That is what catches most people out I think, to me none of the tests were particularly hard it’s more understanding the instructions and what is required of you in the tests. When you go again make sure you read and understand the instructions in the tests, and ask questions if you need to before each test begins.
As with most advice around this topic - it won’t necessarily be the medication that throws a spanner in the work. The medical will look at the whole picture - what condition it’s treating, how long you’ve been on the medication, side effects, etc.
Hi, is this a definite? I've got to re-do this test along with a couple of other's as its been five years since passing. I heard that the "Gloup" test had changed. Many thanks.
Hi, was the TRP 1 about a Train depositing "Gluop"? Many thanksHi folks - I hope this is okay.
I personally have just gone through the first part of the tests. Passed.
I would just like to thank people who put forward what they did and what to roughly expect, as it’s fresh in my mind, I thought I’d give an account of what happened on my test day.
It was TEA - OCC, DOTS, TRP1&2
TEA - OCC - first test was 10 sets of beeps ( low tones are always first - count them ) use fingers
Then it was a phone book with symbols and names. Circle the ones with double symbols. I.e OO, XX,**
Third test was both tests combined Look through phonebook while counting beeps, and we did this 6 times.
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DOTS - 5 pages with 25 across and 16 down. I got 11 lines on 3 and 10 lines on 2.
TRP1&2 - Part 1, read a passage for 5 mins then you have 8 mins to answer 18 questions on it. You can write notes but they are taken away before test starts.
Part 2 - dials - you are presented with fictitious dials from a train cab and rules relating to their functioning. You are required to apply the rules to determine the order in which the dials should be checked. This is 43 questions 8mins - you will never complete this - so do not worry, plenty on here can attest to that. I answered 29 with the last being a guess as time ran out.
Hope this helps those in the future.
Everyone’s experience on these threads helped me, just thought I would collectively keep it together.
Now need to wait for my DMI and hopefully pass that and the next stage. Wish me luck ✌
it depends on which company is doing the testing and whether anything needs to be referred to a doctor to check but shouldn't take long. I had to have some info checked by a doctor but still had a phone call with the results before I'd got home from the appointment
Hi, I think in your situation you have got one live remained.
If you fail the assessments you overwrite your previous pass. If you pass to National standard where the new TOC requires Enhanced, then you retain a National standard pass.
Thank you for clearing that up, I understand now. It's an assessment with different pass rates, lower and higher and should you fall beneath the national standard pass mark you reset, but should you pass higher than that then you would retain what you already have or achieve above. Thank you for your time, you'd think all this info would be on the OPC website or on the assessment emails. Thanks again!
