Recent content by Duns2208

Uniform will be with you either first day or within a few days of starting, just casual till then. As for stationary a big A4 notepad and pens will do you.

Been a long wait but worth it to finally get going, see you then

Congrats, will no doubt meet you at some point during the training 1599731544 Good stuff, see you then, can’t wait to get started

Congratulations to all who’ve got through. Anyone here due to start on the 21st September also?

It’s £19,942 now

Had the medical recently and can confirm the eye test includes a colour blindness check

The email states psychometrics (if required) will follow

The RSSB medical standards are on another thread on here as was looking yesterday. Up to +5 hypermetropia and -8 myopia. I’m -5.5 and vision although almost perfect with lenses is poor without

Thanks, appreciate it

What did the medical involve? I’m often over on BMI scales although wouldn’t say I am overweight but still bit nervous

I took the tests in April 2017 so a lot of this is from memory but what I'd say is read through the practice material as although the practice examples are different the descriptions of the tests are fairly accurate as to what will happen on the day. If you've read about it on here you'll be...

Does anybody know if there was ever a resolution to the pay dispute, has the salary changed since the role was first advertised? O the back of that what were the concessions with shift length as I believe it was meant to reduce overtime, is that right?

Whilst I appreciate the loyalty within this approach as someone who was stung in the past by VTEC offering me a trainee role only to then withdraw it, the best advice I received on this forum was not to put all your eggs in one basket, I missed several opportunities believing I was through the...

Apologies if this has already been answered but what does “successful candidates are likely to be offered the role as an apprenticeship opportunity” mean? Is there a difference between that and a usual trainee driver role?

100% this is the right advice, this forum is useful but it’s still a competitive process and for a safety critical role, best to accept that as if you’re not suitable for the role and don’t have the right attributes I’d rather fail the process fairly than make a mistake later when it could...