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    Driver Training

    I dont read the crappy uk papers sounds like you do though, this is based on friends that have gone to uni
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    Driver Training

    uni life skills getting ****ed up, running up debt and partys
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    Driver Training

    Prepare for a flooding on the forums once people read The pay and benefits are pretty good and the shift work suits me," Puffett says. Trainee drivers start with a salary of £24,024 rising to £39,372 after the training period, while experienced drivers earn £50,451. There is a final salary...
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    Driver Training

    Life skills over crappy uni qualifications ever since village idiots started going to uni to do degrees in crap
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    delete

    Sounds like the job is already taken and they are interviewing as part of the procedure. In my experience if it doesnt feel good its prob isnt
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    First Great Western - Trainee Drivers

    Like I said thats life and the railway is full of it I know an ex police chief who has a 60k a year pension, He took a guard job to just keep his money up and to not get bored
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    Driver Training

    if your not a retard and want to learn you wont fail it really is that simple. work hard and try your best
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    First Great Western - Trainee Drivers

    Lol the railway is full of 2nd lifers, not his fault he did better than you in life before you heard about the railway. Good on the bloke, I know a few like this no need to be nasty about it, its just life
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    First Great Western Trainee drivers, Anyone heard back?

    Did not have to learn/use grammar for my traction courses etc. Not sure where it would come in handy, Looking at repair books over the years it seems that it is not the no1 concern of most.
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    First Great Western Trainee drivers, Anyone heard back?

    Your wrong,First hr is renown for being terrible, Someone who has worked for them for 12 weeks cannot judge lol
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    Earnings?

    metro work and 90mph......
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    Earnings?

    class 2 work is always crappy
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    Driver Jobs - realistic prospects

    Agree totally depends on the person, we have mainline drivers that volunteer to go on the shed all the time
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    Earnings?

    does he class booked sundays in a link as overtime? even if sunday is out of the working week.
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    Earnings?

    about 95k a year and a 25 hr working week . overtime paid at x5 , free meals. free uniform
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    Psychometric Testing

    railway has been using the same tests for 20 years with little variation to them lol
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    Experience needed to get into railway?

    Its a sad world we live in when u have countless people with degrees who apply for jobs on the railway.
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    SWT Trainee driver courses 2013.

    multi purpose vehicles
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    First Great Western - Trainee Drivers

    Swansea is a hss depot, there is a ptr waiting list to get in there so no chance of trainees same as plymouth
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    SWT shunter communications test

    hehe good job

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