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iceman0303

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Hi I'm new here and I'm sure this has been covered a million times so I apologize in advance. Any tips for the assesments, how many people will be there? Is the bourdon tests on paper, do you need to finish tests? Is it 100% required on mechanical comprehension and trainability tests. any tips would be greatly appreciated thanks.
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Even any tips on the the questions likely to be asked at the structured interview...any 1
 
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Hi I'm new here and I'm sure this has been covered a million times so I apologize in advance. Any tips for the assesments, how many people will be there? Is the bourdon tests on paper, do you need to finish tests? Is it 100% required on mechanical comprehension and trainability tests. any tips would be greatly appreciated thanks.
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Even any tips on the the questions likely to be asked at the structured interview...any 1

As you have quoted there are hundreds of posts and threads in this section covering your questions.
 

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I've lost count of the amount of times I've written this down. But nonetheless, I'll see what I can do. :)

The Group Bourdon test could be done on paper or computer. It depends. I trust you have practiced on paper. If you sit the test on PC, you'll have to move between the boxes using the arrow keys, pressing enter when you want to mark off a box.

Unless you are severely challenged in the technology department, it won't make much difference if you do the test on computer. But you must have had plenty of practice! It looks easy, but it ain't! ;)

The passage belows explains a little bit about the structured interview. I must point out that this passage is not mine. I have taken it from a good website, a website that you can trust.

The structured will be held with a member of resources. Prior to the interview, you will be asked to complete a question paper which will ask you interview type questions - times of when you have dealt with a certain problem, or times when you have demonstrated a particular skill. The interviewer will grill you on these answers.

Most of the questions will focus on times you have dealt with rules and procedures, emergency situations, worked in a safety critical environment, what your biggest achievement is, times when you have dealt with problems, times when you have been trained - the list goes on. You can be sure that the interview will ask detailed questions about the examples you put down, so don't lie as your are likely to be caught out, its far better for you to use real examples.

The whole interview should last about 30 minutes, and you will be told at the end if you have passed.
 

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For the Group Bourden test there is actually some software / programme you can download off the internet to practice on. It has both the dot version and the symbol verson. Both very useful. Unfortunately I cannot tell you where to find it or what it is called as I cannot remember but I used this only about 9 months ago and passed the test.
 

iceman0303

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I've lost count of the amount of times I've written this down. But nonetheless, I'll see what I can do. :)

The Group Bourdon test could be done on paper or computer. It depends. I trust you have practiced on paper. If you sit the test on PC, you'll have to move between the boxes using the arrow keys, pressing enter when you want to mark off a box.

Unless you are severely challenged in the technology department, it won't make much difference if you do the test on computer. But you must have had plenty of practice! It looks easy, but it ain't! ;)

The passage belows explains a little bit about the structured interview. I must point out that this passage is not mine. I have taken it from a good website, a website that you can trust.

The structured will be held with a member of resources. Prior to the interview, you will be asked to complete a question paper which will ask you interview type questions - times of when you have dealt with a certain problem, or times when you have demonstrated a particular skill. The interviewer will grill you on these answers.

Most of the questions will focus on times you have dealt with rules and procedures, emergency situations, worked in a safety critical environment, what your biggest achievement is, times when you have dealt with problems, times when you have been trained - the list goes on. You can be sure that the interview will ask detailed questions about the examples you put down, so don't lie as your are likely to be caught out, its far better for you to use real examples.

The whole interview should last about 30 minutes, and you will be told at the end if you have passed.
Ok that's brilliant thanks for taking the time to awnser.
 

iceman0303

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For the Group Bourden test there is actually some software / programme you can download off the internet to practice on. It has both the dot version and the symbol verson. Both very useful. Unfortunately I cannot tell you where to find it or what it is called as I cannot remember but I used this only about 9 months ago and passed the test.
Thankyou , do you count the amount of times you score out 4 dots on each line or just score them out? How ling between mechanical test before you move on etc, is it straight away or is there a break etc ?
 

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Thankyou , do you count the amount of times you score out 4 dots on each line or just score them out? How ling between mechanical test before you move on etc, is it straight away or is there a break etc ?

You just cross them out. I strongly suggest that you download this software and practice lots:

http://www.digital-reality.org.uk/download.html

I would also print off paper versions and practice them as well.
 

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You just cross them out. I strongly suggest that you download this software and practice lots:

http://www.digital-reality.org.uk/download.html

I would also print off paper versions and practice them as well.

I downloaded this but how do you mark off the dots/letters? I realise you use the arrow keys but which key to select?

The SCATT test is basically the same but you search for letters, symbols etc instead of groups of dots?
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Ah seems to be the 'W' key on mine

On the group bourdon it dosen't seem to give you a group to look out for either?
 
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iceman0303

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I downloaded this but how do you mark off the dots/letters? I realise you use the arrow keys but which key to select?

The SCATT test is basically the same but you search for letters, symbols etc instead of groups of dots?
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Ah seems to be the 'W' key on mine

On the group bourdon it dosen't seem to give you a group to look out for either?
It's the up key, also it's the group of 4 dots
 
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