Recent content by andyg83

I'm not really sure how people can be more qualified for a trainee train driver position. There maybe people already in the industry but it doesn't really make any difference. I applied for the trainee train driver position with crossrail and passed all the tests and am now a train driver. On my...

At the moment there is overtime as the depots have spare lines but as they are passing out ten people a month I imagine by Christmas there won't be much but you are not forced to do it

Training is roughly 7 months and the salary is 27k then once you pass out it goes to 41k for 12 months then 55k. It totally depends how long it takes to get passed out as they are behind but around 7 to 8 months you will be on 27k.

Oyster is a month. Private card is a bit after that. Private card is only the leisure one though. You have to apply for a work/resident one which can take another month

Unfortunately the holiday gets planned as to when they want it really. They won't tell you until a month before probably. It's just how they do it as there are so many training classes and it's hard to plan. You isually get a week off throughtout your training so If you start in September I...

Sundays are part of working week from may. Every day is a working day apart from Christmas day and it will be 8 weeks on and 2 weeks off. You can swap rotas if you want want so could have 3 weeks off if you want. As long as other person is willing to swap and it doesn't mean your new rota means...

hi i start on 1st feb. ive got my offer letter with t's and c's but when you say welcome pack. what was in it exactly if you dont mind me asking?

alot of people as has been said are "over egging the pudding" there's talking of pressing certain buttons checking gages etc. obviously you are trained train drivers so you know what to look for and do and also the correct order but at this point the people taking these tests are joe public...

There was 124 scenarios. Some train relayed some not. The opc are there to test your ability to learn new information quickly test your memory and reactions and your suitability. Most of the questions have all right answers so doesn't really matter what order as such but I remember one question...

the OPC are not expecting you to know the actual procedure(obviously the train drivers here will know) but they are testing how you would react and your thought process. obviously being a train driver they would know about the dials and alerts etc but the OPC are not expecting you know that if...

As I said in real world and ideal world it's totally different.can you imagine someone saying fire in canary wharf and them evacuating on that info only. Ideal world yes but practically it doesn't work

I've just literally passed all the opc tests and been offered the train drivers job and some of the questions are open to interpretation. This question could be seen as the whole rear carriage is alight or as small as a bit of smoke. In an ideal world you would get everyone off as quick as you...

I had my 2 interviews on 26th June and heard next day .start date is now Feb

hi the reason the tests are hard are because they are not going to give a £55k job to anyone and the tests are designed to test your train-ability and suitability. the training is 9 months and costs in excess of £100k each person to complete so the only people they want to put on the course...

hi i dont think there is a particular turn around time. i had my line manager interview 23/6 in the afternoon. i got an email following day saying i had been offered job(start dates are now February) however someone that had been doing the tests with me all along had his interview same day...