WOOOHOOOO same same~!!!

TranceX2, Kieran17 and others:
Yep, got the same positive email...., it was sent late yesterday, although I only got to open it today. Yeeehaaa.., happy days (so far)! :ok:

Thanks as well to rossco47 for the heads-up on what to expect down the track...., very helpful.

Congrats..., and good luck to all!!! :)

My experinces
 

Hey all, I'm coming a bit late to the party, but I too applied for the enroute job (waaaay back in November last year, so it's been a looooong wait :p). I completed the online testing on the saturday, can't remember the date, and received a phone call on the Wednesday for the short phone interview.

In the testing, I was mainly concerned with the verbal one, just as I found myself wrestling with logic to get the right answer. I did ok in the practise test so hopefully I did well in the actual test :) the others were ok, just then checking test got progressively harder and less time, but I think it was designed that way, to see at what point people "fail" as such.

I'm booked in on the 20th at the Brisbane centre, really looking forward to it :) I had the opportunity to visit the enroute centre in Brisbane and it increased my enthusiasm for the job considerably :D

To be honest, I haven't heard specifically, but I was given the impression that there wasn't a different course for enroute melbourne and enroute Brisbane, that the paths would diverge after the 12 months in Melbourne, and the city specific training would be the 6 months probation as such. As I said, I have no hard evidence of that, it was just the impression I was given :)

Good luck to all who have applied, and hopefully see you in Melbourne sometime soon ;)

Just got notification of my pass of on-line testing; still waiting on phone interview though. Any tips on the interview? Anything in particular I should be researching? And do they give you a number you can call back if you miss the call? I'm a bit paranoid about missing it if I'm working or something!

Thanks in advance.

Hi guys, good to discover this site. Just a question , I made it through online testing and awaiting further testing but i'm just wondering if there is any age restrictions. Haven't found any on ASA site. I'm early 40s and fairly fit but now wondering if this could go against me. Thanks in advance.

Troy (I remember you), like any other employer ASA can't discriminate based on age... There have been quite a few 40+ controllers go through in the past. The hardest part for you will be accepting the pitiful training wage.... Very very tough I'd suggest if you are trying to run a household (of any description, unless you're independently wealthy) while training. Then there is the issue of the round 50% pass mark... It's a big risk if you are giving up something else which pays the bills IMHO, good luck though.

dreamer84, you don't have to worry about missing the call. they will send you an email with a link, and you yourself will book the date and time that's most comfortable for you. as for the questions, all of them are situational so try to recall as much as you can from previous experiences. ;) have you heard of STAR? that's how the interview would go.

and as for troy, don't worry about the age buddy. no discrimination whatsoever as long as you can prove you can do the job. and yes that's right, money isn't that good while training if you've got bills to pay.

i am booked for tomorrow's test day in tullamarine. looking forward to it. (not the 1 hour trip though) i wonder how the other's did on the 11th and today? any news guys?

[QUOTE: I'm early 40s and fairly fit but now wondering if this could go against me.]

Hey Troy, I'm on the wrong side of 50 (only just), physically & mentally fit, got through the online testing and waiting to be contacted re the phone interview. I'd like to think if we've got the mental stamina and passion for the job, we're in with as good a chance as any?
The others are right though, the initial financial sacrafice will be a bitter pill to swallow, but in my case, I want this opportunity badly enough to do it. Older maybe....., but by no means over-the-hill......, go for it!! :ok:

In regards to the age issue.
Keep in mind, as well as the pay, that the training is not a fast process. From the time I had my test day till the time im (hopefully) fully rated will be about 2 years.

has anyone been through the melbourne assessment day this week? if so how did you go with it all?

Blockla, thursday and str8shooter thanks for your replies. Yeah training wage not great but finally feel i'm in a position financially where I can finally have a crack. Been wanting to try this for years. Yes there's a good chance i could fail either test, training, fiield but no point dying wondering and regretting never taking the risk in the first place.

Cheers and good luck.

"To be honest, I haven't heard specifically, but I was given the impression that there wasn't a different course for enroute melbourne and enroute Brisbane, that the paths would diverge after the 12 months in Melbourne, and the city specific training would be the 6 months probation as such. As I said, I have no hard evidence of that, it was just the impression I was given http://images.ibsrv.net/ibsrv/res/sr...lies/smile.gif"

Enroute training is the same for both Brisbane and Melbourne - once you pass your initial 44 weeks you then go to whichever of those centres houses the zone you are assigned to ... you then spend the next however long it takes you (usually 3-4 months I gather) getting your first endorsement in the zone - once you have that you are an actual ATCO (and that is also when your training bond kicks in)

The tower and the enroute intakes can start together but they split up fairly early on in the piece - I think I remember someone suggesting around week 9 or 12 ish ...

In any case good luck :)

44 weeks..... ha!

cant believe they are still telling new comers that.
would take that with a kfc amount of salt

I think what fivel was trying to say was that we are 34 weeks into our '44 weeks', with between 28 weeks (best case) and 39 weeks (worse case) to go. We did however start in limbo with a redesign, and courses from January onwards will probably be much closer to the initial 44 weeks. Just don't be too surprised by extentions

thanks mikethepomme
I do get carried away sometimes.

Should've gone with TWR/TMA fivel ;)

Received our postings today!

As the Jan and March TWR/TMA course completion dates are so close together, we've been classed as one group of 8 as far as postings go. They are:

2 x Jandakot
2 x Cairns
1 x Melbourne
1 x Moorabin
1 x Bankstown
1 x Parafield

Jan course finished Procedural TWR this week and we'll be starting our last module (formerly GAAP) on Mon. There was a little uncertainty as to what this entailed, at first, as GAAP has now changed to Class D (as is Procedural TWR which we've just completed) and we're the first abinitio group to deal with this change.
All has been resolved, however, with the GAAP component being renamed "Urban D with Parallel Runways", enabling a tick to be placed in a box, so everyone is happy.
On track to finish up at the Academy early December.

Woohoo my replacement at JT. Lucky fellas (or gals)! Tower is the only way to go :ok::E

DNS just remember it is safer and more efficient now.

Why make one transmission when six will do!

Awol,

So they are releasing you back to Perth hey? You must be stoked!

I take it the conversion boys are coming along nicely at JT?

No I am off to sunny YPKA. After that maybe back to YPJT. Though I suppose with the way things go I could be off to PH TWR again. One is coming up to final checks, the other just started his training.

bwah ha ha!!

or maybe Tops. :oh:

one would have thought that TOPS would have been renamed by now so it could be scrubbed from the memory of ASA and the new recruits could be sent to a nice new group called.... Northern Lights.... or something similar...

Lot of training required to get me into a centre, I am one of those tower streamed blokes :sad::ok:

Awol,

If you had your time again, would you have chosen twr or gone for enr training?

Tower for sure. Enjoy the view out the window :):ok:

Plus you are able to move about the country side a bit (assuming you can actually be released to another position) :cool:

I think you'll find cross training the tower stream to take up positions in the centres is becoming very possible (if not compulsory!!)

cb if they send me to a centre it will be VR thankyou very much

AWOL good luck getting out of PKA

Agree.
Twr is a good first career move. Then after many years and cross stream training, you'll finally become a controller. :E

I think they were on RAGE last weekend, or was that AFNAG (aerodromes formerly known as GAAP).

Any new applicants been through the Assessment day yet? I'm scheduled later this week. Any thoughts? :confused:

So that was an excerpt from a recent advert on seek.com.au as AsA seek previously trained and rated controllers.

So, who has applied? :suspect:

LOL. As if. Seems the new rostering norm is 4.5 hours between shifts. You can stick that buttercup.

Who was the controller who came down to visit us new recruits in Briabane yesterday (Wednesday) at about 3.20? I for one appreciated the chat and information about the job, the academy, etc :)

To applicants who completed the October 2010 testing in Melbourne.

Has anyone heard back from ASA yet?

Nothing yet, TUF250. Maybe they're waiting till they have completd the Brisbane assessments??

That was my guess but it is nice to hear that there are others in the same boat. Keep us posted if you hear anything. Cheers

Gemma suggested probably the first week of November.

Yeah, I did my assessment in Brisbane on Wednesday, and we were told they would get back to us within 2 to 3 weeks (ie by mid-November), especially given the Jan 4 starting date of the first course!

Just a general question regarding daily finish times for the theory component of the course training for those of you currently at the college......

Assuming your finish time is 4pm, would you generally always finish right on 4pm? Do you often finish earlier or later even?

Just curious as to how it runs when it comes to sorting out childcare.

Thanks guys.