Airservices Australia Psychometric Testing
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Written Offer
Written offer came today. Superpumped. Didn't realise they had a condition where if you leave the job before 5 years of service you have to pay them back for the training. Can see the reason for it but sure makes you think long and hard.
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MrTwister..! Nice one.
Wow, the bond is only 5yrs?? I thought it was 7yrs.
Gee less than I had to serve in the RAAF !! haha.. I'll patiently keep twiddling my tumbs until they contact my referees later in the year or early next year.
Congrats on getting the official word though, start packing up your house
Wow, the bond is only 5yrs?? I thought it was 7yrs.
Gee less than I had to serve in the RAAF !! haha.. I'll patiently keep twiddling my tumbs until they contact my referees later in the year or early next year.
Congrats on getting the official word though, start packing up your house
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psychometric test- on page 1 of this forum there is an excellent post by levitate that describes the tests in detail. Knowing why to expect helped me the most I think and it made me feel much more prepared when
he would start describing the test and I already knew what it was about! Best of luck!
he would start describing the test and I already knew what it was about! Best of luck!
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It's actually $70,000 which reduces by 20% each year you stay until your 5 years are up. Quite a bit of cash, but since they're paying for my training and paying me to be trained, I figure it's fair! Especially since my HECS debt is enormous and nobody will be paying that for me 
Source: I got my written offer in the mail yesterday.
Source: I got my written offer in the mail yesterday.
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Got an email from AsA yesterday:
Dear Applicants,
For those of you who have already completed your psychometric testing day, I hope all went well and I thank you for your attendance. For those who have yet to attend, I wish you all the very best!
This email is to clarify information some candidates received at their testing day in recent weeks. A majority of you were informed on the day that you would receive your results within 48 hours of completing the test. This information was INCORRECT.
The testing days are currently taking place nationally, and this will be continuing until the end of August. Not until ALL of these have been finalised will we be looking over the results. You will be notified at the end of this month or early September via email as to whether or not you were successful. If you passed the testing day you will also be informed of the next stage of the process.
The ATC in Training recruitment process can be quite a lengthy process and I appreciate your eagerness to move this process along. I sincerely do appreciate your patience and I will be in contact as soon as possible with the outcome of your testing day.
For those of you who have already completed your psychometric testing day, I hope all went well and I thank you for your attendance. For those who have yet to attend, I wish you all the very best!
This email is to clarify information some candidates received at their testing day in recent weeks. A majority of you were informed on the day that you would receive your results within 48 hours of completing the test. This information was INCORRECT.
The testing days are currently taking place nationally, and this will be continuing until the end of August. Not until ALL of these have been finalised will we be looking over the results. You will be notified at the end of this month or early September via email as to whether or not you were successful. If you passed the testing day you will also be informed of the next stage of the process.
The ATC in Training recruitment process can be quite a lengthy process and I appreciate your eagerness to move this process along. I sincerely do appreciate your patience and I will be in contact as soon as possible with the outcome of your testing day.
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That's a bit odd, my contract states
"Traning Costs means the amount of $250000 on account of the ATC Training provided by AirServices to the employee."
This reduces 20% per year after the first year of employment.
Unless the contracts have changed?
That's a big difference!
"Traning Costs means the amount of $250000 on account of the ATC Training provided by AirServices to the employee."
This reduces 20% per year after the first year of employment.
Unless the contracts have changed?
That's a big difference!
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That's a bit odd, my contract states
"Traning Costs means the amount of $250000 on account of the ATC Training provided by AirServices to the employee."
This reduces 20% per year after the first year of employment.
Unless the contracts have changed?
That's a big difference!
"Traning Costs means the amount of $250000 on account of the ATC Training provided by AirServices to the employee."
This reduces 20% per year after the first year of employment.
Unless the contracts have changed?
That's a big difference!
I don't know why your contract would say $250000, I signed mine just over 12 months ago and the amount was $70000 then.
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I did my Psychometric Testing in February this year and the facilitator told us that he had been instructed to tell us that the pass or fail email will be sent in 2-3 weeks (that was when the other cities were due to finish their testing), that it was simply pass or fail (no scores) and that he had no idea what the pass marks were or would be.
I must say, ASA did fire off the pass/fail email pretty soon after all the cities completed their testing. It was easily the fastest response of all the stages.
By the way (to all you experienced ATCs out there) how often are controllers relocated without a choice. The Cert Agreement mentions ASA's right to make compulsory relocations but how often, in reality, do these occur these days?
I must say, ASA did fire off the pass/fail email pretty soon after all the cities completed their testing. It was easily the fastest response of all the stages.
By the way (to all you experienced ATCs out there) how often are controllers relocated without a choice. The Cert Agreement mentions ASA's right to make compulsory relocations but how often, in reality, do these occur these days?
hey ratc
from this a few months ago
to this
seems quite a jump. It it's so boring before you start, why are you bothering?
not likely is it? 
from this a few months ago
is it on tower road,
for those people who have gone through the interview phase, what actually is asked in the interview.
is there a bus that goes past the control tower entrance ot control centre up at brisbane.
a number of atc already working will have dropped out not of stress (maybe 2) but boredom working the boring sectors
i hope to see you out wokring the adjacent sectors to me.
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By the way (to all you experienced ATCs out there) how often are controllers relocated without a choice.
With all of enroute & ML, CB, BN, CG Approach operating from within the centres, you are more likely to be relocated to another group within the same location. This may be at your request/application or management whim as staffing needs dictate.
$250,000 what a joke. Maybe it's a new income stream for ASA, actually get trainees into the under resourced college, under-train them, jerk them around and watch as they line up at the bank for a $250,000 loan.
ratc2009, just curious, but from what level of experience do you make your assertions?
sorry ratc, I should never have doubted you.
Although asking if the tower was located on Tower Road did throw me a bit.
How about letting us in on what boring sector you are/are going to be working so we can make sure we are on the adjacent one to you.
probably a good idea to leave that to people who have some idea!
Although asking if the tower was located on Tower Road did throw me a bit.
How about letting us in on what boring sector you are/are going to be working so we can make sure we are on the adjacent one to you.
and giving you an idea whats behind ASA.
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I'm here from the US, start school on 14 September and I had to sign a 5 year bond. Which really makes sense since they paid for containers for my family's belongings and everything else included in getting us here.