Just adding to what seem to be negative comments. I am also a little bemussed by these PQA's that somebody somewhere has thought of. when you read these PQA's and look at them in depth they are a load of educated jargon, aren't they? I am a firefighter, yet when I recently went for a job interview (which lasted a good 45 mins) I was never once asked how good I was at fire fighting, RTC rescues, water rescue, first aid, or anything else that a fire fighter has to do in a split second on the fire ground. These kind of things are what makes a GOOD fire fighter, not filling in paperwork or spending time ensuring they have the correct PQA's. If you are a good fire fighter then you WILL have what is required from the PQA's, yet that is not enough. I understand the importance of change and the ever modernising fire services (hey, thats a PQA, see with out knowing it I fulfill one of them) but there is a point where these interview panels have to consider how good you are on a fire ground through experience on the fire ground.
Oh, by the way I failed the interview to transfer brigade as I hadn't enough experience with diversity. Well I thought I had, but not enough to fulfill the appropriate PQA!!!!!!!
