Recent content by Fran Davies

Thanks, it's a big deal, isn't it. Just got to have faith in the training I guess, and work hard. I'm used to studying stuff lots, currently I am a teacher!

Thanks, I'm still amazed I got this far!

Happy New Year to everyone on here, let's hope this is our year for getting into training? Has anyone had any news from Reading? I went into the pool in December. I've had a bit of a confidence crisis, did anyone else feel overwhelmed by the responsibility? I have given myself a stern talking to...

Thanks. Was that in Reading?

Hi I just had my face to face interview yesterday and got told I am in the talent pool for Reading today! Feelings ranging between joy and terror! I am searching for hints of when this might actually become a job offer, any clues gratefully accepted.

Of course they wil. We will be a third country! UK passport has just been downgraded in terms of its Global Passport Power from 1st in world to 6th. Wether its blue or not!!!!!

We are all UK citizens. We are ALL losing our Freedom of Movement AND our workers rights. Easy for those of us in secure jobs with sick pay to countenance but for many its a disaster. No holiday pay, no sick pay, no maternity pay!!!!!

We WILL now have to ask permission to go to there, which is very different to having the RIGHT to go there. Our stays will be time limited to 90 days in every 180. We will not be able to settle, buy property, start businesses or retire there unless we are rich. People dont seem to appreciate...

I'm sorry but thats not true. Each country votes for its MEPs, who are like MPs here. Each country has a turn at being President. We do not have a say in who the civil servants are, but do we get to choose the head of the Bank of England, or who leads on writing up new laws. The EU is far more...

My tip for the Group Bourdon... check your pencils. They tell you to press hard, my first one broke, the next 3 had tips that were already broken beneath the shaved bit!!!! I passed though!

Thanks All for your replies. Lots of food for thought. Most of it seems to be in a language unknown to me! More Acronyms than my current job, teaching! Anyway good news is I passed the first stage of assessments so Im going to keep going. Kids will probably be grown up before I actually start...

Keep checking your emails and spam. It took soooooo long I nearly missed my invite to Assessments! I would advise flagging up emails from that TOC so they show up. I would have been gutted!

So I think I would say,'tell them its wrong, attempt to stop them, reprt to someone who can stop them. If they do stop report it as a breach of safety anyway' Is that right? I imagine its a duty to try to stop them not just report?

Thanks for the replies, folks

No I didnt get options for other preferences, I havent done the Assessments tests yet! So I better just get through that i think! how long is training?