Scotrail Ticket Examiner

[Bellwater]

Before it expires(4 days to go!), if anyone in Scotland is interested.

https://firstgroup.hua.hrsmart.com/ats/js_job_details.php?reqid=1814

£20k for a 35hr week isn't bad, plus you get 5% Commission i believe.

 

[Stigy]

Before it expires(4 days to go!), if anyone in Scotland is interested.

https://firstgroup.hua.hrsmart.com/ats/js_job_details.php?reqid=1814

£20k for a 35hr week isn't bad, plus you get 5% Commission i believe.

Is a Ticket Examiner the same as an Revenue Protection Assistant? £20,000pa that far oooop north aint bad full stop in the current climate, lol.

 

[scotsman]

Is a Ticket Examiner the same as an Revenue Protection Assistant? £20,000pa that far oooop north aint bad full stop in the current climate, lol.

Yes, but they tend to work more like Conductors up here - very little 'jobsworth' TEs on ScotRail (although I heard an absolute belter of a story today!)

 

[CarterUSM]

This isn't a bad post, with a little overtime and your commission , you're looking at 25-30k a year. Great starting point in the railway too, though not the greatest depot in my opinion.

 

[Stigy]

Yes, but they tend to work more like Conductors up here - very little 'jobsworth' TEs on ScotRail (although I heard an absolute belter of a story today!)

Depends how you define a 'jobsworth' I guess. Some might say a Revenue Protection Assistant's role isn't to issue tickets, but to detect fare evasion and issue Penalty Fares (if applicable) as a deterrant.

 

[Bellwater]

This isn't a bad post, with a little overtime and your commission , you're looking at 25-30k a year. Great starting point in the railway too, though not the greatest depot in my opinion.

There's also posts at Motherwell. and Airdrie

 

[CarterUSM]

There's also posts at Motherwell. and Airdrie

Frying pan, and fire spring to mind. For Airdrie anyway!

 

[Bellwater]

Some people might like chasing the junkies for their benefit money

 

[GingerbreadMan]

Some people might like chasing the junkies for their benefit money

I would enjoy it

 

[CarterUSM]

I would enjoy it

I don't! The immortal words "see what it is mate..." kill me a little inside every time.

 

[Corrado]

...£20k for a 35hr week isn't bad, plus you get 5% Commission i believe.

It's 3%.

As already mentioned, a good starting point in ScotRail. Just avoid schoolies, junkies, football fans, and businessmen and you shouldn't get into too many arguments . Apply for other jobs after six months and you should recover in good time, if you manage to get one.

 

[CarterUSM]

if you manage to get one.

Indeed, it took me some time to get a new job, though I occasionally miss the comparable simplicity and less responsibility of the role.

 

[Scotrail84]

Yes, but they tend to work more like Conductors up here - very little 'jobsworth' TEs on ScotRail (although I heard an absolute belter of a story today!)

Dont even come close to Conductors. They are only for revenue. They do not have PTS or control the power doors or any Evac training or protection training.

Care to share the story???

 

[CarterUSM]

Dont even come close to Conductors. They are only for revenue. They do not have PTS or control the power doors or any Evac training or protection training.

Care to share the story???

I think I know what Scotsman was getting at, I found as a Ticket Examiner I was forever being called the 'conductor' by punters, as a Conductor I forever get called the 'ticket man' now! By and large I find the passengers see little difference,especially when picking up at stations that have DOO services also. Scotsman, I would like to hear the story too...... B-)

 

[Scotrail84]

I think I know what Scotsman was getting at, I found as a Ticket Examiner I was forever being called the 'conductor' by punters, as a Conductor I forever get called the 'ticket man' now! By and large I find the passengers see little difference,especially when picking up at stations that have DOO services also. Scotsman, I would like to hear the story too...... B-)

Here come the ticket man,boy or anything other than Guard does my f*****g heed in! Im a Guard not a ticket man grrrrr. Mostly get it in the west or fife.:roll:

Scotsman whats this story then ????

 

[hiall]

Guards do the same as ticket examiners, except they get paid a wee bit more and open doors.

 

[scotsman]

Dont even come close to Conductors. They are only for revenue. They do not have PTS or control the power doors or any Evac training or protection training.

Care to share the story???

What I meant was in terms of attitude and motivation - TEs tend to be there to help, rather than to check tickets and nothing else. I thought they had evacuation training though, ScotRail certainly claimed that during the DOO dispute.

The story then:

Group of 1st year (12/13 yr old) schoolkids ran past the ticket office at Inverkeithing to avoid missing a train to North Queensferry. The train conveyed an ATE for some reason who got to them at North Queensferry tunnel, lectured them on buying before boarding, blocked the exit and took so long to issue tickets that they couldn't get off. He then tried to charge them to Dalmeny.

(I will add that this was a number of years ago, before some First Group management troll spots this)

CarterUSM, ScotRail84 - I know the differences fine well between Guards and TEs (I've been called a Guard on a number of occasions myself on the Strathspey, I correct them and tell them I'm only the Ticket Inspector = Very confused faces )

 

[Scotrail84]

Guards do the same as ticket examiners, except they get paid a wee bit more and open doors.

Sorry the above statement is absolute pish mate. :-x

 

[scotsman]

Sorry the above statement is absloute pish mate. :-x

Agreed

 

[hiall]

Its true guys, lets not get over hyped about the conductor role. It is why the job is being phased out.

 

[notadriver]

Its true guys, lets not get over hyped about the conductor role. It is why the job is being phased out.

I'm quite shocked by this. As you are a trainee driver you should be more supportive of your conductor colleagues and their very important safety critical role.

 

[hiall]

Hope you have recovered from your shock. It was a wind up that goes on every day between ticket examiners n conductors. Don't say it doesn't

 

[CarterUSM]

I'm quite shocked by this. As you are a trainee driver you should be more supportive of your conductor colleagues and their very important safety critical role.

Don't get your knickers in a twist! As hiall is a trainee train driver he will have been brainwashed into thinking he is the top of the tree by atrium court and ASLE&F! B-)
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Hope you have recovered from your shock. It was a wind up that goes on every day between ticket examiners n conductors. Don't say it doesn't

Aye, I've taken part in both sides of the **** take myself. B-)

 

[notadriver]

If I ever get to be a driver I'm not going to be brainwashed like that.

 

[CarterUSM]

Don't count on it, if you get a job, it is because you CAN be brainwashed! Seriously though, it's just a bit of banter, or that's how I see it anyway.

 

[hiall]

Aye it's banter. If you can't take a bit if banter then don't join the railway as you need a thick skin lol. My best man is a conductor from a ticket examiner n he's always getting stick over his new job lol. Part n parcel