Calgary Fire Department: the aptitude stage
Calgary Fire Department runs a multi stage firefighter recruitment process. Below is what the department's own page says about it, and how to prepare for the written aptitude stage.
The hiring stages
- Apply online
- Fire service aptitude testaptitude stage
- Document submission
- Personal History Statement review
- In person interview panel
- Polygraph
- Candidate Physical Ability Test
- Reference check
- Selection committee
- Conditional job offer
What the department publishes
The aptitude test is the second stage, taken online through National Testing Network, at a fee of $55 USD stated on the department's page, which describes it as a two part exam. Other fees stated: polygraph $500 plus GST, and the Candidate Physical Ability Test $200 plus GST if taken at department facilities. The interview is an in person behavioural panel held in Calgary, and at least three references are required.
Source: calgary.ca.
The written stage is the FireTEAM test, published by Ergometrics, delivered through National Testing Network. In the shape of a FireTEAM sitting, with Northline's own questions.
How the lab prepares you
The lab holds 629 questions with a worked explanation on every one. It starts with a 32 question diagnostic that shows which areas cost you points, builds a daily plan from the result, and brings each mistake back on a later day as a fresh question on the same skill. It covers numerical, reading, mechanical, spatial, logic, memory and attention, situational reasoning, and an oral information briefing.