Maybe more appropriate in health and whatever, so if this gets moved that's ok, but I guess I'm looking it as more of n educational topic right now. As I begin to evaluate different places that I plan to apply, I've been having some good conversations with folks in the area. Today I was talking with an FTO at one of the local AMR stations who also does the fitness and agility testing for new hires as well as the skills testing. We got talking about skills and I forgot to ask my question on the fitness part.
What is reasonable to expect at a fitness testing for employment? Does it differ between private and public services? I ask because I want to be sure that I am training the right way. I lift moderate to heavy weights 3-4 times a week, do a couple days of sprint/intense cardio and a couple days of running (my favorite but not where I need to be focusing my workouts). I'm not in bad shape by any means but as a woman my upper body strength is certainly not on par with men who devote the same time and effort I do to the weights....bummer, but fact of life.
Some insight into what to expect would be good, so if I need to switch my focus at all I can start to do that now rater than scramble to do it when a fit test time comes around.
What is reasonable to expect at a fitness testing for employment? Does it differ between private and public services? I ask because I want to be sure that I am training the right way. I lift moderate to heavy weights 3-4 times a week, do a couple days of sprint/intense cardio and a couple days of running (my favorite but not where I need to be focusing my workouts). I'm not in bad shape by any means but as a woman my upper body strength is certainly not on par with men who devote the same time and effort I do to the weights....bummer, but fact of life.
Some insight into what to expect would be good, so if I need to switch my focus at all I can start to do that now rater than scramble to do it when a fit test time comes around.
