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Normally you’ll be away for the three weeks but you get 2 extra rest days for every 4 days you’re away so you’ll be away for 3 weeks and have the 4th week off
I’ve just joined COLAS on the Grinders.. Like you I was emergency services beforehand.. All I can say is I’m really enjoying it COLAS seem like a decent company so far .. lots of lodging away but I don’t mind it .. PM me if you want too know more
I took the question to mean how will you get to work in the event that public transport is not available
I answered it with the fact that I have worked 24/7 shifts and commuted in and out of London for all of my working life and that I have a car a 4x4 in the event of adverse weather to be...
At least you got a reply .... does anyone else find it odd that they have a talent pool of trainee train driver candidates with no time scale as to when or if they will be placed on a course but have advertised for more trainee drivers albeit apprentice ones ?
So what about all us if waiting in the talent pool at the moment after the recent recruitment drive ... no word from DB about whether we are going to be offered jobs but now they are advertising for apprentice drivers ... crazy
Snap me too got my ticket ... just have to wait and see what happens ... does seem odd that they’ve run a recruitment campaign but don’t have any vacancies
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