information on: the application form & written tests for wholetime recruitment
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Information on:
The Application form & written
tests for Wholetime recruitment
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Application form• The application form is divided into three
sections:Personal information – ie name, address,
employment historyPersonal Qualities and Attributes (PQAs)Equal Opportunities Monitoring information
• Perhaps the most important part of the application form is the PQAs section.
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What are PQAs?• All firefighters are expected to possess certain personal
qualities and attributes. These include:
• Working with others – this means that you are able to work effectively with others, both within the fire and rescue service and in the community.
• Commitment to development – this means that you are committed to and able to develop yourself and others.
• Confidence and resilience – this means you maintain a confident and resilient attitude in highly challenging situations.
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What are PQAs?• Commitment to excellence – this means you
adopt a conscientious and proactive approach to work to achieve and maintain excellent standards.
• Openness to change – this means that you are open to change and actively seek to support it.
• Effective communication – communicates effectively both orally and in writing.
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What are PQAs?• Situational awareness – maintains an active
awareness of the environment to promote safe and effective working.
• Problem solving – understands, recalls, applies and adapts relevant information in an organised, systematic and safe way.
• Commitment to diversity and integrity – understands and respects diversity. Adopts a fair and ethical approach to others.
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Why are PQAs important?
• They form the basis of the application stage and the interview
• You will need to present evidence relating to each PQA in both your application and in your interview
• There are nine PQAs – on the application form and at the interview stage you will need to demonstrate evidence in relation to the PQAs.
• You will be scored according to the evidence you provide
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Practice PQA – Confidence and Resilience
Please note the following questions on slides 7,8 and 9 are only pointers and things to consider when answering the PQAs. You should answer the PQAs in line with application form guidance notes.
What was the situation?
• Briefly outline the situation• Who was involved?• Why does it require ‘confidence and resilience’?
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What role did you play?• Explain what you did and why you did it.
Take the panel through the steps you took.
• Provide some detail on how and why you made certain decisions
• Did you ask any questions or give people tasks to do?
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What was the outcome?
• How did you help the situation?
• How was it resolved?
• Was it a positive outcome? What impact did you have?
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Top tips for the application form
• Please see the Personal Qualities and Attributes document on Step Up.
• When writing your answers to the PQA questions ensure that you try to incorporate all of the points listed under each PQA.
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For example: working with others You should include all of the points below
in your answer to this PQA.
How do I work well with all team members? What about others outside of the team eg the
community? Do I share knowledge / information with the
team? How? Do I offer support to the team members? How? Does the team have any objectives? How do I
know what they are?
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The Written TestsThere are 4 written tests:
• Working with Numbers
• Understanding Information
• Situational Awareness and Problem Solving
• Memory Retention
You must pass all 4 tests to be successful at this stage.
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Working with Numbers Test What is the Working with Numbers test?• A firefighter has to be able to complete basic
numerical calculations (for example to work out how much hose is needed at a fire). A firefighter also has to be able to understand simple graphs, tables, dials and gauges (for example when using graphs of fire incidents to illustrate a point during the delivery of a fire safety presentation).
• This test assesses your ability to understand and work with numerical information of the type that you are likely to experience as a firefighter.
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Understanding Information Test What is the Understanding Information Test?• A firefighter has to be able to read and
understand a variety of written information (for example fire safety information, training course manuals, instructions and important memos etc.).
• This test assesses your ability to read and understand written information of the type you are likely to experience as a firefighter.
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Situational Awareness and Problem Solving Test
What is the Situational Awareness and Problem Solving Test?
• This test is designed to look at your ability to ensure the safety of yourself and others and your ability to use information to solve problems.
• Each question describes a situation or scenario that you may face when working as a firefighter. For each question you will have to decide what you would do in the given situation.
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Memory Retention Test What is the Memory Retention Test?
This test is designed to assess your ability to:
• Work under pressure
• Understand and recall relevant information
• Communicate information in writing
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Top Tips for the Written Tests• Practice, practice, practice!
• Practice according to strict time restraints.
• Read the questions carefully and do not make assumptions – only use the information provided.
• Get plenty of rest the night before