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    A career as a signaller

    Great review and personal thoughts! I've been in the grade less than a year and Cleanshirt's review is an almost mirror image of my experiences throughout recruitment and training. Although my fun is continuing, I'm required to write up reflective task journals for my apprenticeship which is...
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    A career as a signaller

    I operate mine naked, so no need for a cloth ;-)
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    A career as a signaller

    Couldn't agree more! First day flying solo is sooo nerve racking, but within a few days all that IST serves you well, the confidence multiplies, the smile grows and reality dawns! You've made the grade! Now stay calm, take 5 when you need to and don't star in a red video!
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    A career as a signaller

    Amen to that brother!
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    A career as a signaller

    Trains are quite distracting! They take my concentration away from cooking.
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    A career as a signaller

    Signal box cuisine. Bacon n egg toasted sarnie for lunch. Oven baked potato with salad for dinner. One of the guys on my line cooks a weekly roast dinner. How creative are you with signal box scran?
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    A career as a signaller

    More's the pity, the pubs in York are awesome! We had a great IST group and relaxed just enough when we needed to. Are you at The Marriott? We were, it's a nice walk to school and back.
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    A career as a signaller

    Tell me more??
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    A career as a signaller

    I've a 24week base roster. What app do you guys use to keep an eye on your shifts and rest days?
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    A career as a signaller

    It is a VERY safety critical job with the potential to kill people. Although, other careers carry a similar risk, lorry and bus drivers, ships captains, airline pilots, etc. If the training, rule books and company policies are STRICTLY adhered to, you then put you, your colleagues and the...
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    York Signalling School

    I'm in week 3 at York. It's an amazing learning facility with passionate WDS. I look forward to meeting each of you when you start on the 2 Dec and maybe also on the Thurs/Fri before when you come over for your Babcock induction. Don't worry about anything, just look forward to your exciting...
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    A career as a signaller

    Thank you
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    A career as a signaller

    Looks like they could be the ones, thank you. Are they on the NR website?
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    A career as a signaller

    Network rail core values? Apparently there's 4. Two of them, I think, are Equality Customer driven
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    A career as a signaller

    Thank you, I hope your course is going well. How do you travel from the hotel to school?

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