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My First Entry...
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SC Ben
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18 September 2010
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Well I'm new to all this blog stuff but have decided it's time to catch up and take part and what better way to do it than to do one about my Special Constable Application?
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Well it all started back in the January of 2010. I sent my application off and I recieved a confirmation email on the 23rd January, it was on the :D26th that I recieved an email inviting me to the Assessment Centre at Six Hills Court on the 13th February. It was at this point I became extremely nervous. I'd never really sat anything like this before so read the documents that were attched with the email over and over and over!!
Very quickly, the 13th February arrived and what a great start to the day, got onto the A1m and was greated by stand still traffic, rang the number that they gave and said to ring with any problems and explained I would be late due to this, my heart was soon put to rest when they told me they were aware of what was happening with the motorway and that there were about 5/6 other people with the
same issue, phew! Skipping all the boring parts and getting to the main part, it was when I got home that I saw the email saying I'd passed the Assessment Centre stage, WIN!
Unfortunately, it was at this point the whole process went down hill, I developed an injurt with my knee which I knew would cause me problems but also had things like trying to source a new job going on which put my application further back, infact, my application was put back around 3 times until I was finally able to tell Recruitment I was all sorted and able to continue!
The next step was my fitness test, this was booked for the 1st July and I passed this also! It wasn't as hard as I thought it would be, infact it was near enough the same as to what I'd done on the Public Service Course I did at College.
I never did recieve a confirmation of passing this but we all got told on the day which was quite nice, was only a small group of us also :)
A month after passing my fitness test, I got a call from Ocupational Health asking me about my on going knee Injury, this again, was the point it took another drop down hill! So off to my GP I went to get a letter confirming my knee wouldn't cause me any issues whilst on Duty. He did a check up on my knee, spoke to my Physiotherapist and the letter was signed :) The knee injurt is still there but it's got a lot better and it now wont cause me any issues! So my Medical was booked for the 16th September at 9am which again, I passed!!
All going well so far! Got home and an email from Recruitment telling me I'd passed, and an invite to another fitness test because the last one is outside the 8 week border before a start date. I was kind of annoyed at this but then after some of the kind members on here explaining why, I accepted it and also realised that I've done it once, I can do it again. It was in the same email I was given a provisional start date of the 6th November.
Assessment Centre - Passed 13th February
Vetting - Passed? Never recieved confirmation of this but given a start date and lady at OHU said it would mean I had?
Fitness Test - Passed 1st July
Medical - Passed 16th September
Fitness Test 2 - ....... 23rd September
Provisional Start Date - 6th November
Sorry it was so long, but this now means I have a complete blog of my process so far!
I'm off for some coffee....
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Well it all started back in the January of 2010. I sent my application off and I recieved a confirmation email on the 23rd January, it was on the :D26th that I recieved an email inviting me to the Assessment Centre at Six Hills Court on the 13th February. It was at this point I became extremely nervous. I'd never really sat anything like this before so read the documents that were attched with the email over and over and over!!
Very quickly, the 13th February arrived and what a great start to the day, got onto the A1m and was greated by stand still traffic, rang the number that they gave and said to ring with any problems and explained I would be late due to this, my heart was soon put to rest when they told me they were aware of what was happening with the motorway and that there were about 5/6 other people with the
same issue, phew! Skipping all the boring parts and getting to the main part, it was when I got home that I saw the email saying I'd passed the Assessment Centre stage, WIN!
Unfortunately, it was at this point the whole process went down hill, I developed an injurt with my knee which I knew would cause me problems but also had things like trying to source a new job going on which put my application further back, infact, my application was put back around 3 times until I was finally able to tell Recruitment I was all sorted and able to continue!
The next step was my fitness test, this was booked for the 1st July and I passed this also! It wasn't as hard as I thought it would be, infact it was near enough the same as to what I'd done on the Public Service Course I did at College.
I never did recieve a confirmation of passing this but we all got told on the day which was quite nice, was only a small group of us also :)
A month after passing my fitness test, I got a call from Ocupational Health asking me about my on going knee Injury, this again, was the point it took another drop down hill! So off to my GP I went to get a letter confirming my knee wouldn't cause me any issues whilst on Duty. He did a check up on my knee, spoke to my Physiotherapist and the letter was signed :) The knee injurt is still there but it's got a lot better and it now wont cause me any issues! So my Medical was booked for the 16th September at 9am which again, I passed!!
All going well so far! Got home and an email from Recruitment telling me I'd passed, and an invite to another fitness test because the last one is outside the 8 week border before a start date. I was kind of annoyed at this but then after some of the kind members on here explaining why, I accepted it and also realised that I've done it once, I can do it again. It was in the same email I was given a provisional start date of the 6th November.
Assessment Centre - Passed 13th February
Vetting - Passed? Never recieved confirmation of this but given a start date and lady at OHU said it would mean I had?
Fitness Test - Passed 1st July
Medical - Passed 16th September
Fitness Test 2 - ....... 23rd September
Provisional Start Date - 6th November
Sorry it was so long, but this now means I have a complete blog of my process so far!
I'm off for some coffee....
