CLERICAL OFFICER 2022

Has anyone being given a start date yet or confirmation of a department yet in any county?

@Sra360 hey i had my interview on the tuesday and heard by the friday. I was the exact same i wasnt sure about mine either because i was so nervous.Hopefully you dont have to wait too long. Best of luck 🤞

Hello.. i'm new to this forum.. has anyone any update on the Cavan panel please..? I had my interview on monday, got my pass result on Tuesday morning and received my Location Form from PAS on Tuesday evening also. i'm in the top 10 but afraid to get my hopes up ..

Im oom 274 and ive sent off clearance forms just waiting on vetring bureau to send on completion form. Hopefully u wont be wsiting too long to hear back.

Defo know the competencies but I felt like it was based more off my application form so defo know your form well and anything they could ask off that

@Summerdays22 I think it’s flexi time after training in the tax office but a lot are still working from home

Anyone know what oom they are at for Westmeath.

I had to a garda check last November and it took over 2 weeks, I suppose it just depends on how busy they are with requests

Are the references checked before or after vetting?

Clearance will be in touch when they have a place for it. It could take a little bit of time, depending on demand for CO's in your county.

Has anyone heard what OOM they are at for Westmeath?

Any update on the waterford panel. I'm in the second batch so here hoping

Hello there,

I hope everybody gets to enjoy the spring sunshine this weekend😎looking for some advice please...

I recently started as a TCO. I was on the panel for CO. I have just received a message on my notice board informing me I have been assigned a position. I am extremely grateful for this news as having been through a horrible redundancy experience like so many people have been with this pandemic, and feeling like I am in a dinghy in a very choppy sea, I feel like I can finally see the shore which I haven’t felt like in a long time...

The message states the Dept I am being assigned to. It doesn’t give a start date. However, it states Personnel will be in touch shortly with a start date. I have two questions which hopefully somebody will be able to answer.

1. Does this mean security clearance has been completed? I had already completed Garda vetting for the TCO role but understood that Garda vetting would have to be completed again for the CO role.
2. According to my TCO contract which I have just reread the morning, I am required to give one months notice to the Dept I am currently based in. Does it perhaps differ for different departments? I think somebody on this forum previously said that only a week’s notice was required for TCO... Will this be a problem for the new Department? Or do they waive the notice period as you are moving to another role in the Civil Service? Thank you in advance for any replies. I honestly don’t think I would have got this far without all the advice and support that was so generously shared on this forum.

Thank you so much for your reply Furry Bones😀

That is exactly what the message says so obviously the vetting isn’t fully completed. Hopefully everything will be straight forward enough, but I imagine I had better wait until it is completed before handing in my notice in the TCO role. Is there a way of politely asking do I have to work the full notice period? I would be really grateful just to have maybe a week’s breathing space between the two roles...However, I realise this may not be possible and I will just have to go with it.

Ii remember you were hoping to stay in your original dept when you got the CO role? I hope that was possible and if not, you are happy in your new Dept.

btw, I love your sign off. Very inspiring. It’s a pity Winston Churchill isn’t still around especially with the horrific events unfolding in the Ukraine.