222 wrote: »

Can anyone tell me what number they reached on the Galway & Mayo panels for this campaign?

It seems many counties barely got above 50 from the initial tests.

It seems to have got really competitive to get a job in the civil service, with the exception of Dublin.

I am not sure the number they got to for Mayo, but I know they never reached the second batch.

Joe222 · 14-12-2018 3:53pm

Xenji wrote: »

I am not sure the number they got to for Mayo, but I know they never reached the second batch.

They really need to look at the application system. You have an unsupervised stage that determines who gets jobs. A huge amount of good candidates are being effectively eliminated before they even get a chance to be interviewed and showcase their experience and skills.

Mikefitzs · 18-12-2018 1:41am

Joe222 wrote: »

They really need to look at the application system. You have an unsupervised stage that determines who gets jobs. A huge amount of good candidates are being effectively eliminated before they even get a chance to be interviewed and showcase their experience and skills.

Bottom of the barrel job at €23k in the civil service is the clerical officer, experience and skills are not relevant as training is provided. The unsupervised test is only a basic test to see if it's worth taking you to the same supervised test in Dublin. If you do well in the unsupervised test then you'll do well in the supervised test, the process weeds out the people that did the unsupervised test themselves v the one's that got a friend to take the test. If you don't make the cut in the supervised test then next on the line in the unsupervised test gets called. While there may be better methods of hiring I think it's reasonably fair when there are so many applicants to deal with.

Kaiya · 07-01-2019 9:13pm

How long does the garda extra vetting take approximately.

Fific93 · 07-01-2019 9:20pm

Kaiya wrote: »

How long does the garda extra vetting take approximately.

Mines took about 11 weeks, got word of it just before Christmas.

slave77 · 07-01-2019 9:30pm

Fific93 wrote: »

Mines took about 11 weeks, got word of it just before Christmas.

Mine took 16 weeks

Kaiya · 08-01-2019 12:03am

slave77 wrote: »

Mine took 16 weeks

Thanks.i am into week 16 now !!! Hopefully not much longer

Fiona Marie · 15-01-2019 7:20pm

Has the starting salary for a co increased from January 1st?

miccy203 · 16-01-2019 8:50pm

Fiona Marie wrote: »

Has the starting salary for a co increased from January 1st?

Yep it has...

Gambon · 22-01-2019 11:35pm

miccy203 wrote: »

Yep it has...

Has yours increased by much? Mine only went up a couple of Euro. Also did you or anyone hear of any increases coming to entry level COs in March?

Bill nye · 22-01-2019 11:40pm

It was a 1% increase in Jan and the next increase is not due until October this year I think. 1.5% increase then.

Xenji · 22-01-2019 11:52pm

Bill nye wrote: »

It was a 1% increase in Jan and the next increase is not due until October this year I think. 1.5% increase then.

It's September and 1.75%.

Bill nye · 23-01-2019 12:17am

Xenji wrote: »

It's September and 1.75%.

Right you are. I think then after it's a 2% in October the next year then.

BeeBee1986 · 26-01-2019 11:48am

Hi,

I got offered the tax department in Dublin.
Just wondering does anyone know what its like?
Is the training tough? What are the hours? Is there room for progression?

Mikefitzs · 08-02-2019 12:47pm

SB1982 wrote: »

Hi, can anyone who has started recently advise what the take home pay is on point 1 (married)? I know there has been an increase in January. I am due to start in March and just trying to figure out what I will take home each week in my pay packet. If anyone can answer this question it would be great.

As each would be subject to different incomes it would be impossible to tell you your take home with knowing all your income and that of your spouse.

Mikefitzs · 08-02-2019 1:03pm

SB1982 wrote: »

I mean for point 1 on the clerical officer scale (taking into account the new increase in Jan) and with full tax credits

You’re take home pay is reflective of household income of you and your spouse. No one can tell you your take home pay without knowing your household income.

Murph29 · 10-02-2019 6:01pm

Hi everyone, does anyone have any experience of working in the Dept. of Agriculture? Thanks.

SB1982 · 11-02-2019 4:25pm

Hi, can anyone from this thread please advise. I received my contract and it says "on a probationary contract for a period of one year". Can anyone advise if this is standard and if all the positions are permanent once probation is passed? My query is in relation to Revenue. Perhaps someone who was taken on the 2016 panel might advise.

Ninthlife · 11-02-2019 7:27pm

SB1982 wrote: »

Hi, can anyone from this thread please advise. I received my contract and it says "on a probationary contract for a period of one year". Can anyone advise if this is standard and if all the positions are permanent once probation is passed? My query is in relation to Revenue. Perhaps someone who was taken on the 2016 panel might advise.

All positions are on a probationary period. You'll have a review at 3, 6, 9 and 12 months. Once you pass probationary period you'll be permanent.

You'd want to really take the p*ss not to get through probation

11-02-2019 8:32pm

Hey, I hope someone can answer this for me, just finishing my first year, almost finishing probation period, whats the average weekly salary of your second year, after tax, cant find the form which had each years salary

And also when does it kick in, does it start the week you finish probation

roses_blue · 11-02-2019 8:58pm

Collins Disgusting Steak wrote: »

Hey, I hope someone can answer this for me, just finishing my first year, almost finishing probation period, whats the average weekly salary of your second year, after tax, cant find the form which had each years salary

And also when does it kick in, does it start the week you finish probation

Clerical Officer (PPC)
23,572 (451.74) – 25,114 (481.30) – 25,507 (488.81) – 26,270 (503.46) – 27,398 (525.08) – 28,523 (546.64) – 29,649 (568.22) – 30,469 (583.92) – 31,553 (604.71) – 32,638 (625.48) – 33,401 (640.12) – 34,474 (660.68) – 35,540 (681.12) – 37,204 (713.00) – LSI 1 38,512 (738.07) – LSI 2 39,112 (749.56)

Your increment is awarded after your LHR approve it, they will send an increment list to Peoplepoint/ your payroll area. This usually happens at the end of the month that your increment is due in. Very few increments are given on time.

11-02-2019 9:27pm

roses_blue wrote: »

Clerical Officer (PPC)
23,572 (451.74) – 25,114 (481.30) – 25,507 (488.81) – 26,270 (503.46) – 27,398 (525.08) – 28,523 (546.64) – 29,649 (568.22) – 30,469 (583.92) – 31,553 (604.71) – 32,638 (625.48) – 33,401 (640.12) – 34,474 (660.68) – 35,540 (681.12) – 37,204 (713.00) – LSI 1 38,512 (738.07) – LSI 2 39,112 (749.56)

Your increment is awarded after your LHR approve it, they will send an increment list to Peoplepoint/ your payroll area. This usually happens at the end of the month that your increment is due in. Very few increments are given on time.

Thanks - does that happen automatically or do I have to do anything ... actually does anything happen when my probation is over, like I’ve been told nothing, had a brief review after about 6 months - where it was good, no issues ...

roses_blue · 11-02-2019 9:57pm

Collins Disgusting Steak wrote: »

Thanks - does that happen automatically or do I have to do anything ... actually does anything happen when my probation is over, like I’ve been told nothing, had a brief review after about 6 months - where it was good, no issues ...

You’ll have a 12 month review which will be your probation sign off, hr will look at this before Awarding your increment, they also look at sick leave and PMDS.

You shouldn’t have to do anything but wait.

Clerical Officer Campaign 2016 - The story continues

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