Recent content by cebz9

To be completely honest, I’m unsure. I know that there has been a huge intake of trainee drivers this past year so I doubt things will move quickly if you’re looking to get in as a trainee. You can always try and reach out to Avanti if it’s been a while and you’ve not heard back. I don’t know...

Im not Preston based but yes you’ve got that right. Generally one day off a week, unless if you’re not booked to work on Sunday then you may have 2 days off on the occasional week- dependent on your line in the links. 1 week off every 5 weeks. Yes to unlimited movement when you’re on a week of...

Emr typically recruit for trainees once a year and it’s usually in the winter periods from what I’ve noticed. So I expect them to put out an advert sometime between now and maybe March. No harm in applying for Wmt at cov. I used to work at cov for Wmt. it’s a nice small depot, really nice...

I hear you. That can be frustrating. I’m not going to tell you what to do but I moved location to become a driver. I was in a similar situation. My local depot at the time didn’t recruit trainees. They only took on qualified drivers. But now they do trainees. There was another TOC that I had...

Yes there does appear to be a lot of recruitment for mentors across their network. Which could also mean that more ‘normal’ driver positions become available. Especially with Avanti’s plans to bring in more services into their timetable. Unsure of how many people actually applied, but I was...

Out of curiosity; is your course at the end of march? 1759782012 Pre planning for drivers reaching retirement age. In addition to a handful of already qualified Wolverhampton drivers trying/wanting to move to Crewe. I was made aware that there is around 8 vacancies at wolves that need to be...

I was made aware towards the start of this year (at Birmingham specifically) that qualified drivers are being prioritised over trainees for the time being. To my knowledge, the number of driver vacancies (at Birmingham) has not been filled by the amount of qualified drivers that have applied for...

I strongly agree with what has been mentioned so far. It’s very good advice. Whatever path you want to take, go for that. I would recommend getting more experience before going for the driver job-just because it’s well known that many many people apply for just a single vacancy. You want to put...

Hi, first of all good luck with your interview. I’ll attach a copy of the starter link at Sheffield that you’d be put into if you get the job.

It’s back to 3years. I wanted to apply for cross country but because they’ve put it back to 3 years I’ve not applied for it

Does anyone know if they accept relocations? I’m not within 60mins of any depot but would relocate if I was offered a job

Oh great! Well congrats for getting to the next stage. I also want Leicester but I didn’t apply for it because I’ve only been qualified for a year. It stated that I needed 18 months. I have however applied for Birmingham because I’m under the impression that by the time they get everything...

Oh wow, good luck with that. Was that the first thing that they sent you after the normal automatic email to say that they have got your application? I assume the assessment is in person at the same time as the interview?

The role is good so far, I’ve finished all of the classroom based learning. Now onto actual driving with a mentor. The classroom based learning is around 20 weeks, I’d strongly advise revising a little bit every night throughout this period. Good luck with your application

Im a trainee at Sheffield, however I don’t know how the rota works. I know that there are 3 links, with a starter link underneath that. But I’m not sure about shift patterns or anything like that. Job lengths seem to be around 8-9 hours long