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Air Corps Careers / Cadetships 2005
« on: May 29, 2005, 12:20:30 pm »
Got a phone call and letter last week, aptitude tests on 3rd June.
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Air Corps Careers / Cadetships 2005
« on: May 03, 2005, 12:43:41 pm »| Quote (Eddie Dillon @ 03 May 2005,10:34) |
| Hi guys, a newbie here. Got my interview on Friday. Wonder how many out of the 3-400 applications will make it past this stage? It's meant to be fairly similar for everyone, competencies - leadership, discipline/motivation, planning/organising, problem solving/decision making. Would that be right Joey? |
Its broken into four: leadership/responsibility; technical apptitude; motivation; leadership. You'll get marked out of those four, for this years IAC cadet competition.
As for the failure rate, it depends on the board, they could decide 50% pass rate or 75%, or some other figure.
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Air Corps Careers / Cadetships 2005
« on: April 29, 2005, 07:28:20 pm »| Quote (Delta72 @ 29 April 2005,14:12) |
I thought the amount of hours u had wasnt that important??  '> |
Its not! He just used it as a way to work the technical questions into the conversation
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Air Corps Careers / Cadetships 2005
« on: April 28, 2005, 01:33:56 pm »| Quote (matt_k @ 25 April 2005,13:48) |
| Has anyone done their interview yet?? Does anybody know what types of questions will be asked?? |
I had my interview, went ok I think.
I was asked how I displayed leadership/responsibility/worked in a team etc, basically what I wrote on the application.
Technical questions were about the plane that Ive hours in -how the engine works, the wing, and how the altimeter works.
Another question was to name four aircraft the Air Corps uses.
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Air Corps Careers / Cadetships 2005
« on: April 25, 2005, 07:12:15 pm »
I have mine this week, I'll let you know
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Irish Air Corps / Gerry Ryan Show
« on: April 19, 2005, 11:58:44 am »
For those who missed todays show, Gerry Ryan was talking about his day at Baldonnel yesterday. You should be able to listen to it at the below link, under Tuesday!
Gerry Ryan Link
Gerry Ryan Link
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Air Corps Careers / Cadetships 2005
« on: April 05, 2005, 03:10:10 pm »
The fitness test for the IAC is next week and we're to meet at Baldonnel.
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Air Corps News / Pilotless Planes
« on: March 26, 2005, 04:16:27 pm »
"The Air Corps is to buy two tiny unmanned aerial vehicles for E300,000, commonly known as drones, which can fly over sensitive areas relaying film back to technicians on the ground to reduce the rish of ambushes before troops are sent in."
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Irish Air Corps / Irish Times 21st February 2005
« on: February 21, 2005, 10:52:10 pm »
An Irishwoman's Diary
Lorna Siggins
Article Link
Overalls and an evening dress. What better way to pack for a long journey, particularly one that involves solo travelling over 9,000 miles by air?
When she stepped out at Croydon Aerodrome in south London, Lady Mary Heath was wearing a fur coat, a cloche hat and high-heeled shoes. "My Avian is as comfortable as a motor-car," she said of her timber-built biplane. Flying along the river Nile had proved to be a "delightful experience", she told reporters, and she had read a novel and consumed chocolates during the arduous African transit.
Even now, such a flight in an open-topped aircraft would represent a considerable achievement; but this was 1928. Lyndie Naughton, journalist and author of a new biography of the Irish aviator, notes that at one point during the three-month trip she had hauled a pair of silk stockings out of her back locker in mid-air, before landing in Egypt. "As Cairo is an important place," she explained, "I thought I must appear respectable." And "respectability" was something that Lady Heath, alias Sophie Theresa Catherine Mary Peirce Evans, craved, in spite of her idiosyncratic and adventurous approach to life. Analyses of her short, but spectacular, career - undertaken in Ms Naughton's book, and in two other recent publications which refer to her - suggest that she was in constant flight, metaphorically.
Just a year after she was born in Knockaderry, near Newcastle West, Co Limerick, her father, Jackie Peirce, had beaten her mother, Kate Dooling, to death. In court, Peirce described how he checked that his baby daughter, Sophie, was safe and then ran for help when he realised what he had done. The local RIC man, Sgt Thomas Mongey, found the body lying on the floor, covered with old clothes. "Near her was the little girl, who was wrapped in peaceful sleep," he said.
Peirce was declared insane and consigned to the Central Lunatic Asylum, as it was known then, in Dundrum, Dublin. His daughter was 19 years old when he died. At this stage, Sophie had been reared by her grandparents in Newcastle West and was studying at the Royal College of Science for Ireland. Naughton notes that her "wild streak" was never too far from the surface.
She was in third year and was an accomplished athlete when she married Capt William Davies Elliott-Lynn, an officer with the Royal Irish Rifles based at the Curragh. Less than six months later, she offered her services to the British war office as a motor dispatch rider, and travelled by Harley-Davidson to London. The couple lived together briefly before Elliott-Lynn was posted to Africa, and returned there later to farm. The marriage was a disaster, mainly due to Sophie's inability to manage money. Capt Elliott-Lynn later committed suicide.
Ms Naughton charts Sophie's trajectory from competing in the javelin and high jump to becoming the first first licensed female commercial pilot in 1926. She also records in detail the tragic ending to this short but busy life. Her third marriage ended in divorce, she took to drink, and at the age of just 43 she fell down the stairs of a London tram and died of her injuries. Lady Icarus, the biography of an Irishwoman who couldn't bear to keep her feet on the ground, is published by Ashfield Press at €25.
Significantly, Sophie, or Lady Mary Heath, had always sworn by Avro Avians - and had only sold her own aircraft to Amelia Earhart, the first woman to fly across the Atlantic, on a whim. "To Amerlia Earhart from Mary Heath. Always think with your stick forward," she inscribed on the fuselage. In March, 1932, this State's Air Corps took delivery of a number of Avro aircraft - the 631 Cadet model - at Casement aerodrome in Baldonnel. Known as C1 to C6, the planes were painted in Air Corps colours of black and sliver, with the national flag across the rudder and wingtips.
Just one of the original Air Corps fleet is still flying, thanks to the dedication of the pilot and aviation enthusiast James Schmidt, down in New Zealand. His C7 was a replacement for one of the Avros which crashed in 1932, and was used by the Air Corps from 1934. Later it was sold into private ownership, and was consigned to the rafters of a timber mill for well on 40 years before a well-known aircraft restorer in England, Ron Souch, located it.
By the time it arrived in New Zealand most of its fuselage structure had been restored. Schmidt continued the project when he bought it about 10 years ago. With it came the original log book, and a letter from a former Air Corps pilot, Donald MacCarron, describing his experiences in the C7 on coastal patrol during the second World War. "At one point he jokes about the boredom almost driving him to join the Luftwaffe!" Schmidt says.
Schmidt believes the C7 belongs back in Ireland, and had almost concluded a deal with the Air Corps over a year ago when it fell through. "I think your treasury [ Department of Finance] stepped in," he says. Since then, he has advertised the aircraft - described as being in pristine condition - for offers of over $200,000 (US). "It is very rare, of great historical significance to Ireland, and has had a lot of money spent on it," he says.
One other Avro 631 exists but it is on display in a Portuguese museum. The C7 is the world's only "active example", still flying in the Irish colours and "much nicer than my Tiger Moth," Schmidt says.
More details and photographs are available on his website, www.avrocadet.com, or by email to jschmidt@xtra.co.nz
© The Irish Times
Lorna Siggins
Article Link
Overalls and an evening dress. What better way to pack for a long journey, particularly one that involves solo travelling over 9,000 miles by air?
When she stepped out at Croydon Aerodrome in south London, Lady Mary Heath was wearing a fur coat, a cloche hat and high-heeled shoes. "My Avian is as comfortable as a motor-car," she said of her timber-built biplane. Flying along the river Nile had proved to be a "delightful experience", she told reporters, and she had read a novel and consumed chocolates during the arduous African transit.
Even now, such a flight in an open-topped aircraft would represent a considerable achievement; but this was 1928. Lyndie Naughton, journalist and author of a new biography of the Irish aviator, notes that at one point during the three-month trip she had hauled a pair of silk stockings out of her back locker in mid-air, before landing in Egypt. "As Cairo is an important place," she explained, "I thought I must appear respectable." And "respectability" was something that Lady Heath, alias Sophie Theresa Catherine Mary Peirce Evans, craved, in spite of her idiosyncratic and adventurous approach to life. Analyses of her short, but spectacular, career - undertaken in Ms Naughton's book, and in two other recent publications which refer to her - suggest that she was in constant flight, metaphorically.
Just a year after she was born in Knockaderry, near Newcastle West, Co Limerick, her father, Jackie Peirce, had beaten her mother, Kate Dooling, to death. In court, Peirce described how he checked that his baby daughter, Sophie, was safe and then ran for help when he realised what he had done. The local RIC man, Sgt Thomas Mongey, found the body lying on the floor, covered with old clothes. "Near her was the little girl, who was wrapped in peaceful sleep," he said.
Peirce was declared insane and consigned to the Central Lunatic Asylum, as it was known then, in Dundrum, Dublin. His daughter was 19 years old when he died. At this stage, Sophie had been reared by her grandparents in Newcastle West and was studying at the Royal College of Science for Ireland. Naughton notes that her "wild streak" was never too far from the surface.
She was in third year and was an accomplished athlete when she married Capt William Davies Elliott-Lynn, an officer with the Royal Irish Rifles based at the Curragh. Less than six months later, she offered her services to the British war office as a motor dispatch rider, and travelled by Harley-Davidson to London. The couple lived together briefly before Elliott-Lynn was posted to Africa, and returned there later to farm. The marriage was a disaster, mainly due to Sophie's inability to manage money. Capt Elliott-Lynn later committed suicide.
Ms Naughton charts Sophie's trajectory from competing in the javelin and high jump to becoming the first first licensed female commercial pilot in 1926. She also records in detail the tragic ending to this short but busy life. Her third marriage ended in divorce, she took to drink, and at the age of just 43 she fell down the stairs of a London tram and died of her injuries. Lady Icarus, the biography of an Irishwoman who couldn't bear to keep her feet on the ground, is published by Ashfield Press at €25.
Significantly, Sophie, or Lady Mary Heath, had always sworn by Avro Avians - and had only sold her own aircraft to Amelia Earhart, the first woman to fly across the Atlantic, on a whim. "To Amerlia Earhart from Mary Heath. Always think with your stick forward," she inscribed on the fuselage. In March, 1932, this State's Air Corps took delivery of a number of Avro aircraft - the 631 Cadet model - at Casement aerodrome in Baldonnel. Known as C1 to C6, the planes were painted in Air Corps colours of black and sliver, with the national flag across the rudder and wingtips.
Just one of the original Air Corps fleet is still flying, thanks to the dedication of the pilot and aviation enthusiast James Schmidt, down in New Zealand. His C7 was a replacement for one of the Avros which crashed in 1932, and was used by the Air Corps from 1934. Later it was sold into private ownership, and was consigned to the rafters of a timber mill for well on 40 years before a well-known aircraft restorer in England, Ron Souch, located it.
By the time it arrived in New Zealand most of its fuselage structure had been restored. Schmidt continued the project when he bought it about 10 years ago. With it came the original log book, and a letter from a former Air Corps pilot, Donald MacCarron, describing his experiences in the C7 on coastal patrol during the second World War. "At one point he jokes about the boredom almost driving him to join the Luftwaffe!" Schmidt says.
Schmidt believes the C7 belongs back in Ireland, and had almost concluded a deal with the Air Corps over a year ago when it fell through. "I think your treasury [ Department of Finance] stepped in," he says. Since then, he has advertised the aircraft - described as being in pristine condition - for offers of over $200,000 (US). "It is very rare, of great historical significance to Ireland, and has had a lot of money spent on it," he says.
One other Avro 631 exists but it is on display in a Portuguese museum. The C7 is the world's only "active example", still flying in the Irish colours and "much nicer than my Tiger Moth," Schmidt says.
More details and photographs are available on his website, www.avrocadet.com, or by email to jschmidt@xtra.co.nz
© The Irish Times
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Air Corps Careers / Cadetships 2005
« on: January 23, 2005, 04:53:57 pm »
And you'll get commissioned as a Lt instead of a 2nd/Lt with a degree..
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Air Corps Careers / Cadetships 2005
« on: January 19, 2005, 05:12:36 pm »
Its pass or fail.
PHYSICAL FITNESS TEST
The physical fitness assessment is designed to test the candidate’s current level of physical fitness and
his/her capacity to undergo the rigours of military training.
It is composed of two aspects;
a. Aerobic endurance
Local muscular endurance
b. Components of physical fitness, consisting of body fat assessment, hand grip strength and
flexibility.
FORMAT OF TEST
Aerobic endurance
This is a pass or fail test. Candidates will be required to run one and a half miles within the time limit
below:
Males Females
11 mins 30 secs. 13 mins.
Local Muscular Endurance
This will be assessed using push-ups and sit-ups.
Males Females
Push-ups: (Minimum requirement) 20 20 (modified)
Sit-ups: (Minimum requirement) 20 20
If a candidate fails to meet any of the above minimum requirements, he/she will not be permitted to
proceed to the next stage of the competition.
Candidates will also undergo an assessment which includes three components of physical fitness as
follows:
Body Composition Assessment
This assesses the candidate’s percentage of body fat.The candidate will be subjected to a body/mass
index test.
Strength
Assessed using hard grip strength dynamometer which gives an indication of overall muscular
strength.
Flexibility
Assessed using various flexibility aids (hamstring and lower back flexibility).
All tests are conducted in sports gear. Candidates are advised to bring the following should they be
requested to attend: tracksuit, shorts, singlet/t-shirt, training shoes, towel, and wash gear etc.
Check up the link below
Online Cadet Brochure
PHYSICAL FITNESS TEST
The physical fitness assessment is designed to test the candidate’s current level of physical fitness and
his/her capacity to undergo the rigours of military training.
It is composed of two aspects;
a. Aerobic endurance
Local muscular endurance
b. Components of physical fitness, consisting of body fat assessment, hand grip strength and
flexibility.
FORMAT OF TEST
Aerobic endurance
This is a pass or fail test. Candidates will be required to run one and a half miles within the time limit
below:
Males Females
11 mins 30 secs. 13 mins.
Local Muscular Endurance
This will be assessed using push-ups and sit-ups.
Males Females
Push-ups: (Minimum requirement) 20 20 (modified)
Sit-ups: (Minimum requirement) 20 20
If a candidate fails to meet any of the above minimum requirements, he/she will not be permitted to
proceed to the next stage of the competition.
Candidates will also undergo an assessment which includes three components of physical fitness as
follows:
Body Composition Assessment
This assesses the candidate’s percentage of body fat.The candidate will be subjected to a body/mass
index test.
Strength
Assessed using hard grip strength dynamometer which gives an indication of overall muscular
strength.
Flexibility
Assessed using various flexibility aids (hamstring and lower back flexibility).
All tests are conducted in sports gear. Candidates are advised to bring the following should they be
requested to attend: tracksuit, shorts, singlet/t-shirt, training shoes, towel, and wash gear etc.
Check up the link below
Online Cadet Brochure
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Air Corps Careers / Cadetships 2005
« on: January 17, 2005, 05:56:27 pm »
Looks as if its first.
SELECTION PROCEDURE
Preliminary screening will commence in April 2005. The subsequent stages of the selection
procedure will commence in June 2005 (for Leaving Certificate candidates after completion of
the Leaving Certificate). Candidates, if selected, will be required to attend for the various
stages of the selection procedure on the dates and times notified. Candidates who fail to
attend for any stage of the selection procedure will be disqualified from participation in any
further stages of that competition.
a. Preliminary Screening Interviews
(1) Physical Fitness Test. In order to qualify for a Cadetship candidates will be
required to undergo a physical fitness test which is designed to assess their potential
to undergo the rigours of military training. Candidates must attain the minimum
standard laid down in order to proceed in the competition.
(see Annex ‘A’ for details of the test).
(2) Preliminary Interview. Preliminary Interviews will be held at each of the centres
indicated on the application form, provided that there are a sufficient number of
candidates for each centre.
(3) Consent Form Authorisation. Candidates who are invited to attend before an
Interview Board will be required to complete and sign a Consent Form that, pursuant
to Section 8 of the Data Protection Act, 1988, will authorise the Garda
Síochána to furnish to the Defence Forces either, a statement that there are no
convictions recorded against a candidate, or a statement of convictions, as the case
may be. In the case of candidates under 18 years of age, his/her parent or guardian
shall be required to complete the Consent Form.
Note: Success at the preliminary screening entitles a candidate to proceed to the
next stage of the selection process.
b. Psychometric Tests / Group Assessment / Realistic Job Review
Candidates who are successful at the preliminary interview stage will be required to
attend at the Curragh, Co. Kildare for aptitude testing and to complete a personality
questionnaire. They will also be required to participate in a group assessment. The
Realistic Job Preview involves a familiarisation visit to the Cadet School at the Military
College, Curragh, Co. Kildare and informal interaction with instructional staff and Cadets.
All three components will be conducted on the one occasion.
c. Medical and Physical Examinations.
Candidates selected for final interview will be required to undergo and pass a detailed
medical examination which includes an audiometric test, x-rays, urine and blood tests.
d. Candidates who do not pass the medical examination owing to a medical condition that,
in the opinion of the Examining Medical Officer, is capable of being remedied by treatment,
may be afforded the opportunity of having the condition rectified within a specified
time. Such candidates will be required to submit medical evidence indicating that the condition
has been remedied. He/she may also be required to undergo a further medical
examination as determined by the Medical Officer. Medical fitness will not be confirmed
until the results of all tests are available to the Medical Officer.
e. The Final Interview.
SELECTION PROCEDURE
Preliminary screening will commence in April 2005. The subsequent stages of the selection
procedure will commence in June 2005 (for Leaving Certificate candidates after completion of
the Leaving Certificate). Candidates, if selected, will be required to attend for the various
stages of the selection procedure on the dates and times notified. Candidates who fail to
attend for any stage of the selection procedure will be disqualified from participation in any
further stages of that competition.
a. Preliminary Screening Interviews
(1) Physical Fitness Test. In order to qualify for a Cadetship candidates will be
required to undergo a physical fitness test which is designed to assess their potential
to undergo the rigours of military training. Candidates must attain the minimum
standard laid down in order to proceed in the competition.
(see Annex ‘A’ for details of the test).
(2) Preliminary Interview. Preliminary Interviews will be held at each of the centres
indicated on the application form, provided that there are a sufficient number of
candidates for each centre.
(3) Consent Form Authorisation. Candidates who are invited to attend before an
Interview Board will be required to complete and sign a Consent Form that, pursuant
to Section 8 of the Data Protection Act, 1988, will authorise the Garda
Síochána to furnish to the Defence Forces either, a statement that there are no
convictions recorded against a candidate, or a statement of convictions, as the case
may be. In the case of candidates under 18 years of age, his/her parent or guardian
shall be required to complete the Consent Form.
Note: Success at the preliminary screening entitles a candidate to proceed to the
next stage of the selection process.
b. Psychometric Tests / Group Assessment / Realistic Job Review
Candidates who are successful at the preliminary interview stage will be required to
attend at the Curragh, Co. Kildare for aptitude testing and to complete a personality
questionnaire. They will also be required to participate in a group assessment. The
Realistic Job Preview involves a familiarisation visit to the Cadet School at the Military
College, Curragh, Co. Kildare and informal interaction with instructional staff and Cadets.
All three components will be conducted on the one occasion.
c. Medical and Physical Examinations.
Candidates selected for final interview will be required to undergo and pass a detailed
medical examination which includes an audiometric test, x-rays, urine and blood tests.
d. Candidates who do not pass the medical examination owing to a medical condition that,
in the opinion of the Examining Medical Officer, is capable of being remedied by treatment,
may be afforded the opportunity of having the condition rectified within a specified
time. Such candidates will be required to submit medical evidence indicating that the condition
has been remedied. He/she may also be required to undergo a further medical
examination as determined by the Medical Officer. Medical fitness will not be confirmed
until the results of all tests are available to the Medical Officer.
e. The Final Interview.
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Air Corps Careers / Cadetships 2005
« on: January 15, 2005, 09:27:36 am »
The 2005 Cadet competition is now open until 4th February 2005.
Application forms and governing conditions may be obtained by contacting:
Personnel Competitions Section,
Defence Forces Headquarters,
Infirmary Road, Dublin 7.
Telephone: 01-8042144/2149.
Fax: 01-8042412.
THE DEFENCE FORCES IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES EMPLOYER
CANVASSING WILL DISQUALIFY.
Military.ie link
Application forms and governing conditions may be obtained by contacting:
Personnel Competitions Section,
Defence Forces Headquarters,
Infirmary Road, Dublin 7.
Telephone: 01-8042144/2149.
Fax: 01-8042412.
THE DEFENCE FORCES IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES EMPLOYER
CANVASSING WILL DISQUALIFY.
Military.ie link