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Avanti - Trainee Train Drivers - Recruitment Discussion
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Ned21
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Don't suppose anybody knows how many of us are waiting in talent pool for Wolverhampton?
JohnnyOne
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I'm waiting in the Wolves Talent Pool too, DMI was early September.
Punching Pick
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Wolverhampton here too, I did my DMI in September also.
TL20940
Member
Same here. Has anyone had any update at all since September?
Ned21
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September for me also, had nothing since I found out I passed the DMI
Harvinder
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I wish they could give us some update.
I'm sure we will hear something. Worse case hopefully its in a couple months maybe March, April times we get a response
Harvinder
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Thank you!
Scrambled Eggs
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Hi,
I applied for Avanti and finished my OPC tests in July. I passed my Driver manager interview in September and I’m now waiting for course dates.
Wolverhampton applicant.
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I’ve been informed they’re waiting for dates after March so would make sense to potentially hear something then…!?
CEB24
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Morning All, new member here 
I'm wondering if anyone is in the same boat as me: I applied for the Trainee Train Driver roles at Liverpool on 28th Feb 2023, and have completed the following tests (I think I'm at stage 3):
Is anyone else in the same position? Appreciate Avanti and the OPC are recruiting for a lot of roles, for a lot of depots - and I'm more than happy to wait - but it's been nearly 12-months since applying and going off this thread, between the next couple of stages, medicals, and then moving from the talent bank to an actual role, it could be another year.
Cheers all.
I'm wondering if anyone is in the same boat as me: I applied for the Trainee Train Driver roles at Liverpool on 28th Feb 2023, and have completed the following tests (I think I'm at stage 3):
- Avanti-KQ2
- Avanti-PQ
- Avanti-SJT
- Avanti-TB-DT
- Avanti-TB-NTS
- Visual Search Exercise
- M7 Situational Judgement Test
Is anyone else in the same position? Appreciate Avanti and the OPC are recruiting for a lot of roles, for a lot of depots - and I'm more than happy to wait - but it's been nearly 12-months since applying and going off this thread, between the next couple of stages, medicals, and then moving from the talent bank to an actual role, it could be another year.
Cheers all.
I've not even got the VSE or M7 yet, I had another "Your application is on hold" email last week although I hope things will pick up soon as Crewe is finally going ahead and the deadline for internal applications for transfer to Crewe was last week and there were quite a lot of Manchester & Liverpool drivers who have put in for it so once they start moving across and freeing up some spaces, things might move forward for us.Morning All, new member here
I'm wondering if anyone is in the same boat as me: I applied for the Trainee Train Driver roles at Liverpool on 28th Feb 2023, and have completed the following tests (I think I'm at stage 3):
On 20th April, I received an email from the OPC saying they were organising dates for The Trainability for Rules and Procedures Test Part 1 and 2, The Group Bourdon Concentration Test; & The Test of Everyday Attention for Occupational Assessment. Since then, I've had one or two emails saying the recruitment for Liverpool is now on hold, with the last communication being on 1st August and nothing since.
- Avanti-KQ2
- Avanti-PQ
- Avanti-SJT
- Avanti-TB-DT
- Avanti-TB-NTS
- Visual Search Exercise
- M7 Situational Judgement Test
Is anyone else in the same position? Appreciate Avanti and the OPC are recruiting for a lot of roles, for a lot of depots - and I'm more than happy to wait - but it's been nearly 12-months since applying and going off this thread, between the next couple of stages, medicals, and then moving from the talent bank to an actual role, it could be another year.
Cheers all.
HogwartsExpres
Member
How do you no this information?
jdm365sito
Member
Morning All, new member here
I'm wondering if anyone is in the same boat as me: I applied for the Trainee Train Driver roles at Liverpool on 28th Feb 2023, and have completed the following tests (I think I'm at stage 3):
On 20th April, I received an email from the OPC saying they were organising dates for The Trainability for Rules and Procedures Test Part 1 and 2, The Group Bourdon Concentration Test; & The Test of Everyday Attention for Occupational Assessment. Since then, I've had one or two emails saying the recruitment for Liverpool is now on hold, with the last communication being on 1st August and nothing since.
- Avanti-KQ2
- Avanti-PQ
- Avanti-SJT
- Avanti-TB-DT
- Avanti-TB-NTS
- Visual Search Exercise
- M7 Situational Judgement Test
Is anyone else in the same position? Appreciate Avanti and the OPC are recruiting for a lot of roles, for a lot of depots - and I'm more than happy to wait - but it's been nearly 12-months since applying and going off this thread, between the next couple of stages, medicals, and then moving from the talent bank to an actual role, it could be another year.
Cheers all.
Liverpool applicant also. Didn’t hear anything until end of November then did stage 1 and stage 2 within 3 weeks. Advised I passed them all just before Christmas and now awaiting for a DMI date from Avanti, been around 5-6 weeks
Hi all, I had applied way back in feb last year and passed all the tests and had my DMI in December there for Polmadie.
Unfortunately I heard back recently they weren’t processing any further with my application and I am currently waiting feedback. Has this happened to anyone else before ?
With the tests being valid for 5 years, if I apply again will I be able to go straight to a DMI again ? Any advice ? Thanks
Unfortunately I heard back recently they weren’t processing any further with my application and I am currently waiting feedback. Has this happened to anyone else before ?
With the tests being valid for 5 years, if I apply again will I be able to go straight to a DMI again ? Any advice ? Thanks
Yes you can apply again when they recruit and you’ll go straight to DMI. You can also apply for other TOC’s and skip most assessments.
Okay thanks, was a bit gutted to hear they weren’t taking it any further but it’s all part of the process. Hopefully I have some good constructive feedback to work on.
Sell yourself well and come across knowledgeable. Take a bottle of water with you, you’ll be doing a lot of talking. Make sure you do your research. Good luck!
Scrambled Eggs
Member
You forgot to mention Evian water ha!
Haha! Didn’t want to sound too repetitive but if me and you end up on the same course, my choice of water might give me away! LOL
jdm365sito
Member
How long did everyone wait from receiving the email from the OPC advising they have passed their details over to Avanti, to getting a date for a DMI or any correspondence from Avanti?
Scrambled Eggs
Member
Hahaha. I might bring a bottle of Evian just to confuse the others.
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I heard about 7 weeks later mate once OPC passed it over to Avanti.
jdm365sito
Member
Cheers, guess I can relax the emails a little 
RustyRuss
Member
I'm still awaiting feedback from my November dmi, I've been cutting them a lot of slack for it due to how busy they are and the festive holidays etc.
I think I need to chase them up though but suspect any constructive insights other than your interview scored x out of y may have been lost.
How do they get in touch, email or phone call?
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Just out of interest, when did you sit the final round with OPC?
jdm365sito
Member
Mid December it was
Scrambled Eggs
Member
Erm early summer was the finished testing. Then got told 7 weeks later by email to confirm DMI appointment. I would start preparing now as you might get notified with a week or 2 turnaround.
How do you no this information?
I've been chatting with a few of the drivers & DTM's. Approx 30 applied for the transfer from Manchester & Liverpool so maybe 15 should make it from these 2 locations and they will be looking to have Crewe up and running by September.
NorthernTech
Member
Is the Crewe depot so they can phase out Preston, or just give them alternative driver depot options?