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    ADF Gap Year

    hey good stuff ila! good luck on ur assessment day, wat position r u goin for? yeh it definitely is worth giving them a call, never trust emails etc because after my assessment day they told me all i have to do is wait for the call for my enlistment, but i later found a from a friend who also...
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    ADF Gap Year

    hey man, just to add to what aragami said before, the navy and airforce you can drop out at any time as far as i'm aware, but the army only has an 80day 'drop-out' period, which is the basic training component, after which ur locked in for the 12 months... having said that, its not just...
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    ADF Gap Year

    hey aragami congrats man, did u get a choice about when u leave or is it just what they tell u, cause i've planned to go to schoolies with mates in nov and have family holiday in jan which i'd prefer not to miss!
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    ADF Gap Year

    i'm like 187cm tall and only weigh about 74kg...my BMI is 20.8 so yer,gunna join a gym with my older bro and put on some much needed muscle!
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    ADF Gap Year

    haha yeh i'm really skinny as well, tried to drink heaps of water b4 the assessment day just to push my BMI up as much as i could lol... good to hear most ppl can do more than just the minimum requirement for the fitness, cause my psychologist on my assessment day told me that apparently a few...
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    ADF Gap Year

    hey aragami, did they give u ur pathology request forms at ur assesment day or did they post them to you afterwards, cause i passed my assesment day and that 'congratulatory' sheet said it would be attached but it wasnt lol
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    ADF Gap Year

    yeh nikki is right, everyone got the 'next steps' email after the online part, saying that you have been shortlisted...After that i recieved another email and a phone call for my you session but again nikki is right in that round one has closed.....because they have a huge demand this year...
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    ADF Gap Year

    hey auraden i dont think a gun number requires additional testing, its mainly for the air force they do it and the really important army jobs like commando. jump on the defencejobs website and search for gun number, it'll have all the info you need about it, plus its a good way to get an early...
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    ADF Gap Year

    YEAH!!! just got back from my assesment day, everything went perfect, got given 'class one' after my medical and the interviewer said he was happy to recommend me for the position, so now i just have to wait a few months for the call for my enlistment!!!! thanks for the tips everyone and good...
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    ADF Gap Year

    i'm going for a rifleman under the GAP year program, so dunno if its similar to an assesment day for an officer entry? thanks for the tip about harrassment policies, any other tips would be much appreciated. a few questions i have for anyone who can help: do we use the M18A1 claymore and...
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    ADF Gap Year

    Hey stallion, might take u up on ur offer lol.. got any tips for the assesment day? i know the information about my job and the stuff they gave us in the booklet, got any other tips though?
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    ADF Gap Year

    yeh my mate finished his assesment day on tuesday and i got mine on friday, very nervous, about to call up my case manager cause u have to do a 'mock' interview before the real one so they can tell you what to improve on
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    ADF Gap Year

    nah the aptitude test at the YOU session is different....theres a general component which has sorta 'what does this word mean' thing or which number comes next in the sequence. then after that you do a maths test which has basic algebra, trigonometry and fraction sorta questions. i wouldnt...
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    ADF Gap Year

    Yeh auraden, i did my YOU session a few weeks ago. like most people said, its a walk in the park lol, long as u know ur basic algebra and stuff i was gunna have my assesment session today but one of the medical forms i sent in hadn't been processed yet so its been delayed for a few weeks :(...
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    ADF Gap Year

    Yeh Auraden, after that e-mail reply you should get one soon about ur YOU session. my mate from school had his assesment day today, said he found it really easy cause he studied up heaps on the job he wanted to go for and just tried to be himself and stay calm... they told him he should get an...
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    ADF Gap Year

    hey man, after the online aptitude test which is the one i think ur talking about? u will get an e-mail maybe 1-2weeks after telling you the date of your YOU session (don't worry they call u to confirm as well!). The YOU session contains an aptitude test, a quick medical check-up (just colour...
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    ADF Gap Year

    Hey guys, i also applied tothe Gap Year in the Army, already had my You session, which went really well. I was also lucky enough to be told i made it through to the assesment session which is next week, im extremely nervous as i REALLY want to get into gap year, dont think i could continue...
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