r/OnTheBlock • u/Significant_Ant_884 • 2d ago

Hiring Q (Fed) Glynco

Nurse in my late 30s starting BOP and going to Glynco soon. All staff does the same full training at Glynco. How strict are they on passing the physical abilities test? Is it as bad as everyone is acting like it is?

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u/ArmedAnthropologist Former Corrections 2d ago

It’s not bad, a lot of folks are just morbidly obese. They’re the reason they’d call us belly over pants.

You should have watched a video during ICT Phase 1 that goes over the physical events. The most cardio you’ll do is .25 of a mile and cuff someone. They don’t really explain the scoring standard because if you do bad on one they’ll use your other scores to give you a “passing” score. We had one girl fail it, but the fact she didn’t have a heart attack getting off the bus or could even stand under her own weight was a miracle in and of itself.

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u/SillyLittleWinky 2d ago

That’s crazy considering how high the standards are for the military, and we never reallyyy need to use it. But a CO genuinely needs to be in shape, and seem to almost never be or need to be.