Cadetships 2005 Competition announced

[Frank]

The 2005 Cadet competition is now open until 4th February 2005.
Application forms and governing conditions may be obtained by contacting:

Personnel Competitions Section,
Defence Forces Headquarters,
Infirmary Road, Dublin 7.

Telephone: 01-8042144/2149.
Fax: 01-8042412.


Below are the basic conditions / qualifications required to apply for the Air Corps Cadetships (taken from the PDF brochure available on Military.ie:

CONDITIONS GOVERNING THE AWARD OF CADETSHIPS IN THE DEFENCE FORCES

1. GENERAL QUALIFICATIONS
A candidate for a cadetship must:

a. At the time of application, be a citizen of Ireland,
b. Satisfy the Minister for Defence as to character,
c. Be not less than 17 years of age and under 28 years of age on 1 October, in the competition year.

2. MINIMUM EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

a. Army (Line), Army Equitation and Air Corps (Pilots) Cadetship candidates must -

(1) Have obtained a recognised degree, i.e. a Third Level Degree awarded up to the end of 2004. With effect from 2005 have successfully completed an Honours Bachelor Degree programme at pass or honours level (level 8 of the National Framework of Qualifications), or:

(2) Possess a minimum of Grade C3 in 3 Higher Level papers and Grade D3 in 3 Ordinary/Higher level papers, in a single sitting of the Leaving Certificate Examination. A candidate’s educational qualifications must include, as a minimum, a
grade D3 in Ordinary/Higher level papers in each of the following subjects:

*Mathematics;
*Irish and/or English;
*A modern European language and/or Latin and/or Greek;

(Candidates need not necessarily have obtained the *specific subjects listed in this subsection, in a single sitting of the Leaving Certificate Examination)

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FOR OFFICIAL INFORMATION & AN APPLICATION FORM you are advised to contact the Competitions Section at the address given above, information & forms from any other source, including IrishAirPics.com, are not official.

There is a Cadetships 2005 thread running on this website, in the Air Corps Careers section, where you can ask questions about the competition.  

Click here to go to the Cadetships 2005 thread.


Regards & Good Luck,

Frank.