DuhC,

Im on the same boat as you. Just waiting to find out when the dates will be made available they said they will email me anyway.

What the best way of practice for stage 1 people?

what website and test are best to stick to??

I have been looking at a couple of data checking tests. I have also looked at spatial ability and diagrammatic reasoning. I actually don't have a problem with the cubes (like most people seem too) but have been struggling on a couple of the flow charts within diagrammatic reasoning.

Best to google some stuff or look through this thread. There is tons of useful information!

Well, that's stage 2 done! Wasn't too bad, which probably means I've failed... :P

Fingers crossed though...now I play the waiting game again....

Hear hear to that Sambatc, I feel like it could be great and it could be terrible results. Regardless I had a good time though, acctually enjoyed stage 2 (a lot of people have said it's really stressful but I didn't feel that stressed acctually).

yep, likewise. I don't know if she told everyone, but the lady said as they have tests tomorrow, and friday, and one of her colleagues if off sick, we might not get the results as quickly as usual. :ugh:


fingers crossed though...they might come tomorrow, you never know!

Well I screwed up the first two tests (courtesy of my ineptitude to quickly distinguish between left and right) but I think the rest went ok. I actually quite enjoyed the SDM.

Don't think there is much chance of me getting through, but I'm now not thinking about it til I get the results :)

At least we had fun ;) Seems like everyone got home alright then, I'm quite bored to be honest :p

Just had an email from NATS...












.. See you at stage 3 :)

what dates are available?? Its a little annoying they've sent results from Thursday before the Wednesdays ones, but that's life!

They might be grading in alphabetical order, Adam has an A in both his first and last name so he should be top of the list.

sambatc - None as of yet but I'm sure something will be sorted soon.

Best of luck for your own results, folks!

I have a question regarding Stage 1.

I have somewhat confused myself as I have been looking into the RAF SNCO ATCO selection aswell as NATS. I am 99.9% certain that the S/D/T test for the RAF are mental maths. Am I right in thinking that for NATS the maths test section, you get scrap paper that you can use?

Many Thanks.

Yep. There is scrap paper for the maths questions, but obviously no calculators etc.

Thanks for the quick reply, thankfully I have been practicing without pen and paper, so that's brilliant news! Happy days!! :D

No problem. Quick is my middle name... well, that's what my ex always used to say :hmm:

Salutations!

I'm in the same boat as many of you -- waiting for the Stage 1 dates in April to be made available online.

In the meantime I've been doing my research and preparing as best I can. I'm relatively confident about passing the various early tests (ATC paper, S/D/T calcs, diagraming and cubes, etc).

All ok there, and thanks so much to all the current and past applicants that have taken the time to write advice, post links, and so forth -- much appreciated!

However, one thing I haven't seen much information about is the medical/psychological side of things. I'm not particularly worried about either, but I do like to be as prepared as possible and I've read about people that made it all the way through to Stage 3 and then been disqualified due to some past medical condition/issue.

So I'm curious about when the medical exam actually takes place in the application process, and then also roughly what's actually involved. Is it just a cursory examination with some questionnaire or are we talking about a full barage of tests (ie, blood, urine, etc)?

Thanks in advance!

Kind regards,
om

Welcome!

Just done a quick search on the CAA website and the Class 3 medical comprises the following.

ATCO Medical Information | Medical | Safety Regulation

In short, it does mention blood and urine tests are done.

I've already passed my medical. I paid for it myself so I'm hoping that will hold me in good stead at stage 3.

The tests mention an ECG for the heart and a test of the lungs.

I'm 100% fit, so have no worries, but what exactly are they looking for? High blood pressure and obvious breathing difficulties?

I would imagine, the ECG is to test for irregular heart beats and the like, given that it mentions that it is a resting ECG.

The lung tests are probably the usual blow into the lung capacity measuring thingymebob. As it normally show's up conditions like Asthma quite easily.