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Drivers have joined my TOC coming from various roles driving machinery on the mainline, all have had to do the full trainee drivers course.

I can order two beers and a coffee, would that do?

No you would not be a qualified train driver and would need to take the trainee drivers course in full to become qualified.

It's only a big deal if it's your train home :lol:

You get 8 floating days plus Xmas Day and Boxing Day.

Spare Turn - TPE spare can be moved 3 hours either way of your start time. If you are not allocated a job then you sit spare in the messroom and can generally go home after 5 hours of watching TV and drinking coffee. Leave was also mentioned in the thread - TPE is 5 weeks 1 spring, 3 summer, 1...

Happy to swap. Not even got PPE at my TOC. Most traincrew are being moved to spare and then sitting in a crowded messroom all day.

Hang up and redial resources as holding the line as requested just cuts you off. Resources decide I was asked to hold because they wanted to check that I had booked on. Tell resources that I had to book on to receive the message to hold the line Move to next stage - make tea/coffee whilst...

I am not with SWR but I've never heard of anyone fail driver training or a SIM assessment. It's not in the TOC's interest, they do everything they can to get a pass.

So with a sentence of 5 years you would never be cleared to work with a TOC?

What depot were the TM positions advertised for, just curious as I worked at a few LU depots a few years ago?

Congrats Yellabowley, and good luck with the impending assessment. I will try and answer some of your questions... You will receive the full drivers salary 8 weeks after you start, which is only 2 months at the reduced training rate, so not so bad there. You get paid every 4 weeks and will...

Trainee drivers at TPE now get full drivers pay after their initial probation period of only 8 weeks, it was agreed with ASLEF and implemented last month as part of the new rest day working agreement.

No, 8 weeks after starting your training.

No to all the above comments to my previous post. After 8 weeks of starting with TPE your probation period ends. You are still a trainee driver until you pass out (usually about a year), but you will be paid the full drivers salary of £58k from 8 weeks after the day you start with TPE as a...

It doesn't seem to have been mentioned on here but as part of the re-negotiated rest day working agreement agreed between ASLEF and TPE this week, trainee drivers will now receive the full drivers salary after their probation period has ended. Which is eight weeks after starting their training...

Yes, 100%!

Sign up to the train companies vacancy pages for email job alerts when trainee positions are advertised. Have a cover letter and CV ready to go when the jobs are advertised as there are 1000's of applicants. You would be looking at Northern or TPE working out of Pic and Vic.

45 is fine.

With TPE it's your home depot distance from the training centre, it's obviously your choice where you live not theirs. If you were doing say traction training in York as an example then you would be provided with accommodation and food as a return trip from Manchester each day would be...