CrossCountry - Apprentice Train Driver - Recruitment Discussion

[electricdreams]

Has Andy Page left the recruitment team completely?

I'd be interested to know this too.

 

[Massen]

Might you mean Arriva? In any case, on my Arriva portal, it's always shown as "Under Review", and I'm post-DMI.

As an aside, it's also a really barebones portal, there's no email or correspondence history, I have to rely on my memory and GMail for that haha.

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Any news mate?

No news yet. Because someone in here who interviewed a month or so before me got their dates last week or the week before, I was hoping I’d get some news relatively soon.

 

[Pintman]

Has Andy Page left the recruitment team completely?

What makes you say this?

 

[electricdreams]

Hi all,
I just received my course start date as being Jan 4th after doing my dmi back in April. In regards to the training course at derby, Kirsty who has taken over from Andy at recruitment mentioned that it would be classroom based jan-april with preplanned holidays throughout. There will then be some sort of break before continuing the last stretch of training down at whatever station you originally applied for. Birmingham New Street applicants will also receive the lodging option too for the training at derby

Has Andy Page left the recruitment team completely?

As per above post from MrPopo

 

[s01omorg]

Trainee Driver roles for Manchester, Bournemouth and Plymouth are live

 

[Kayle]

Hi everyone,


I am currently looking into potential opportunities with CrossCountry as a Qualified Train Driver, considering a relocation from the North, and am starting some early research in preparation for future applications and interviews.


I would really appreciate any insight from current or recent XC drivers regarding the Bristol depot and general company terms and conditions. Specifically, I would love to know what shift patterns typically look like, and what the usual earliest start times and latest finishing times are on a standard roster.


I am also curious about how parking works for drivers based at Bristol Temple Meads, especially whether there is dedicated depot parking or an arrangement in place given how busy the station car park gets.


Additionally, how is Rest Day Working availability at the Bristol link, and is it paid at an enhanced rate or a flat rate? Lastly, since Sundays are outside the standard working week for XC, how are they remunerated, and is it a fixed Sunday enhancement or structured differently?


Any general advice or pointers about the depot culture or diagram types would also be massively appreciated. Thanks in advance for any help!

Apologies for hijacking your thread, but maybe someone in the know will see this here.

 

[MancRail_Gal]

Trainee Driver roles for Manchester, Bournemouth and Plymouth are live

Just spotted this. Does anyone know is training based in Manchester or do you have to stay away for the course?

 

[ZxcLx3]

Further courses being offered for Feb 1st if anyone’s waiting

 

[electricdreams]

Further courses being offered for Feb 1st if anyone’s waiting

Cheers for sharing, really useful

 

[SJN]

Just spotted this. Does anyone know is training based in Manchester or do you have to stay away for the course?

Classroom in Derby. Stay in hotel for about 3 months. Go home weekends.

 

[Manda2194]

Has anyone got the structure for cross country to hand in terms of when you get the increments. I’m sure it was on this thread but I cannot send to find it.

 

[rozza1234]

Has anyone got the structure for cross country to hand in terms of when you get the increments. I’m sure it was on this thread but I cannot send to find it.

I have an old one but it would be good for an up to date one. Also interested.

 

[Manda2194]

I have an old one but it would be good for an up to date one. Also interested.

Could I see the old one for now just to get an idea of the pattern

 

[rozza1234]

This is the latest info I have, for those interested in the pay/time scales.

Trainee Driver New entrant	£32,717	Induction (week 0)
2	Competent Trainee Driver (without core route and traction)	£43,347	After Passing Formative (week 34)
3	Full Qualified Driver (with core route and traction) 1st year	£63,190	After signing core route (depot specific)
4	Full Qualified Driver (with core route and traction) 2nd year	£68,953	1 year after signing core route
	Full Qualified Driver (with core route and traction) 3rd year	£74,718	2 years after signing core

As above

 

[MancRail_Gal]

Has anyone got the structure for cross country to hand in terms of when you get the increments. I’m sure it was on this thread but I cannot send to find it.

Google reault says this but might not be spot on. Does anyone know how long it takes to become ‘fully qualified’?

 

[Manda2194]

Just spotted this. Does anyone know is training based in Manchester or do you have to stay away for the course?

I’m sure I’ve read in the thread previously all training is done in derby

 

[juspassingby]

I am planning to apply, I already have a valid psychometric pass at enhanced standard. Does anyone know if Cross-Country make you do the online mini assessment even if you hold valid psychometrics?
Thanks in advance.