Congrats on your success Munster. I've just heard today that I've passed the interview for Piccadilly and have the assessment day in a couple of weeks.
Thing is, I've passed a conductor assessment day before with FTPE last October. They're aware of this and said at interview that they would contact the OPC for my scores and see if I meet their requirements. The email I've received is just the generic invitation one that I assume everyone would've got.
Could you give us any more details about your assessment day experience? And does anyone know what to expect in my situation?
Cheers
Sorry for the delay in replying, just been a bit busy with the brain drain of being back in the classroom again.
As for the assessment, the example stuff they send you to prepare with are really good and quite close to what you will see on the day.
On the SCAAT front, the example sheets are all letters but in my test they were shapes and symbols i.e ( ) ^ / @ :[ and so on. There are 3 tests, each one is 3 sheets long and thy are all against the clock.
Firstly it is ONE symbol to cross off and you do sheet 1 until they tell you to go onto sheet 2 then sheet 3. Then a little breather and its the second set of 3 sheets and there are TWO symbols to find and cross off as per the first set but you get a bit longer per sheet (or at least it seemed!)
Thirdly its another 3 sheets but you have to find ONE symbol and also the first symbol on each subsequent line (so the second symbol changes every line)
Not as bad as it sounds, just be accurate and not too slow. I only got between a third and a half way down most pages and I passed it ok.
A word of advice would be to write the symbols on your rough paper so they are at hand if you have a blank and need to glance rather than having to turn the page back.
The Verbal Reasoning was a little trickier as under time pressure you really have to focus on the text. Again my advice would be to read the questions then find the answer in the text for each one. I didn't finish this section and still passed.
Ticket selling was ok, very similar to the practice material you get sent. Almost finished this section.....passed ok.
Ticket checking again very similar to your practice material so just go for it. Actually did finish this section....just and all is good.
Try not to panic, take a deep breath, forget everyone around you and just focus on the paper in front of you.
I had my "reached the required standard" e mail within 48 hrs so they shouldn't keep you waiting that long....hopefully.
Hope this helps
Wayne
