Recent content by bonelorry

Good luck and well done, Now the hard work starts for the next Year! Worth it though:)

25 days pre rostered plus 5 floating days. 30 in total. No problems at all :)

Hello Adam, As a previous Conductor now a Driver for Northern at Sheffield I will try and answer your questions... 1. I travel about on my days off quite a bit, I am sure someone else will be able to add to this list but upto now I have had free travel on... Northern Arriva Trains Wales...

Yup, I have been waiting for a Month to do my Conversions and should be doing them this Week. Hopefully doing my 15 Hours the Week after then out with my minder! Cannot wait :)

Simply put, Not enough Trainers OR training facilities at the moment in Leeds. A new course has started literally every 4 Weeks since April with 12 candidates on each, I think currently there are only 5 Trainers in Leeds each doing a 16 Week course. Also the DTM's at Sheffield and Leeds are...

Brief answer, Massive recruitment drive since April with the new franchise, More applications than HR can probably handle, Not enough Driver trainers to train any new candidates, The training acedemy is at full capacity at the moment and there is physically no space for any more courses. You...

Congratulations! I am on Week 15 so near the end of my Classroom training now. Its tough but worth it! If you need to know anything give me a shout and I will try and answer for you if I can. Best of luck with the training, Regards Simon

Absolutely loads of threads on here with helpful tips and information, It all depends which TOC you are applying for and what the online application entails? The one I applied for in January asked for..... : My Personal Details : My Educational History : What attracted me to apply for the...

Same thing happened to one of my colleagues, We both sat our Assessments in January and he failed on the Phonebook part of the Assessment! The other 2 failed on the Hand to Eye Coordination part with the joysticks. I got through and was offered the job, I have just finished week 12 of my...

No, One or the other! Which depot is geographically closest to you?

I just turned up and did it, Never did anything with my ears beforehand. Go and get your ears tested if you are concerned at an independent :)

You just sit in a sound proof booth, Headphones on and a clicker in your hand. A series of beeps or tones play in each ear and you press the clicker each time you hear it. The tones are all of a different tone, Some low and some high. Thats it.

I basically got told that if I heard nothing to treat it as good news, They would contact me if I had failed. Best advice I can give you is to contact Northern HR and ask them, I did and they confirmed I had passed the Medical.

On the Northern service I never tend to see a 158 operating on the Sheffield to Man Pic, Generally it is a 142 OR a 150/1 & 150/2.

Maybe they do alter the Interview part from time to time? The rest of the Assessments from the other Drivers I have spoken to are all similar. Mine was.... Part One, Written Assessments Group Bourdon, GLOP Recording, Low/High tones, Telephone Directory with and without tones, Cables and...