Airservices Australia Psychometric Testing
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Well, made it through the first day, and nobody's failed yet.
Nichollg and I seemed to be the only clowns wearing ties (What does "corporate dress" even mean?)
Shorts and polos tomorrow, that's for sure.
We had the tour in the morning, checking out the gym, caf, classrooms and simulators. We didn't get to see any operations, maybe because our group is so large (12 enroute and 4 tower). We're together for the theory phase (6-8 weeks) before going our separate ways.
Rolloffthetop, wait till you see the tower simulator, it will blow your mind!
AsA are in the process of setting up the new Eurocat sims, and this group of enroute might get the chance to use them before they finish. Also pretty flash.
Went through fire safety and evacuation procedures, OHS and suffered through a long powerpoint presentation on security before filling out forms to get our ASICs.
Tower crew were separated whilst we briefly went through the curriculum. Seems Jan and March Tower are the only Tower courses on the cards for a while. Feel pretty lucky to be part of it.
A mountain of material waiting on our desks for us this morning, we'll be getting stuck straight into it tomorrow.
Nichollg and I seemed to be the only clowns wearing ties (What does "corporate dress" even mean?)
Shorts and polos tomorrow, that's for sure.
We had the tour in the morning, checking out the gym, caf, classrooms and simulators. We didn't get to see any operations, maybe because our group is so large (12 enroute and 4 tower). We're together for the theory phase (6-8 weeks) before going our separate ways.
Rolloffthetop, wait till you see the tower simulator, it will blow your mind!
AsA are in the process of setting up the new Eurocat sims, and this group of enroute might get the chance to use them before they finish. Also pretty flash.
Went through fire safety and evacuation procedures, OHS and suffered through a long powerpoint presentation on security before filling out forms to get our ASICs.
Tower crew were separated whilst we briefly went through the curriculum. Seems Jan and March Tower are the only Tower courses on the cards for a while. Feel pretty lucky to be part of it.
A mountain of material waiting on our desks for us this morning, we'll be getting stuck straight into it tomorrow.
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So enemyMiG, nichollg and who else are in the tower course?
Was there airconditioning at least? If there wasn't, I'd be retiring to the airport golf course if I really wanted to be subjected to horrid temps and winds.
Sounds like you had a good first day enemyMiG, keep us all informed!
Maybe even create a blog, if you haven't already!
Was there airconditioning at least? If there wasn't, I'd be retiring to the airport golf course if I really wanted to be subjected to horrid temps and winds.
Sounds like you had a good first day enemyMiG, keep us all informed!
Maybe even create a blog, if you haven't already!
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There certainly was air conditioning. We are lucky enough to be right under the outlet vent (almost could have done with a jumper). Think I'll do all my study, there in the cool. Great first day. Looking forward to hooking into the theory tomorrow.
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There's a guy from Sydney and a girl from Hong Kong. She is fully rated in Tower, Approach and Enroute, but has been out of the game for 6 years. Apparently in HK its the norm to have all 3 ratings, and you might spend a month on approach and then a month on enroute! She wasn't a fan of the way things operate over there, reckons its much better here.
Rolloffthetop is the only other I know of who is on the March course, which leaves 3 other places on his course.
Airconditioning in the classroom was great, only felt the heat when we were walking around.
No blog needed, this thread is more than enough!
Rolloffthetop is the only other I know of who is on the March course, which leaves 3 other places on his course.
Airconditioning in the classroom was great, only felt the heat when we were walking around.
No blog needed, this thread is more than enough!
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Well all sounds well then.
So are there any tours/visits lined up? Is that gemmy character in your course?
Any word on approximation of day length, expectations and exams? How about average age (judging by looks)?
So are there any tours/visits lined up? Is that gemmy character in your course?
Any word on approximation of day length, expectations and exams? How about average age (judging by looks)?
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The a/c sounds positively awesome!
It's either on a pulse system, coming and goung through temps, OR, on a three-tiered system of low-med-high.
Low of course being -4000 degrees and high being 80+ degrees.
Whoops, I forgot to say, flip on your sarcasm detectors!
Quite funny how this thread moved from AsA psycho testing to, who's been contacted, who's got final interviews and the state of the training classroom.
So a course has started this week, Gemmy reliably informed me that another course starts March, so are there any other courses this year and if so, who's on them?
It's either on a pulse system, coming and goung through temps, OR, on a three-tiered system of low-med-high.
Low of course being -4000 degrees and high being 80+ degrees.
Whoops, I forgot to say, flip on your sarcasm detectors!
Quite funny how this thread moved from AsA psycho testing to, who's been contacted, who's got final interviews and the state of the training classroom.
So a course has started this week, Gemmy reliably informed me that another course starts March, so are there any other courses this year and if so, who's on them?
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Like Nick83 & The_AU_Viper, I also found out on the 21/12 that I passed the panel interview and I'm on the merit list.
Thanks to everyone on the forum for sharing their experiences during the testing phase and with AsA. It has been helpfully & interesting read.
I have no idea how far down the merit list I am. Howerver, it would be nice to be in Melbourne during part of Footy season whilst training/studying.
Thanks to everyone on the forum for sharing their experiences during the testing phase and with AsA. It has been helpfully & interesting read.
I have no idea how far down the merit list I am. Howerver, it would be nice to be in Melbourne during part of Footy season whilst training/studying.
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Hi all
Same here got the email on the 21st - chances are we will probably end up on the same course (obviously depending on order of merit positions but cant think that many courses would be starting in 2010). Thanks also to everyone for the tips along the way especially Gemmy and enemyMIG. Let keep in contact on this forum to tee up some accomodation or at least catch up before course starts
Same here got the email on the 21st - chances are we will probably end up on the same course (obviously depending on order of merit positions but cant think that many courses would be starting in 2010). Thanks also to everyone for the tips along the way especially Gemmy and enemyMIG. Let keep in contact on this forum to tee up some accomodation or at least catch up before course starts
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The honeymoon is definately over 
Got stuck straight into it yesterday, beginning with Comms, followed by our first exam, after lunch, on all the pre-course material. It was stressed that this exam has no effect on your marks, it's only to give the instructors an idea of where you are at.
Received all our login details and explored the system for a while, were introduced to Air Traffic Services and sat in on some sims from both student's side and blippy's end.
Today finally unwrapped the 'MATS from ATS' and the 'NAPM'; the home study has begun in ernest. My backpack isn't big enough to carry all the gear we need, might have to get some sort of man-bag like Nichollg's.
Although there's a sh!tload of stuff to do and learn, it really is a fantastic work/study environment. Everyone seems to be bonding easily and the instructors are very approachable and really know their stuff.
Congrats Laino and brissyboy, you guys are gonna love it.
Got stuck straight into it yesterday, beginning with Comms, followed by our first exam, after lunch, on all the pre-course material. It was stressed that this exam has no effect on your marks, it's only to give the instructors an idea of where you are at.
Received all our login details and explored the system for a while, were introduced to Air Traffic Services and sat in on some sims from both student's side and blippy's end.
Today finally unwrapped the 'MATS from ATS' and the 'NAPM'; the home study has begun in ernest. My backpack isn't big enough to carry all the gear we need, might have to get some sort of man-bag like Nichollg's.
Although there's a sh!tload of stuff to do and learn, it really is a fantastic work/study environment. Everyone seems to be bonding easily and the instructors are very approachable and really know their stuff.
Congrats Laino and brissyboy, you guys are gonna love it.
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I wonder how that will all work out given classes go for about 10 months, there are some in the sim and who knows what the rest will be doing.
Maybe those on the order of merit list won't be waiting around forever like those who've gone before!
Maybe those on the order of merit list won't be waiting around forever like those who've gone before!