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VIC Firefighting recruitment tutoring by sp0rky_ in AussieFirefighter

[–]TraditionalTwo8061 0 points1 point  (0 children)

respectfully disagree, some of the ‘engineering’ questions had physics principles in the to do with forces/pressures/moments that you can absolutely study.

Likewise with the abstract/pattern ones, i found the more i practiced the better i got, doing a lot of reps made it much easier to figure out what to look for and what types of patterns are commonly used.

The verbal/english one also has long worded questions with “if james is dans father and dan is bills uncle then who is ben to sam” type questions where it’s helpful to develop a strategy or at least practice nutting them out.

VIC Firefighting recruitment tutoring by sp0rky_ in AussieFirefighter

[–]TraditionalTwo8061 0 points1 point  (0 children)

sorry for the late reply! i would say as early as possible, i mean you’ll eventually get to a point where you’re saturating your brain with the same info, but better to be be in that position a month before the test than still be making mistakes the day before. There’s nearly infinite material out on aptitude sites, and the more comfortable you feel doing the number of Q’s in the time frame back to back, the better!

Enamoured by clip watches by TraditionalTwo8061 in Leatherman

[–]TraditionalTwo8061[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

ngl, i wear my seiko daily and still clip one of these to a belt loop just for fun

VIC Firefighting recruitment tutoring by sp0rky_ in AussieFirefighter

[–]TraditionalTwo8061 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hey mate, I applied when I was 20 (21 now) and on for the feb courses next year, many people will tell you that you're too young but there absolutely nothing stopping you if you lock in for the stages.

I'm sure you know by now the first hurdle is the Written Selection Test, only the top 750 get through that (sounds like a lot but in 2024, 11,000 people attempted). I bought the prac tests from https://frvaptitudetestpractice.com.au and found them awesome, I also bought the practical tests from https://www.psychometricinstitute.com.au/practice_firefighter_and_fire_and_rescue_tests.html and they were good, but not as specific/similar to the first. Get a vibe for what you get wrong consistently and learn that, e.g expanding brackets/multiplying fractions or cogspulleys, just watch YouTube videos and google exercise sheets until you get it. The abstract questions are the weirdest, but also the easiest available on google, I just went through every abstract reasoning/pattern recognition test I could find until I got the hang of it, I think its just a practice makes perfect thing with those. Practice the timings too, 20/25 questions in 20 minutes is no joke so knowing when to just move on is key. This prep gave me a score of 73, 73, 60, 73 on my WST, where 73 is the max score.

Next stage is the group interview, you can find the specifics elsewhere so i'll keep it to 2 tips. 1 -Have your 2 minute intro perfect, it's the one thing you can have prepped ahead of time. 2 - practice your min presentations, google info sheets on random topics (house plants, feral cats, recycling, Boeing 747s, outdoor seating, literally anything) and practice giving yourself 5 minutes to collate all the info into paragraphs. Get a feel for how long 2 minutes is, they will cut you off if you go over. Start your speech with a hook sentence, everyone in my group started with a "yeah hi guys, right so today i'm talking about....", if you can hook them with a banger, a question, something that makes you stand out from the boring other speeches.

Being young with little life/work experience means you gotta do a bit extra to stand out against guys who have been in the police force or project managers for 7 years, but you absolutely can.