Well my medical test results have finally made it to CASA. I spoke to one of the medical assessors there, and they said that I should have my medical clearance in 2-4 days if there are no problems with my results. Fingers crossed! Then I can finally start planning my move to Brissie.

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'waiting impatiently'

...please.....

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interested
 

i have been looking for a career in aviation for a long time.
i have now found an advertisement for ATC in training for 2014/15. I'm preparing to apply for it. i have read lots of the posts and done some research. I'm still a little bit confused. i hope someone can help me out? any advice would do.

i want to some idea about the online test.

thanks

Forlife..yep I know how you feel.

Try this link Careers at Airways

If you can do those comfortably then you will do fine. You can either do the tests or you can't..it's not like you can research how to do them.

Is there anyone here on the Jan 12th Course? Message me.

I've posted this in the 'experienced' thread also but I'll post here also in case it's missed:


Hi all,

Valid controller here who has been offered a place with ASA...en-route in Melbourne. If any kind soul who has made a similar transition from the UK be kind enough to PM me as I have some Qs regarding training/work etc that I would really appreciate being answered!

Thanks

Is anyone else still awaiting their medical clearance from CASA? The wait is driving me nuts! Trying to plan a move when you don't know if you're actually moving is very painful indeed.

Is it a bad sign that my paperwork has been getting reviewed by the dr since last Friday? I was told about a month ago by one of the CASA staff that if everything was ok it usually takes a couple of days to review. I thought everything was ok, but maybe not?

Thanks Sam, that's put my mind at ease :) Thought it was taking too long, but I'm still under a week so that's good.

This close to Christmas, your class 3 application is probably sitting in someone's in-tray being completely ignored. Give them a call and chase it up. There have been people put on later courses because CASA couldn't get their act together and get the certification done in time.

If you have your ARN, try logging into the CASA self service portal. You can look at any applications in there.

CASA self service portal
 

Thanks Daz. Do you mean under Service Requests? If so, that is empty for me.

Medical applications don't show in Service Request's for some unknown reason. I think the service requests are held for licensing applications. But if you go to the tab 'Medical Details' it will give you the status of your medical. If it say's 'delayed', then they are processing it and once it changes to 'Pass' you'll be emailed your medical.

Unfortunately I don't have a tab that says Medical. All I have is Home, My Profile, Service Requests and Subscriptions.

Hmm must be something that comes up after your medical is processed. That is quite annoying.

Nope, I got my medical certificate but also don't have that tab.

They were very quick to respond to my emails on checking the status however.

Yet another test
 

Well yesterday I called CASA and have found out I need to have yet another medical test. It's one called Maintenance of Awakeness Test (MWT). I've googled it and it sounds horrid. Will be wasting an entire day on it. Can't get in anywhere now of course as all the specialist offices are closed, so will have to try in the new year.

The likeliness of getting my medical clearance in time for my course on the 2nd of March is quickly diminishing :(

Airservices Australia ATC Super fund options
 

Can anyone employed with Airservices Australia as an ATC provide an informed and unbiased opinion on which Super fund is the better option between PSSap or AvSuper. I am currently with PSSap in my current job and I start with Airservices as an ATC in training in March. I have the option of staying with PSSap which is platinum rated or switching to AvSuper which is gold rated, but performed very well over the last 3 years. Regards. (PM me if you wish)

Hi All
My husband is starting en route training in a few months. He's not a forum kinda guy so I thought I'd quickly jump in here to see if you could answer a question for me! We had been planning on a 3 week trip overseas in Oct/Nov next year but I'm not sure what the leave situation will be for him? I imagine he'll be in field training throughout these months so will leave have to wait? And if so, when would be the earliest he could take leave? He doesn't mind either way, he's just looking forward to the job and will make any sacrifices needed, I personally would just like to know so I can plan accordingly. Any info regarding leave would be much appreciated.

Beegee:
If, as you suggest, the planned holiday falls within final field training then it shouldn't be too difficult to take 3 weeks leave. It's all just a matter of timing though. If it happens to fall a few weeks after final checks then the chances would be slim to none and most would recommend NOT taking leave in the first few months after rating.
His best bet would be to make the trainee coordinator aware of the booked holiday early on at the academy, then they can make sure the information gets passed on to the relevant ATC group as soon as it's known where he will be heading so that final field training can be planned around it.
As far as practicality of it goes, taking leave prior to, or just after, the field sim would be ideal. Leave in the early stages of field training wouldn't be too disruptive, leave towards the end of field training would be..

Haven't been back on here for a while, but I'm starting Enroute training in Melbourne on April 13th.

If anyone else is starting around the same time, feel free to get in contact with me.

Hi all,

I applied in December for ATC, as I am looking to possibly transition from flying. Just received an e-mail inviting me for an online assessment phase, I have some basic books on aptitude testing but nothing specific. Is there anything that can help me more than the samples on the SHL site?

The SHL practice tests are all you'll need. I only did them and googled for some more free tests and it worked fine.The actual tests are probably not as hard as the practice ones. Good luck.

I have my assessment day in Melbourne on February the 1st. I'm quite excited the only thing I'm worried about is what to wear. The email said to wear business casual but I have absolutely terrible fashion sense. Can anybody else who has completed the assessment day give me some indication on what others wore to their assessment.

bennett.wildfire - treat it like an interview. Wear trousers and a collared business shirt. That's what I wore. Some people wore jeans and looked okay, but I wouldn't do that myself.

Thanks so much Whipsr, that's exactly the info I needed. I'll have him talk to someone at the academy before we start booking anything but at least I know now it's a possibility.

BeeGee32
I think Whisper has given you poor advice. I would not recommend any extended period of leave during your training Maybe up to a week if you have a wedding or something important to go to, but 3 weeks for a holiday is to much. The training is difficult and the skills learnt need to be practiced over and over again to perfect them. Taking a 3 week break will set you back. It also doesn't show a great attitude. People will think (rightly or wrongly) that you re not dedicated to your training and why should I bother with you.

I am with willadvise. I retired after 42 years last October. During that time I had numerous trainees and here is no way I'd go along with a break like the one described. Experienced controllers require a familiarisation shift after leave and they know what they are doing.

A trainee will be busy enough as it is without making it more difficult on himself. Added to the lack of continuity, in all likelihood there will be new documentation published whilst away. (TLI, LOA, AIRAC update) which has to be assimilated.

Willadvise: if you read my post I suggested that taking leave prior to, or just after, the field sim wouldn't be too disruptive but later on wouldn't be a good idea.

Chances are that they will finish up at the academy and then get parked doing famil for 2 months anyway..

When I completed my training I managed to take 2 weeks off prior to field sim and it was a godsend considering I felt fairly burnt out by the end of field training, and my next upcoming leave was 18months away.

Greetings
 

Hello all,

I have done my best to read through the bulk of this thread, woah a lot of old information about things that have changed,

I applied 1st of jamuary and already have a phone interview on Tuesday ! hopefully all goes well, but i am more nervous about the additional testing done in melbourne, i get the jist of it, but can someone tell me is it similar to the defence force recruiting officer selection board style stuff? and also i noticed we have to do that online aptitiude test again, is it the same one different questions? i.e sit in a computer fill it out all things explained prior and what not or is it more a paper back assessment ?

hope my questions arnt digging to deep into what one would consider "coached anwsers"...

Cheers !

Needing some info and opinions, PLEASE

I had a call with AsA yesterday and they told me I could choose between:
Jandakot Airport in Perth -or- Bankstown Airport in Sydney

Does anyone have any information about these facilities and the areas they are in? I have a family of 5, so I'd kind of like to know how the area would be to raise a family, and cost of living/housing, and just whatever other info you can offer on that end. Also, what are these airports like? Pretty busy; right?

Thanks in advance for any info!

Congrats gfosty:ok: What is your planned start date? My final destination is Bankstown, starting course on the 2nd of June.

WhichWayIsNorth, they said they have a class date for me next February (2016). Have you gotten any information about what Bankstown is like? Are you heading over there with a family, or just you?

I was on the phone to one of the recruitmenet people for the phone interview, they said the next avalible course with people on them was yeah 2016, appearently the one in the middle of the year is already full !!

how many people are on these courses?

Gfosty its just me going at this stage.
Haven't got any info besides the research I have done online into rental prices etc. The Sydney area is obviously an expensive place to live, also apparently certain parts of Bankstown are not the best areas... You could always live nearby though, for example in Sutherland.

WhichWayIsNorth, I moved to Sydney from the USA so if you have any questions about the area, I can try to help. I am probably not the best but I will do what I can.

Gfrosty, I went through a conversion course with an British Air Force guy. He just moved his family of 4 from England to Perth. If you shoot me your email, I can ask him to contact you. Jandakot is south of Perth Int'l but prob close enough to give you some info.

Good luck everyone!

Referee Check
 

Hey all,

Attended the assessment centre in Melbourne last week and got an email this Monday about providing contact details for 2 referees. Is this a positive indication of moving on to referee checks or just a formality for all candidates?

Any candidates from last week's AC days on here?

Snikeron - Definitely a positive sign, they're not going to waste their time if not interested.

Good luck!

Hope to see you at the college sometime soon. I start April 13th.

Thanks ant1984! After spending some free time last night perusing this thread from 2011 I'm a little more confident of waiting longer for an offer, but am naturally not one to be too confident until I have an offer in writing from ASA.

When I asked the HR peeps on AC day when the next batch would be for enroute (my pref) they mentioned August this year, so fingers crossed, I'll get to butt heads then with some of you here!

Hi Snickeron, I got the same update you had to update your referees. So I think we are on the the final phases! I elected for tower and was told the next intake was in 2016 :S

Oh well, there is light at the end of the tunnel.

All I can say to you Snickeron and Bennett is be patient, be very, very patient. I had my Assessment Day last September, reference check a couple of weeks after that, got all the medical stuff sorted last November and still have not been formally offered a position or given a start date. It's doing my head in, but what can you do. I've elected for Tower and they told me August this year, maybe February 2016.


Hope this helps.