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[Nickinic]

Hi, there are nearly 30 specials at St Austell at the moment, most of whom are probationers so they are not taking on any more for a while.

Of your 2 alternatives I'd go for Newquay , for one thing it's a lot busier and second we don't have that many Specials there. I may be biased though as I'm the SC/Sgt at Newquay


Cheers, Andy

Hi Andy,Nice to meet you !!!(So there are"local" people on here then!!) To be perfectly honest, out of the two,i would prefer Newquay,as i have previously heard Bodmin can be a bit"Q".I did find that quite shocking that you don't have many Specials in Newquay, didn't realise until one of the officers from St Austell mentioned it.Well alls well,that'll be three of us you will have to tutor!!That's if Dan and Steph don't mind me stepping on their toes Nicki

Edited by Nickinic, 28 April 2011 - 01:07 PM.

[AndyM]

Hi Andy,Nice to meet you !!!(So there are"local" people on here then!!) To be perfectly honest, out of the two,i would prefer Newquay,as i have previously heard Bodmin can be a bit"Q".I did find that quite shocking that you don't have many Specials in Newquay, didn't realise until one of the officers from St Austell mentioned it.Well alls well,that'll be three of us you will have to tutor!!That's if Dan and Steph don't mind me stepping on their toes Nicki

Nicki, the more the merrier for Newquay as far as I'm concerned. There are only 6 of us at the moment and 4 of those are probationers!!

That said I don't do that much tutoring these days as my shift pattern doesn't allow for enough continuity but you will see plenty of me.

I know Dan already, we are both Detention Officers at Newquay custody!!

Andy

Edited by AndyM, 28 April 2011 - 01:15 PM.

[Nickinic]

Nicki, the more the merrier for Newquay as far as I'm concerned. There are only 6 of us at the moment and 4 of those are probationers!!

That said I don't do that much tutoring these days as my shift pattern doesn't allow for enough continuity but you will see plenty of me.

I know Dan already, we are both Detention Officers at Newquay custody!!

Andy

Apologies!!....I'm your'e dreaded Nightshift Security from Asda St Austell Nicki

[AndyM]

ah St Austell Asda, the source of many of my customers!!

[Nickinic]

ah St Austell Asda, the source of many of my customers!!

I try my best !!,try to give you a bit of variation, not only the shoplifters.Comms must hate the mention of my name!!

[AndyM]

I try my best !!,try to give you a bit of variation, not only the shoplifters.Comms must hate the mention of my name!!

I think they have you listed as a nuisance caller

[Nickinic]

I think they have you listed as a nuisance caller

!!! and i did laugh out loud

[AndyM]

!!! and i did laugh out loud

[thepeachroom]

I haven't been asked to come in for my medical yet but my referees were contacted last week. Fingers crossed they don't bin me now!

[SPODevon]

Hi Baloo, good to hear someone is out there who is enjoying it! I'm hoping to be stationed in Exeter but still waiting to hear about training dates etc. I had to have x2 sight tests as failed my first unaided vision test (but passsed 2nd time no problem??!) and so this may delay things a bit.

Good Luck to everyone on the next intake! I'm sure you will have lots of fun with Devon and Cornwall as a special!
I've been doing it for some time now and i love it! where is everyone hoping to be stationed ?

[DevonRich]

Right bit of an odd sequence of events but here goes! Originally believed I was going to be in either the July or October inductions and have been waiting to hear back. However in work today got a phonecall from HR saying they were concerned that I hadn't replied to their phonecall 2 weeks ago about starting in May! I never had a phonecall, the last one I had was about uniform fitting at the beginning of April! Told them this and they said no they had definitely phoned me and had I recieved the confirmation letter. Haven't had that either. The girl on the phone then started getting a bit concerned as apparently there are a few others who they've asked about starting in May. Asked me if I could make it and luckily enough my manager has given me the time off!

When do I start? 2 days!!!!!!! Induction is this weekend, can't wait

[Josh_Devon]

Ok so this is my first post!

I am in the same boat as many of you, I have passes the Assessment Centre, The Fitness Test and had my uniform fitting. . . .But I am still waiting. I'm hoping that what was said about 8 weeks beforehand is true! I hate this part, the waiting inbetween with no idea which way things are going to go!

Ahh well, Fingers crossed for the lot of us!

Post Number One Done.

Edited by Josh_Devon, 08 May 2011 - 09:09 PM.

[iTzZinc]

Wow just came across this site very impressed, didnt realise there was anything like this out there!

Anyway a big hello to everyone on here, but im sorry to say im starting to panic reading through all your posts on here. I have done my assesment centre and fitness, and sent all the vetting forms away back along but i have heard nothing since!!??
Im just wandering if theres anyone who hasnt heard anything yet either? As many of you have already had uniform fittings it seems..

If any one has any ideas or is in the same boat i'd love some input

Thanks for reading guys!

[natsdad]

Wow just came across this site very impressed, didnt realise there was anything like this out there!

Anyway a big hello to everyone on here, but im sorry to say im starting to panic reading through all your posts on here. I have done my assesment centre and fitness, and sent all the vetting forms away back along but i have heard nothing since!!??
Im just wandering if theres anyone who hasnt heard anything yet either? As many of you have already had uniform fittings it seems..

If any one has any ideas or is in the same boat i'd love some input

Thanks for reading guys!

Hi and welcome. It is a great site and theres loads of info.

Im the same as you, have passed my assesment and fitness and am just waiting now.

When did you do your assesment centre and have you had your fitting yet.

Paul

[SPODevon]

great news DevonRich, would be great to hear how it went - tell us all!!!

Right bit of an odd sequence of events but here goes! Originally believed I was going to be in either the July or October inductions and have been waiting to hear back. However in work today got a phonecall from HR saying they were concerned that I hadn't replied to their phonecall 2 weeks ago about starting in May! I never had a phonecall, the last one I had was about uniform fitting at the beginning of April! Told them this and they said no they had definitely phoned me and had I recieved the confirmation letter. Haven't had that either. The girl on the phone then started getting a bit concerned as apparently there are a few others who they've asked about starting in May. Asked me if I could make it and luckily enough my manager has given me the time off!

When do I start? 2 days!!!!!!! Induction is this weekend, can't wait

[thepeachroom]

Has anyone heard anything on dates for the medical yet? It's all gone a bit quiet!

[Josh_Devon]

I have had my Assessment, Physical and Uniform fitting but now I am just waiting too. Apparently according to another post we will hear about 8 weeks before the start date. . . Or so I hope!

[Nickinic]

Hi everyone, hope you are all well .Well just an update.....i had my lung function test today and passed,(what a relief)!!so just the vetting and that to go now.Anybody heard anything yet? Nicki

[natsdad]

Hi everyone, hope you are all well .Well just an update.....i had my lung function test today and passed,(what a relief)!!so just the vetting and that to go now.Anybody heard anything yet? Nicki

Hi Nicki,

Thats good news, well done so just a waiting game now then.
Ive sent my doctors letter off so am just waiting aswell.

Well done again

Paul

[dancarthew]

Good news Nic, fingers crossed for you Paul. Still haven't heard anything!!

[AndyM]

Good news Nic, fingers crossed for you Paul. Still haven't heard anything!!

Dan you work for them, why are you surprised that you've not heard yet?

I believe there's a phrase about breweries that sums it up

[natsdad]

Good news Nic, fingers crossed for you Paul. Still haven't heard anything!!

Thanks Dan,
One of my referees called me today and let me know that hes been contacted and has sent my reference off this afternoon, dont know about the other one though.
Hopefully you will hear something soon mate.

Paul

[dancarthew]

Yeah, good point android, I should know better.

[Nickinic]

Hi,phoned recruitment today just to see what stage my application was at,and they informed me that they are still waiting on vetting,i know both of my referees were contacted sometime ago,so its obviously the bigger checks that could be holding us all up.They also told me that they haven't sent out any requests yet for July training,so there is still a little hope for us all to get on July..., if all goes well. Nicki

[thepeachroom]

Hi,phoned recruitment today just to see what stage my application was at,and they informed me that they are still waiting on vetting,i know both of my referees were contacted sometime ago,so its obviously the bigger checks that could be holding us all up.They also told me that they haven't sent out any requests yet for July training,so there is still a little hope for us all to get on July..., if all goes well. Nicki

Thanks for the update Nicki, I was getting a bit worried it was just me that hadn't heard anything, although I remember them saying at our fitness test that vetting would only take ten days. Fingers crossed we get on the July induction as it's not too far away now.