ACER is the official provider of practise tests and preparationfor applicants sitting the Fire Rescue Victoria Written Selection Test (WST).
ACER provides an official free video tutorial for each of the four test subjects in the WST:
Only ACER and FRV provide official preparation material. Any material or courses from other providers should not be relied upon. Suspicious approaches must be reported directly to ACER and FRV. Engaging with fraudulent parties may reflect negatively on your application and your integrity.
The Mechanical Reasoning free video tutorial teaches you about how mechanical components move, interact and work together. It involves reasoning through simple mechanical systems, requiring you to perceive and understand the functions of, and relationships between, mechanical components.
In particular, mechanical reasoning tests your:
The mechanical reasoning section of the Fire Rescue Victoria Selection Test can include systems and concepts such as:
This section measures your ability to think clearly to solveproblems and to quickly identify patterns and logical rules based on abstractvisual patterns, rather than number and words.
It involves recognising the rule or rules that govern theprogression of a pattern from one diagram to another in a series, or toidentify the part that is missing from a diagram.
The abstract reasoning test is a multiple-choice test. Thereare 30 questions to be completed in 35 minutes.
There are three different question styles:
The numeracy skills assessment measures your ability tounderstand, use, apply and interpret mathematical problems set in a range ofcontexts. The questions can be based on numerical and mathematical data andsituations presented in words, tables, graphs, plans, maps, diagrams and so on.The maths content can include questions about number and algebra, measurementand geometry, and statistics and probability. The numeracy questions are set ina range of different contexts relevant to adults.
The questions may be multiple-choice, true or false, or youmay need to enter a number or measurement as your answer.
You will be provided with an onscreen calculator to assistyou throughout the assessment.
There are currently 30 questions you will need to completein 35 minutes.
To practice you should do a range of calculations including:
The literacy section tests your reading comprehension. Youwill read approximately six different types of texts of varying difficulty andanswer questions about them. Some of the texts may include graphs, charts,diagrams, and maps that you will need to read and interpret.
Most questions are multiple choice but there are somequestions that require you to answer ‘true’ or ‘false’, or ‘yes’ or ‘no’, tostatements or questions.
Currently there are 30 questions in this section that youwill need to answer in 35 minutes.
