ATCO123,

The information is all in this thread. Everyone will have a similar response here; read the last 100 pages and you'll find a huge amount of information to digest. If you have any more specific questions after that then people will typically be very willing to help. The NATS website itself is also a very good place to start.

Others have made the suggestion that we collate the most essential parts of the information for a separate thread but at the moment this isn't the case.

All the best when you decide to apply.

I fully agree with marco888. I think the info posted on the forum regarding each one of the stages should be divided. Otherwise it all gets pretty repetitive and the forum loses part of its purpose. After all, it's question of having a bit of initiative.

By they way, would anyone reply to my question regarding the dice: the petition is posted on same page as this one just a few comments above. Thanks

luisjan, I suppose you mean the cubes? I don't remember exactly but I have a faint memory of it being all kinds of stuff on the sides (not any ordinary dice used though, but various geometrical shapes such as triangles and lines of various forms).

Yeah the cubes. Ok, thanks for the reply.

Hi guys,

It seems everyone here is preparing stage 1. What about stage 2? SDM drives me crazy......but I love it!!!

Sofia,

In all honesty you can't really prepare for stage 2! All computer testing on your natural ability. Just make sure you are well rested :)

Seb

Quick question for those who have taken stage 3 recently. The interview is purely competency based right? They don't ask any technical questions anymore do they?

No they don't have a technical side anymore, it's a team 'game' followed by the HR competency interview. Best thing to prepare is just go through the competencies they list on the NATS website and think of good (preferably brilliant) examples from your life which highlight your involvement and how you dealt with these situations. And similar to stage 2, make sure you're well rested and thinking straight.

@MARCO888

heyy i understand what your saying but ive tried reading everthing from this thread but cause it all not stepped in other words its nt clear by some responses what the procedure is, im actually quite confused. ive emailed Nats several times and recieved no responses whats so ever

Have you read the NATS website? They give a very good summary of it there. What exactly is confusing you? Have a read through this

How to apply - NATS Air Traffic Controllers Careers

I would also run a check over your spelling and grammar if you want your username to one day be reflected in reality.I know that some see it as less than important but if your e-mails to HR are written in the same fashion as your postings that is not going to help.As ATCOs we are generally credited with having at least a modicum of intelligence and you need your first contact with NATS to at least demonstrate that.

ATCO123,
Posts 7170 and 7179 are possibly the finest examples of grammatical/punctuation errors I have ever seen on this thread.
Many years ago, 'O' level English Language was a basic requirement for ATSA selection, let alone that required for an ATCO Cadetship.
Please re-read your posts before pressing the 'submit reply' button.
Apologies if this sounds pompous, but standards seem to be sliding down the pan.

@zooker and gapster.

english is not a problem for me at the moment, its just that i type in a rush for a quick reply or response, and lack in double checking. thank you for letting me know but i did get an A* in gcse english language so right now i jus want my questions answered

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Hello to all of you.

I am interested in NATS,and I wanted information about it.For example,what it needs to apply,how is the selection process etc.
And first of all,I am Greek.Can I apply?

This is a joke, right?

No.It's not.
Can you answer a little politely?

Hello. At NATS website everything is quite well explained... I would say CRYSTAL CLEAR.

Luis, no te piques tio :} ya sabes que no todos leen :)

Cheers

ATC123,
"its just that i type in a rush for a quick reply or response and lack in double checking".
So will you be applying these apparently well-honed skills to ATC?

One of the basic rules of ATC is 'if in doubt, check, and if necessary, check again'.

@zooker, nooo zooker i will not make it apparent at NATS, the only reason i dont pay attention when writing is because this is a forum not Nats or an ATC unit.

Just over a month to go to stage 1.

Getting a little bit excited about it now. Maths is slowly (very) improving. 90% on a practice last night. Twenty questions answered in 10 mins. Hope I can do something like that on the day :\

I think it has already been answered in a previous post somewhere in this thread, but are the Maths questions multiple choice, like the motivation questions?