Hate me if you must, but I hope you did not write like that when you wrote your application. An Air Traffic Controller is one of the most difficult jobs to acquire and there are few are capable of it. Therefore you can expect the selection to be extremely severe so you have to be meticulous in your application and your work should you be lucky enough to be offered a position.chooniE wrote:hello! jus wondering if any of you out there who has applied for ATC, has receive the invitation for the apitute test? cos i jus read from their web that if you haf met their min. requirement, they will invite for the test. but i havent receive any invitation yet.
btw, jus incase i misunderstood, their min. requirement should be the A lvls qualification rite? i haf a diploma.
nope. i didnt write this in my application. i send in online at CAAS web so i do not and will not write all this. jus got anxious as i didnt receive any notice because from CAAS web, it says once the applicant meets the min. requirement, they will be invited for tests.Plavt wrote:Hate me if you must, but I hope you did not write like that when you wrote your application. An Air Traffic Controller is one of the most difficult jobs to acquire and there are few are capable of it. Therefore you can expect the selection to be extremely severe so you have to be meticulous in your application and your work should you be lucky enough to be offered a position.chooniE wrote:hello! jus wondering if any of you out there who has applied for ATC, has receive the invitation for the apitute test? cos i jus read from their web that if you haf met their min. requirement, they will invite for the test. but i havent receive any invitation yet.
btw, jus incase i misunderstood, their min. requirement should be the A lvls qualification rite? i haf a diploma.
yup! it's realli a long post and i do agree with you. jus that i dun understand why females get lesser. but not reali impt though.ye_lavinia wrote:For those who want to know the process, here it is:
-Send in online application
-HR will call you if they want you to go down for the computer aptitude test
-Go down to take the test, which is around 2 hours, including a very long personlity test (just grade yourelf from 1-5 scale that kind)
-HR will call you again if you pass the aptitude test and want you for an interview
-There's 2 rounds of interviews.
-HR will call again if you're cleared. And you can move on from there.
Points about the job:
-It's all shift work. The shift hours are listed on the CAAS site. Can look around there.
-The training period is LONG>
-->3 months of theory training
-->Attachment period (this may vary. Cos the training dates are laid down by the Academy, and the trainees will be thrown into attachment in between)
-->Around 3 to 4 months of simulator training
-->On-Job-Training. This will take AT LEAST 4 to 5 months. Previously, the rule was that, if a trainee still CMI by 6 months, he/she will be OUT. But now, the dept is kinda desparate for people, so there're cases which stretches way over 6 months and are still stuck there.
Pay-wise, it's quite alrite for MALE poly persons, cos it's more than what they can get outside. For MALE grads also, it's pretty neat, especially if you have an honours to your cert
For FEMALE, hate to spoil it for those ladies out there who're reading-- it's far less than what the males are taking. And way-lower than the outside market rate. It's JUST a teeny bit higher than the MALE poly person.
Oh, you have to sign a 6-year bond if you decide to take up the job. Bond amount is $60,000. YESH. that's a 5-digit figure on the high-side. And interest will be added also. the 6-year period DO NOT include the months you spend in the academy doing the theory and simulator training.
When you're on training (including OJT), you will take only the trainee pay. If you do pass the WHOLE training, HR will pay you a gratuity, the backpay of those months you've spent as a trainee.
Advice to all interested:
-Really ask yourself if you're damn interested, to work in a place for 6 years, and doing the same job everyday. Of course there're special cases which require more skill and thinking and planning, but 6 years is a long time and if you can't get along with the people there, you're stuck. (unless you have a freaking rich family willing and ready to pay the bond)
-Pay is a big issue. There's a 'limit' to how high the pay can go for you. And "promotion" is not exactly a word used in ATC. There're controllers in the job for over a decade and are still taking home 3k-plus.
-Shift work is not for everybody. Do consider your social and family life before signing on the contract. And if you do go through the shift hours, some of you guys will find it hard to arrange for things.
-Like I said earlier, promotion is not really there. The company website mentions that after a few years, controllers will be sent for a 2nd licence. If you pass, it's up one grade. And the pay will be adjusted to that grade. But then, you're still only a controller. To be a manager, woooo, I don't know how that works. I suppose those with 2 licences have to either work DAMN hard and good, and have all the right relations.
I know this is a long post, but hope it can provide some useful info to those who're interested in the job, and can't find anything online.
Also, these are all my personal comments. Don't punch me if you disagree.
Do you mean the pay for solely for females is below what other companies are paying? Terrible sexism if so, in the UK the pay would be the same irrespective of sex and is amongst the highest (£42K-£60)ye_lavinia wrote:Also, like I mentioned, the pay is way below what outside companies are paying.
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