Recent content by RollingRolling

Oh. Some people on the forum have gave the direct impression ( by admission) if shift swaps. Didn’t know they were not allowed at SWR...Maybe editorials need to keep a keener eye on the material posted because as rookies we look to forums to garner and assimilate information . Cheers anyway for...

Im Late - vote now . Im applying Waterloo. Willing to swap earlies for lates if I get the job

Can we get a thread going on what trainees favourite shifts would be ? I mean you should know whether your an early or late person

They are whittling down for 2018 Driver Training Courses. Don’t they normally hold assessments around March and June ? If so then we should start receiving invites around February or May 2018 ? Really stretches your imagination this TOC game

But TOCS are a law unto themselves. They might decide to do Wave 2 in 2019

Calling it Wave 1 directly implies a Wave 2 otherwise it wouldn’t be a Wave!! A Wave is something that returns !!!

I presume the very first thing they do is look at the postcode at the top of the application. Imagine reading all the details only to go back and decide he couldn’t make it in for 2.30am or whatever silly it is . Lol. Yes I’d be very surprised if it wasn’t a distance thing.

When you say they have heard back already , Are you saying they have been invited to Assessment?

I think only after the 1300 have been sifted and there are 2 piles : YES and NO will everyone be contacted and even then they might only contact people who have been randomly selected as part of Wave 1 ! then the Wave 2’s will be contacted then 3’s.....That OR An email for all Waves detailing...

1300 Applications equates to about 3 “waves” by my reckoning. Here’s the logic : Invite 50% of applicants to assessment which is 650. One wave should be around 200 people. I remember echoes of assememts taking place over 2 weeks which is 10 days ( no weekends ) So 20 people per assessment...

I’m not in the Industry. I’ve recently applied for the pool for Waterloo and Paddington - SWR and GWR respectively. It really should be called a waiting list but that would put people off from applying ! I’m gonna get offers from both and then I’ll take my pick - hopefully !!!

TOCS have 2 agenda’s. 1) To develop a reserve backlog of applicants for their own ends. 2) For each particular “wave” is to invite to assessment, heavy heavy numbers because out of maybe 100 only 15-20 will pass everything and be offered the job. The waves are done I believe , purely because...

Yes you get a confirmation email : Dear Mark, Thank you for submitting an application to us for the position of Trainee Train Driver Waterloo - Wave 1. We have received your details and these are now being assessed against our criteria. your candidate identification number is 1000000. Please...

JORDAN PARIS - Do you mind me asking when you completed your application? Was it the one where the closing date was Monday -12th September 2016? Cheers mate