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Ah ok, Thankyou! Sounds like they take all the rubbish we don’t want to be dealing with

I’ve seen a few SSM roles pop up over the past few months, my box doesn’t have them. Do they signal trains or just admin? And why do some places not need them?

Cheers Jordan! 1709889761 What a small world!

passed the last theory test today final observation is on Monday. What an intense period IST is!

Evening all! Just started week 8 of IST. The course so far has been an experience I have no desire to ever endure again My question for those who’ve already completed new IST is, how hard is week 10 practical?

It hurts how accurate this is 1706432824 I asked this in my interview and they couldn’t wait to show me round!

Some people apply and get the job in a week, others, like myself, applied in December and got an answer in June. The railway is its own master! No news is good news.

I don’t know about region based, they have recently started a new approach to IST which is shorter, so perhaps that’s where the discrepancies are?

Week 1 exam they asked what does TEA mean, most of the acronyms the instructor gives you could be exam questions (Fishpond,wade,rear etc) seem to be possible exam questions!

Does anyone know how many ist locations there are in the uk? My course is being restarted and I’m trying to gauge where I will end up

I was supposed to do the 2 weeks online learning, but for some reason I never got access, So my instructor has been squeezing the online bits into the course rather than kicking me off until I can complete them (I’m mighty grateful!) As a whole I love it. The week 1 test, if you can spell your...

I know, but the instructor said not to worry about 3 of them

Just started week 3.Struggling with retainment, especially as it seems to need to verbatim! Anyone got any tips on how to learn? Name all 14 reasons to pass a signal at danger seems to be an ever growing mountain!

Best of luck mate! When did you find out where your school would be?

Anyone starting IST, first week of September? If so, where are people going?