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About the course:

Watch Commander Alan Swift Watch Commander Alan Swift has been working with the college for several years to promote the Pre-Recruitment Access course. Alan, a former Recruitment Officer for the Fire Service, now supports lecturers delivering the course by giving presentations to students and helping with interview practice.

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Pre-Recruitment Access Courses
for West Midlands Fire Service

The course is designed to help participants develop the skills required to successfully complete the West Midlands Fire & Rescue Service application form and entrance tests.

Celebrating 20 years of successful partnership between City of Wolverhampton College and West Midlands Fire Service

All students must satisfy the basic entry requirements for the West Midlands Fire Service. The course will cover the application form, written tests, strength and fitness tests, practical selection tests and the final interview.

There is no guarantee of success, but our course has the full support of the West Midlands Fire Service. The courses have been running for almost 20 years and over 17% of serving firefighters are former students of the course. The courses are taught by experienced College staff and serving firefighters who are former students of the course.

Courses

The course has various attendance modes:

Saturday morning

6th November at our Wellington Road Campus. Download the full details here >>

Weekdays

Weekday course running times for the Autumn 2010 have yet to be decided, please keep checking back as we are updating our site all the time alternatively call the numbers listed at the bottom of the page.

Evenings

15th September at our Wellington Road Campus
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3rd November at Handsworth Community Fire Station
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If you are interested in joining the course you MUST attend the briefing session which will last 3 hours.

The briefing is free of charge. The cost of the course is £190. There is no remission of fees and all students must pay the fee.

There are also day courses that will run in Wolverhampton, Birmingham and Coventry.

If you would like any further details contact College Direct on 01902 836000 or Sila Patel or Ken Lloyd on 01902 821506.

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Pre-Recruitment Access Courses