RAAF Flight Screening Programme
Join Date: Aug 2017
Location: Australia
Posts: 96
Originally Posted by Thunder2
Ps. Has anyone been through the first ASP yet?
The questions we should all be asking ourselves is how much do the beers at the bar available to us cost?!
I am on the ASP starting tomorrow, someone let me know in advance!
Join Date: Mar 2017
Location: Australia
Posts: 41
Originally Posted by hansfalkenhagen
"Has anyone been through the ASP yet?".
The questions we should all be asking ourselves is how much do the beers at the bar available to us cost?!
I am on the ASP starting tomorrow, someone let me know in advance!
The questions we should all be asking ourselves is how much do the beers at the bar available to us cost?!
I am on the ASP starting tomorrow, someone let me know in advance!
Join Date: Feb 2018
Location: Melbourne
Posts: 2
I am on the ASP starting tomorrow, someone let me know in advance!
For all all those that have received offers to attend an ASP course, have you received your “information package” yet?
The reason I ask is because it’s been almost three weeks since I confirmed the date and I am yet still receive my itinerary.
thanks in advance guys.
Join Date: Mar 2018
Location: Adelaide
Posts: 5
Just received a call from a mobile number and it was about if I can make a last minute jump on the course starting next Wednesday (14/03/18) as someone has dropped out. I'll be speaking to my boss tomorrow if I can afford half the week off last minute.
Just to let everyone know, I did my assessment session August 2017.
Edit: So I am on the course next week, the lady mentioned that this was a good thing for me as there is an intake coming up for April/June. I believe this is for RAN and RAAF but just speculating.
Now to hit the books and study hard.
Just to let everyone know, I did my assessment session August 2017.
Edit: So I am on the course next week, the lady mentioned that this was a good thing for me as there is an intake coming up for April/June. I believe this is for RAN and RAAF but just speculating.
Now to hit the books and study hard.
Last edited by Rich.ieP; 8th Mar 2018 at 02:27.
Join Date: Aug 2017
Location: Australia
Posts: 96
@tayra
I passed for both Pilot and Mission Elementary but this doesn't necessarily mean I will get an offer to attend an OSB.
You receive paperwork hours after the final exam. It will not show an actual numerical score, but rather a graph depicting how you went for each of the 7 tests for both Pilot and Mission Elementary separately. I was able to work my score out to be about 48/63 (76%). In 10 days I will receive paperwork stating if I have offers to attend an OSB for Pilot roles, Mission Elementary, both, or neither.
ASP results are only used in part of DFR's decision to whether I am invited to a OSB or not. I was told that I will most likely receive an offer for a ACO/ATC/ABM OSB but Pilot is more or less 50/50.
I only know of one candidate who passed with a higher grade than me (around 85-90%) and he was also told that his chances of receiving an offer for a Pilot OSB was also 50/50.
Many of the officers at East Sale suggested there was an 80% fail rate. From candidates I spoke to:
- 1 in 10 passed the Pilot test for the first group
- 2 in 10 passed the Pilot test in the 2nd group (of whom barely passed thus were told they most likely would not receive an offer for a Pilot OSB).
- 4 in 10 passed in my group but two would not be deemed competitive.
There were even some higher ranking Pilots who had been in the RAAF for over 20 years and said they had sat the test in the week prior and failed.
If you don't make the cut-off you won't go to an OSB. If you do make the cut-off you still need to be deemed competitive to receive an offer (even if you score 100% on the ASP).
Further to this, if I don't receive an offer for a Pilot OSB in 10 days I will effectively need to wait 12 months to get roughly an extra 5% to be deemed more competitive. It's a bit overkill really.
I passed for both Pilot and Mission Elementary but this doesn't necessarily mean I will get an offer to attend an OSB.
You receive paperwork hours after the final exam. It will not show an actual numerical score, but rather a graph depicting how you went for each of the 7 tests for both Pilot and Mission Elementary separately. I was able to work my score out to be about 48/63 (76%). In 10 days I will receive paperwork stating if I have offers to attend an OSB for Pilot roles, Mission Elementary, both, or neither.
ASP results are only used in part of DFR's decision to whether I am invited to a OSB or not. I was told that I will most likely receive an offer for a ACO/ATC/ABM OSB but Pilot is more or less 50/50.
I only know of one candidate who passed with a higher grade than me (around 85-90%) and he was also told that his chances of receiving an offer for a Pilot OSB was also 50/50.
Many of the officers at East Sale suggested there was an 80% fail rate. From candidates I spoke to:
- 1 in 10 passed the Pilot test for the first group
- 2 in 10 passed the Pilot test in the 2nd group (of whom barely passed thus were told they most likely would not receive an offer for a Pilot OSB).
- 4 in 10 passed in my group but two would not be deemed competitive.
There were even some higher ranking Pilots who had been in the RAAF for over 20 years and said they had sat the test in the week prior and failed.
If you don't make the cut-off you won't go to an OSB. If you do make the cut-off you still need to be deemed competitive to receive an offer (even if you score 100% on the ASP).
Further to this, if I don't receive an offer for a Pilot OSB in 10 days I will effectively need to wait 12 months to get roughly an extra 5% to be deemed more competitive. It's a bit overkill really.
Last edited by hansfalkenhagen; 10th Mar 2018 at 10:16.
Join Date: Aug 2017
Location: Australia
Posts: 96
Oh, also...
I don't know how they are selecting candidates for the ASP at the moment.
There were people who recently finished their assessment day and had started the entire recruitment process about 12 months ago. There were people who have been in the process for years and had waited 10 months since their assessment day. There were also 3 people in my group who had completed the FSP and the OSB - 2 of which failed and 1 barely passed.
There were also current civilian pilots who failed the ASP. It really was a mixed bag.
I don't know how they are selecting candidates for the ASP at the moment.
There were people who recently finished their assessment day and had started the entire recruitment process about 12 months ago. There were people who have been in the process for years and had waited 10 months since their assessment day. There were also 3 people in my group who had completed the FSP and the OSB - 2 of which failed and 1 barely passed.
There were also current civilian pilots who failed the ASP. It really was a mixed bag.
Join Date: Mar 2017
Location: Australia
Posts: 41
Originally Posted by hansfalkenhagen
@tayra
I only know of one candidate who passed with a higher grade than me (around 85-90%) and he was also told that his chances of receiving an offer for a Pilot OSB was also 50/50.
I only know of one candidate who passed with a higher grade than me (around 85-90%) and he was also told that his chances of receiving an offer for a Pilot OSB was also 50/50.
Good luck with your potentially multiple OSBs.
Join Date: Aug 2017
Location: Australia
Posts: 96
Further to my last comment, everyone in each group were pretty switched on and successful individuals. I don't see it as those who passed were smarter than those that did not.
While I passed the test, I certainly think their are many people who are more intelligent than I am yet they may still may not make the cut on the ASP. I am not trying to discourage anyone with my experience with the ASP. Just consider that the ASP tests for very specific traits, not necessarily your level of intelligence.
My advice for anyone attending the program is to not get too hung up on not making the cut. Everyone is still encouraged to come back to resit the tests 12 months later. ACMC will also give you the results for which areas you performed poorly on so you can improve your score.
Further to this, take the following in to consideration: you are not competing against anyone else but yourself. So don't get shitty with other candidates you see as a threat or those who achieve better results than you. I know of a few people (including myself) that had some weird experiences on the ASP caused by other disgruntled candidates.
While I passed the test, I certainly think their are many people who are more intelligent than I am yet they may still may not make the cut on the ASP. I am not trying to discourage anyone with my experience with the ASP. Just consider that the ASP tests for very specific traits, not necessarily your level of intelligence.
My advice for anyone attending the program is to not get too hung up on not making the cut. Everyone is still encouraged to come back to resit the tests 12 months later. ACMC will also give you the results for which areas you performed poorly on so you can improve your score.
Further to this, take the following in to consideration: you are not competing against anyone else but yourself. So don't get shitty with other candidates you see as a threat or those who achieve better results than you. I know of a few people (including myself) that had some weird experiences on the ASP caused by other disgruntled candidates.
Join Date: Aug 2017
Location: Australia
Posts: 96
Originally Posted by tayra
That's interesting that a score that high still doesn't guarantee an OSB slot. Doesn't really leave much dynamic range in the scoring for assessing relative competitiveness. Perhaps the competitive score is higher at present because BFTS won't reach full throughput until well into next year and thus they don't have that many pilots slots to hand out.
- service preference
- job preference
- current restrictions
- assessment results from DFR
- educational results/achievements
- psych results/assessment interview results etc
At least we will know in 10 days as to whether we get an offer to attend an OSB or not.
Join Date: Aug 2017
Location: Australia
Posts: 96
Originally Posted by Fergusen
Also, what type of tests were they? Mental arithmetics, hand-eye coordination, memory tests, simulator testing?
Thanks
Thanks
A week or so before attending the ASP you will be sent the Joining Instructions booklet. At the end of this booklet you are given some information on the tests. Images and a brief explanation are shown for about 7 tests. There are however about 20 tests all up ranging from about 2 minutes to 35 minutes to complete.
The booklet does say to brush up on time, speed and distance questions and fuel calculations. I used the following link for this, but didn't really feel it helped too much: Speed Distance Time | OASC: RAF Officer and Aircrew Selection Centre
I would definitely brush up on general arithmetic though (12 times tables, general addition, etc).
There is absolutely no flight simulator testing however.
Originally Posted by michaelrobins
Is it true that the testing section spans 8 hours in time? Many thanks
The ASP will look similar to this:
Day 1: meet at Melbourne Airport about 12pm. The drive to Sale is about 3 hours, yet it took my driver about 5 hours. You will be in a group of 10 driving in a mini bus and have about a 45 minute break along the way. You will arrive at East Sale in the late arvo. After a short introduction you will be given flight suits and your room keys. You will share an apartment with about 3-4 other people. While you will have your own room, you will share the commons room, bathroom and laundry with your 3-4 house mates. Dinner will be around 6pm.
Day 2: Up at 6am and breakfast around 6.30am. 7.30 to about 11.30am will involve seminars and base tours. Lunch at 12pm and your Pilot specific testing from about 1.30-5.30pm. Dinner around 6pm.
Day 3: Basically the same as day 2 but the seminars and tours are in the arvo and Mission Elementary testing is in the morning. You will receive your results around 3-4pm.
Day 4: You will leave around 7-8am and head back to Melbourne Airport.
This thread has been very helpful to me, so I will drop back in a few times over the next few days to answer any questions. Like I said earlier, don't ask me anything too specific about the types of tests involved - I have given my reasons why.
Join Date: Aug 2017
Location: Australia
Posts: 96
Originally Posted by michaelrobins
Hey hans, so if you aim for pilot role you have to try your best both for pilot and mission elementary testing?
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Central Qld
Posts: 3
Originally Posted by hansfalkenhagen
I won't go in to too much detail on the tests. Obviously DFR have spent a lot of time and money setting the ASP up, so spilling the beans specifically on the testing elements wouldn't be beneficial for anyone
Aside from the structured “tests” at ASP, did the assessment and grading of the candidates cross over into other personal aspects such as service knowledge, personal motivation, conduct, teamwork, leadership, knowledge of training, career expectations etc? Obviously not from formal interviews but in any way contributing the competitiveness of the candidate.
Naturally these are critical and will bear out during OSB, but in preparing for ASP as efficiently as possible it would helpful to get a sense of these other items that don’t feature as highly or at all. If someone had entered this process from the pilot candidate side for example, is there any advantage or benefit in getting across all roles covered by ASP before arriving?
Many thanks to the contributors and best of luck to all candidates!
Join Date: Mar 2018
Location: Brisbane
Posts: 1
ASP offer
Hi all,
My EC advised in mid Feb that there are around 200 people in total recommended from previous OSBs (Pilots, ACOs & JBACs). Virtually everyone validity in the pool had to run out before the ASP kicked in on March 6th.
ASPs will consist of new candidates and the previous recommended lot.
The ASPs are all back to back in March. 4 ASP the 1st wk, 4 the second, 3 the third and 2 in the last wk of march.
Next ASP rounds will be in May.
Hope this helps those wondering what is going on.
My EC advised in mid Feb that there are around 200 people in total recommended from previous OSBs (Pilots, ACOs & JBACs). Virtually everyone validity in the pool had to run out before the ASP kicked in on March 6th.
ASPs will consist of new candidates and the previous recommended lot.
The ASPs are all back to back in March. 4 ASP the 1st wk, 4 the second, 3 the third and 2 in the last wk of march.
Next ASP rounds will be in May.
Hope this helps those wondering what is going on.
Join Date: Aug 2017
Location: Australia
Posts: 96
Originally Posted by Central.runner
Aside from the structured “tests” at ASP, did the assessment and grading of the candidates cross over into other personal aspects such as service knowledge, personal motivation, conduct, teamwork, leadership, knowledge of training, career expectations etc? Obviously not from formal interviews but in any way contributing the competitiveness of the candidate.
Afterwards, ACMC choose to give you an offer to attend a specific OSB (be RAN Pilot, or RAAF ACO, etc). Their decision is based off the things you've mentioned, ie. service knowledge, personal motivation, etc - but these things were already determined during your YOU Session, additional testing and Assessment Day.
To reiterate, the ASP tests only your cognitive functions. Afterwards you will get an offer to attend an OSB based off your results right from the beginning (You session right through to ASP).
Originally Posted by Central.runner
If someone had entered this process from the pilot candidate side for example, is there any advantage or benefit in getting across all roles covered by ASP before arriving?
If this is your question, it is important to remember that the ASP tests for Pilots (for all three services), other Officer Aviation roles in the RAAF (roles are slightly changing, JBAC is now simply called Air Traffic Control... ABM (Air Battle Management) is now a separate role, etc) and other roles such as Navy AvWo.
If a candidate received 100% on the pilot's test and 0% on the Mission Elementary test, I wouldn't be surprised if they just kicked you out then and there.
