Recent content by Edward Cairns

Hi there, Does anyone have information about the engineering apprenticeship that Scotrail are currently advertising, such as what exactly do you do on a daily basis and the salary after your first year etc. Thanks

Oops apologies, thought I mention it. Network Rails engineering apprenticeship, so the accommodation at westwood

So I've been debating applying for the September 2020 engineering apprenticeship and I understand that you stay at the training centre for the first 23 weeks. What is the accommodation actually like, do you only get a bedroom with shared toilet/kitchen areas etc. Me and my partner also have a...

I always figured that you need some electrical qualification to go straight to the Operative role, what would you recommend to get in order to stand a better chance of getting any Operative role

Thanks for the all replies, it's been a very interesting read , the major issue for me is the fact I have a 3 month and live in Scotland so currently going all the way down to england where the training centre is located is far from ideal from a money standpoint and I'll wont be able to see my...

That's really unfortunate, although I would love to do it to actually have a career I'd be happy with, it would be impossible for me to last years on a salary that low, thanks for the help anyhow

Quick question about the salary offered. Is there any chance of negotiating to get the pay higher than they advertise as I would love to apply for the apprenticeship but wouldn't be viable currently due to it being half of what I earn right now

Thanks that would be great, I'll be sure to message you once a vacancy appeare

I'll definitely look into it, and when a vacancy appears I'll be sure to pm you if I have any questions.

I always figured you weren't allowed into the depots unless you do work there for security issues etc. no?

I've been applying for works delivery off track/ delivery track. I currently work in a warehouse, although my experience wont exactly be rail oriented I assume because I do alot of manual labour that it would help in some way

Hello, I've tired many times to apply for operative roles and never get to the second/interview stage and I've ran out of ideas as to what else I can do to get anymore relevant experience. Can anyone possibly give any pointers to help me try at least to get an interview. I've also noticed that...

My guess is that they’ve already done interviews, the problem is that you’ll never really know as Abellio never update your application status to unsuccessful, I’ve still got applications from last year that apparently are “under consideration”. Don’t take my word for it about the interviews...

You say Bathgate drivers only do Edinburgh-Helensburgh, is that actually true as there at least a couple very early Airdrie-Balloch services that come from Bathgate and later on at night around 7/8ish there are Balloch-Airdrie services that terminate at airdrie but then immediately go straight...

I had the same thing yesterday as well with a different position (operative), maybe it was an error with the servers?