Canadian Forces Aptitude Test (CFAT) [MERGED]

[ab136]

General Service Officers

General service officers include all officers below the rank of colonel in all occupation groups except for pilots and specialist officers (legal, medical and dental officers). General service officers pay rates are determined through TC analysis, and they receive incentive level increases similar to those of non-commissioned members. One significant difference is that there are often more incentive levels for officer ranks than there are for non-commissioned member ranks to recognize that it takes longer for officers to gather all the experience, skill and knowledge to reach the job rate (maximum) for their rank.

 

[vangemeren]

I guess I will reveal my intentions, at a future time I would like to become an intelligence officer, are they GSOs?

To help keep it on track, In general, study grade 10 math, fill in every answer and don't stay on one question too long, fill the rest in later.

 

[Pte. Bloggins]

If your going for an NCM position they don't care how good you get....!  

What? You should check your info there buddy. Certain NCM trades, especially the more technical ones, require a higher score on certain areas of the test then others.

 

[vangemeren]

:akimbo:i was wandering whats is the passing mark

There isn't really a traditional pass or fail test. It is more like a categorizing test. The higher you score, the more categories you can be elegible for as long as you fit the other requirements. Although if you don't qualify to be a NCM of a very non-tecnical trade (infantry comes to mind, but there are others), then you can't even get into the forces.
Another way you can think of it is, if you don't get the score that allows you to get into the occupation you want, then even if you got a good score then you "failed".

 

[gavin wright]

i have a question i live in jamaica can i join the canadian army

 

[karl28]

Gavin I am not sure on this but I think that you have to be a Canadian citizen. The best  place to check would be the  recruiting center here is the web site  www.recruiting.forces.gc.ca  I hope that it helps you out  good luck .

 

[kincanucks]

i have a question i live in jamaica can i join the canadian army

You must be a Canadian citizen.

 

[RyanNS]

Here's a question someone can hopefully answer for me before 8:00 AM Monday morning.

I am applying to become an officer (DEO) and have just received the call, four days ago, to write my CFAT on Monday, March 7, 2005, 8:00 AM. Since then I have been brushing up on my math and taking several of the online aptitude tests listed on here, but I am still having some difficulties. I don't feel very confident writing the math part of the CFAT right now and I would like to receive some math tutoring before I write the exam. This is where the problem arises. Would it be a "strike" against me if I rescheduled to write my CFAT? I know the person I spoke with said, "Make sure you are there. It will look really bad if you aren't". I basically took this to mean don't not show up and not let anyone know, which I would never do, but now I am wondering that it might somehow negatively affect me if I cancel and reschedule this test. I don't think the CFRC I am dealing with is open tomorrow (Saturday) and definitely isn't Sunday, so I can't call and ask if this would be a problem. Hopefully somebody in here can provide me with some insight on this matter. As an officer (DEO) applicant, will canceling and rescheduling my CFAT become a negative strike against me in my quest to enter the Canadian Forces? Thanks

 

[kincanucks]

Here's a question someone can hopefully answer for me before 8:00 AM Monday morning.

I am applying to become an officer (DEO) and have just received the call, four days ago, to write my CFAT on Monday, March 7, 2005, 8:00 AM. Since then I have been brushing up on my math and taking several of the online aptitude tests listed on here, but I am still having some difficulties. I don't feel very confident writing the math part of the CFAT right now and I would like to receive some math tutoring before I write the exam. This is where the problem arises. Would it be a "strike" against me if I rescheduled to write my CFAT? I know the person I spoke with said, "Make sure you are there. It will look really bad if you aren't". I basically took this to mean don't not show up and not let anyone know, which I would never do, but now I am wondering that it might somehow negatively affect me if I cancel and reschedule this test. I don't think the CFRC I am dealing with is open tomorrow (Saturday) and definitely isn't Sunday, so I can't call and ask if this would be a problem. Hopefully somebody in here can provide me with some insight on this matter. As an officer (DEO) applicant, will canceling and rescheduling my CFAT become a negative strike against me in my quest to enter the Canadian Forces? Thanks

Go write the CFAT and don't worry about it. It is too late to cancel now and if you call on Monday they will freak and you will get another appointment in July.

 

[RyanNS]

Wrote my CFAT this morning and passed with flying colors  ;D I guess the practice IQ and aptitude tests I was doing had more difficult math components then the CFAT. Still I think everyone should practice basic high school math before writing the CFAT. Now all I have to do is figure out what MOC i want to do  ???

 

[Brando304]

What's happening guys? Anyway, I just scored a 30% on a practice recruiting test @ http://www.psc-cfp.gc.ca/ppc/grt_test_e.htm. I think I did better at the math, than the English. I plan to join the reserves, with an Infantry MOC. I hope the CFAT is alot easier than this test was. Anyways, if anyone else wants to give it a shot, and see how they do, by all means. Get back to me and let me know how you do, and if my chances are good in comarison to the CFAT. Thanx :-\

 

[Brando304]

Okay, I just wrote it again, and scored 60% ;D Of coarse I did do some studying on other sites.

 

[COBRA-6]

Don't worry, the CFAT is a lot easier than the GRT, that's designed for people who've already completed a university degree.

 

[RyanNS]

When I was practicing for my CFAT I was using the GRT http://www.psc-cfp.gc.ca/ppc/grt_test_e.htm as well. The questions are the same type of questions you will be doing on the CFAT (fractions, ratios, spatial tests etc.) but they are a bit more complicated and intense of the GRT. There is no way to really study for the spatial part, just practice i suppose, and the same pretty much goes for the verbal/word association part as well. Practice your basic math (adding, dividing, multiplying, fractions, ratios) if you don't feel your skills are up to par. Good luck.

 

[ps387]

I got around 78% on the online test. I found it MUCH harder than the CFAT but it does give you an idea what to brush up on. I say brush up because high school was a LONG time ago...lol

 

[scm77]

Don't worry, the CFAT is a lot easier than the GRT, that's designed for people who've already completed a university degree.

I hope it that's true 

I got 30%.  The math formulas were what lost me the most marks.  That's exactly where I thought I'd have the most trouble.  I'll just have to brush up on math skills some more.  I hope they don't have that style of math question on the CFAT. :-X

 

[Brando304]

SCM77, I found that on the GRT, the math questions weren't all that hard, it was easy to rule out most of them. For instances, lets say you had to multiply everything in the question by 2; just rule out the ones that don't have a multipication by 2. Most of the questions you have to look at, and rule out the ones that obviosly won't work. Of coarse this won't work all the time, but it helps.

 

[mdh]

Does any one on the board know how the waiver system works. I know there is a waiver policy in place for those who have had difficulty with the CFAT, but who possess certain qualifications that CF wants - just not sure how it is applied - or whether it is up to the discretion of the CFRC commander.

Thanks in advance,

mdh

 

[kincanucks]

Does any one on the board know how the waiver system works. I know there is a waiver policy in place for those who have had difficulty with the CFAT, but who possess certain qualifications that CF wants - just not sure how it is applied - or whether it is up to the discretion of the CFRC commander.

Thanks in advance,

mdh

There is an automatic waiver given by the CFRC/D CO for the first retest of the CFAT.   Subsequent retest waivers would have to be requested from higher.   CFAT results can only be requested to be waived if it is determined that the applicant possesses relevant education or experience to the occupation they are applying for (e.g. possesses electronics diploma and is applying for FCS Tech).   In some cases, CFRC/D COs can waive the CFAT results of DEOs who don't reach the minimum for officer.

 

[mdh]

Thank you sir, as usual you're a fount of great information,