piewhacket
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Good Morning, I am hopeful that I will be given some/any advice/help with regard to a friend's daughter who has recently taken the Psychometric Examination (after nearly completing 6 months at Navy College in Portsmouth) and has been advised that she did not gain the marks required to become a Writer. I do have to say that she missed out on being passed on for Interview for this Position due to 2 points/marks short of the required amount.
She has attended The Royal Navy Career's Office & they have been superb & subsequently offered her 6 other Positions within the Royal Navy which she did qualify for with her Examination marks. But, the young lady will not consider any of these roles as she is insisting (& with a lot of dedication that I truly think is an absolute assett to her character) that she will only take a Position as a Writer. Therefore, apparently the only route available to her is that she retakes the Examination in one year's time.
So, with the above precise information given, I would like to ask if anyone can advise if there is anything this young lady can do. Ultimately, I would like to fully, but politely, question the Royal Navy on this decision, but currently I do not have any information or web sites that can give me conclusive information, hence my rather long winded Forum. It would just seem practical that with her being 2 marks short is there in place the rigth for an Examiner to talk to her Instructor to get a full "all round" character report on, for example, her dedication, determination, morales etc & from this he can make the decision, that he will pass her for Interview, but maybe she would then have to gain marks in this Interview of 10% above the normal pass given if a Position of a Writer was to be offered.
Or can anyone advise that there are "Absolute" Rules & Regulations in Stone, so to speak, that do make reference to a Candidate being one, 2 or maybe 3 points below the pass mark of their choosen Position within the Navy. In other words absolute cyrstal 100% clarity is given that full marks allocated for each Profession have to be gained in the exam for this Position to be offered?
If that is the case, they I do have to say on a personal note, that the Navy are missing out on maybe a few excellent Candidatesd for say 2 points which they would make up in the Interview. I do know that my friend's young daughter will not consider any of the 6 positions offered because, as she did state to me, every Serving Person within the Royal Navy has a role/position to fullfil regardless of their rank for the Navy to fully function at his best. So could this put into question that if Candidates did actually decide that they would take a lower Position offered, not within the Department they would excel in or be able to transfer over to in later serving years, simply through 2 marks below their choosen vocation, then this could have serious & even disasterous consequnces if at anytime in the future the Royal Navy are asked to fullfil their role to defend Blighty - how can the working coggs turn & be as efficient & effective as they should be if some Serving Personal do not harbour their 110% dedication for the Position they accepted, rather than the Positon above that they were dedicated & wanted to fulfil.
Finally, I am now climbing off my upturned wooden orange box & posting this long winded forum. I just hope I have done her justice in the information, but please do ask if you need any further clarifications. OOtherwise I look forward to any help/advice or messages to ask me not to post another forum in the future, but to maybe write a book for Jackanory as I can easily send an adult to sleep, let alone a child!!! :roll:
She has attended The Royal Navy Career's Office & they have been superb & subsequently offered her 6 other Positions within the Royal Navy which she did qualify for with her Examination marks. But, the young lady will not consider any of these roles as she is insisting (& with a lot of dedication that I truly think is an absolute assett to her character) that she will only take a Position as a Writer. Therefore, apparently the only route available to her is that she retakes the Examination in one year's time.
So, with the above precise information given, I would like to ask if anyone can advise if there is anything this young lady can do. Ultimately, I would like to fully, but politely, question the Royal Navy on this decision, but currently I do not have any information or web sites that can give me conclusive information, hence my rather long winded Forum. It would just seem practical that with her being 2 marks short is there in place the rigth for an Examiner to talk to her Instructor to get a full "all round" character report on, for example, her dedication, determination, morales etc & from this he can make the decision, that he will pass her for Interview, but maybe she would then have to gain marks in this Interview of 10% above the normal pass given if a Position of a Writer was to be offered.
Or can anyone advise that there are "Absolute" Rules & Regulations in Stone, so to speak, that do make reference to a Candidate being one, 2 or maybe 3 points below the pass mark of their choosen Position within the Navy. In other words absolute cyrstal 100% clarity is given that full marks allocated for each Profession have to be gained in the exam for this Position to be offered?
If that is the case, they I do have to say on a personal note, that the Navy are missing out on maybe a few excellent Candidatesd for say 2 points which they would make up in the Interview. I do know that my friend's young daughter will not consider any of the 6 positions offered because, as she did state to me, every Serving Person within the Royal Navy has a role/position to fullfil regardless of their rank for the Navy to fully function at his best. So could this put into question that if Candidates did actually decide that they would take a lower Position offered, not within the Department they would excel in or be able to transfer over to in later serving years, simply through 2 marks below their choosen vocation, then this could have serious & even disasterous consequnces if at anytime in the future the Royal Navy are asked to fullfil their role to defend Blighty - how can the working coggs turn & be as efficient & effective as they should be if some Serving Personal do not harbour their 110% dedication for the Position they accepted, rather than the Positon above that they were dedicated & wanted to fulfil.
Finally, I am now climbing off my upturned wooden orange box & posting this long winded forum. I just hope I have done her justice in the information, but please do ask if you need any further clarifications. OOtherwise I look forward to any help/advice or messages to ask me not to post another forum in the future, but to maybe write a book for Jackanory as I can easily send an adult to sleep, let alone a child!!! :roll:
