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East Coast Guards are on about £31K now (although not all pensionable, a certain element is attendance allowance), with commission and a little bit of overtime I used to clear £40K without too much trouble most years.

We have a guy on my course at the moment who's had similar experience to yourself (forces etc) and he's 52! Age is not a barrier and experience is one of the things in life that money really cant buy. :D Get applying and Good Luck!!!!

Well only a complete numpty would venture out of the office with that lot to deal with (or is that just on EC)!!! :wink: Soooooooo glad i'm a driver now.....thats one side of the job I really dont miss one tiny little bit!

As others have said register your interest with all the TOC's in your area and keep an eye on their websites and on here. My advise would also be to work your way through the grades rather than just aiming for conductor or driver, maybe look at stuff like gateline or security because once...

Sorry to hear that you didnt make it through antipacer, did you put in that stuff i mentioned on the other thread you had running?? Agree very much as others have commented to get through the sift it really is a question of reading the role description then ticking each one off basically...

Couldn't of put it any better myself BestWestern.....so just to clarify "Its what he said!!!!"

The East Coast safety standard for Guards route knowledge states the Guard must be "familier with any route he signs". You need to remember your biggest day to day risk is generally in a station so you need to know those inside out (even the ones we dont stop at)...I had to detrain a MK IV at...

Haha....not quite! Mrs Jones has her own name badge....it says customer! Its all to do with the new internal branding called further together, Mrs Jones basically represents EVERY customer EC carry. The thoery is all that we do is geared up to giving Mrs Jones the perfect journey experiance...

Typical day for an EC guard. *Book on ensuring fitness for duty, ensure you have all equipment and notices *Collect revenue equipment and ensure its functioning, arrive at platform in good time *Main responsibility is safety of your passengers, yourself and other staff. Treat that as your...

In your application get the company core values in, dont forget to mention Mrs Jones as well which is a big thing at the minute within EC...that should score you a point or 2. Mention your ability to manage your own time, you're pretty much left to yourself as a Guard. Mention DWELL (thats...