Just got an email from Holly saying that as soon as the start date for the NZ-based tower course is finalised, I’ll be receiving a formal offer letter. Anyone else in the same boat?

No?? I did receive a call from her to get a medical done if i was interested, and i have... but no email. Have you done the medical also?

I passed the medical back in November 2024 - have been on hold for months waiting for a course start date. Looks like ASA is finally organising staff to teach tower control, although maybe me already living in NZ affected things slightly. Hopefully I’ll see some of you guys in Christchurch in May :)

Hey NRSOHN - would you might if I asked a couple questions on DM. The SHL testing seems to be wasting time.

interrupt test
 

Any tips for the interrupt test?

Thank you so much - very helpful.

Whens your interrupt champ?

Applied on 23rd feb
 

Hi all,

I have applied foe the ATC trainee position on 23/02/2025 - havent heard back. Anyone else in the same boat? How long does it take foe them to respond back?

Honestly, expect a month of wait from your initial application to receive the email saying youve passed the application stage, expect another week or two to receive stage 1 tests. Maybe a week to get the results for stage 1 and get invited to the interrupt, wait for another 2 weeks for an interrupt test session, then youre off to the assessment centre, which some of us wait months for, i think ive been waiting almost a month for it already lol

my apologies just noticed its already been a month since you applied, i waited a month and 2 days for the initial email, so honestly you should be expecting it this week or the next

Looking forward to the assessment session in Brisbane on the 2nd (after it was postponed). Best of luck to everyone attending, let us know how you do 🙂

anyone else still waiting for an assessment centre invite in melbourne? the wait is killing me ahaha, and what happens in the reference check stage if someone has pretty much 0 work experience? cheers

Hi everyone, I saw in a media release that Airservices now has an $8,000 ‘sign-on bonus’. Is this paid to fresh ab initios or are you required to complete training first?

I don't believe there is a sign-on bonus for new recruitment, unless I am mistaken. As part of the new enterprise agreement which came into force last year, current ATCs were paid a one off "bonus" of $8,000. These bonuses are often included in enterprise agreement negotiations as an incentive to vote in support of the new agreement but only apply to employees at the time it was signed.

Just one more day to go! I will try and say hi, so it looks like I will be asking people if they are called Karmadillo ;)

Thanks for the clarification. All the best at your assessment centre tomorrow!

Won’t be too hard to find me 🙂 let me know how you went after it’s all done though.

How did the brissy assessment centre go? Anyone else get an offer letter for the tower course starting in May in NZ?

Still no response for me. I completed my assessment centre in melbourne + reference check about 2 weeks ago.
when did you recieve a written offer for the NZ tower stream?