Recent content by Kevlar

I was self employed and used my accountant and job from 10 years ago if you still have good relationship with an old employer you can use them.

The May Course finishes in October and the June course finishes in March 2022, must be a typo because the June course is 4 months longer.

Moving is definitly not guaranteed, rail recruitment is usually slow and it depends on the needs of the TOC. If you want to be a train driver then moving to get qualified is a good move overall but being qualifed does not mean you will be able to move your home depot.

Yeah it is possible but most TOCs don't accept relocation for this exact reason. They don't want to spend £1000's training someone for them to leave once they are qualified.

Im pretty sure they give feedback, give them a call or email them and then work on everything you need for the next mmi.

Did you fail psychometrics at mmi? So you still have another chance?

I made about 30 applications in total, got 3 interviews and 3 offers. The first successful application I did my psychometrics with.

After normally, the offer will be subject to successful medical.

Height, Weight, ECG, Blood Pressure, Sight and colour vision, Hearing, Medications, Drugs and Alcohol screen, Medical history and family history questionaire. Nothing from the GP.,

Oops I found it now.

Any one elses application disapeared from the GBRF careers portal?

I'm ex-armed forces and recently started as a trainee driver, with no rail experience, as long as you have the aptitude it is just a matter of persistence as you will eventually land a role if you keep applying. I was rejected quite a few time before I made it through my first sift and ended up...

Train Driver - Chester Starting salary: £28,488 increasing significantly when fully qualified Acorn Recruitment, on behalf of our client Transport for Wales Rail Services, has a number of great opportunities for people looking at a career as a Train Driver. With a fantastic training programme...

The questions were pretty standard competency ones mainly covering the qualities required to become a driver, such as trainability, working alone ect. Training is about a year with 4 months classroom based in Peterborough.

It means you are in a talent pool and if opportunities arise you will be offered a job but they can't give you a date or even a guarantee that an opportunity will eventually arise. Many people in talent pools are eventually offered jobs but not always and time spans can vary from a few hours to...