Recent content by geordie_liam

ok thanks for the advice everybody, unfortunatley my assessment is tomorrow so I couldn't cancel it.

I dont mind travelling but not sure if I could go as far as selling my house and moving south as it wouldn't be fair on the girlfriend plus she has a decent job herself so I doubt very much she would leave that. so do freight drivers get better pay or is it an easier job? I could imagine it...

try contacting them, I had the same problem when I applied for a fitters job at the heaton depot, think its due to the sheer amount of applications they must get

thanks for the advice guys, i knew it wouldn't be a walk in the park and unfortunatly a mortgage and girlfriend stop me from relocating but won't give up as I really want a job I actually look forward to doing :lol: will me doing the private driver assessment day make any difference to an employer?

ok thanks very much for the help, I thought it would be the other way round? start with freight to get experience then go on to passenger trains?

thanks for the info I had an interview with Northern a few months ago as a fitter but thats as far as I got, apparantly alot of ex navy/army apply there and are practically guarantee'd the job which is a bit unfair but if thats who they think are the best then so be it. The lady at DB...

morning everybody, my name is Liam I'm a 27 year old mechanic/M.O.T. tester from newcastle, after just over ten years of being in the trade listening to the older lads telling me to get out while I can I've decided it's time for a career change and after a long think of what I would enjoy doing...