Recent content by Mermoo

Your Swedish qualification will likely not count for anything in the UK. However, your chances of getting work as a driver may be easier in Sweden. Good luck whatever you decide.

Hard luck mate, keep trying. OPC are the people to contact to find out what you passed and to what standard, i.e standard or enhanced. If you call them and let them know what you want to know it will take them a couple of months to get back to you, but they do eventually!

Coming from a professional mental health background, I would say two questions that you need to think about are: Have you fully dealt with your historical mental health, i.e. extensive counselling for underlying issues? Are you now in a place where you can safely say - "that will never happen...

Seems a new trainee driver post is being advertised for Northern. Title doesnt say trainee, but description does. 6 day window to apply - got to be living within a 45min commute on application. Relocation not an option. A bit too far for me unfortunately. Location Blackpool Vacancy...

Thanks very much guys - much appreciated :)

You must be superhuman! Thanks mate, much appreciated.

choochoochoo, thanks for your reply. Yes, the other candidates I spoke to had also not received any notice of the test or any practice material for it. I have thoroughly researched the TOC and it is listed on this forum (in Jan 2018) as one that does not require DFFT.

Yes! Well done you! Had you seen it/done it before? This is my first application, so wasn't aware of it and it took me a while to figure out the format, by which time I didn't have enough time to complete many.

Congratulations to all who are about to embark on an amazing new role! I'm looking at applying for the Leeds vacancy - does anyone remember if East Midlands require you to pass DFFT as part of the psychometrics please? Much appreciated

Thanks for the information.

The test was DFFT.

Thanks for your reply Red I appreciate that they don't have to give practice material, but to give it and to say that it covers every test that you will undertake on the day is not only misleading, but simply untrue. Yes anyone can just pass or fail the tests without any practice, but to get...

Hi guys, I've been reading threads on here for a while and appreciate all the wise words. I would really like some advice please. I applied to my first TOC some time ago for a trainee driver position. I was given a full breakdown of all tests that were to be conducted at each stage of the...