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I'm 34, as others have stated there are quite a few trainees in their 50s still loads of time to be productive

I was previously a bus driver before I became a trainee train driver so similar sort of skills.

I did mine on teams last July on a Friday got the call Monday afternoon to tell me I was successful, the teams interview is not that bad and I felt confident it would've been the same sort of atmosphere face to face

Make sure you have read and tried to understand the tpws info you got given, research the company, prepare your answers in a STAR format but most importantly relax and let your personality show, it's the last hurdle and now they will be thinking of how you fit into the team the DM's interviewing...

Indeed I fully agree I applied for my TOC in 2018, got invited to an assessment day in July 2020 which I was surprised about as frankly I had forgotten applying. I'm now employed as a trainee driver waiting to get back in for traction which is on hold.

Sticky thread in here has a download will only work properly on a Windows pc

About 15 over 4 years, 2 attempts at the psychometrics 2nd one I passed and was offered a job, now just waiting to get back to traction

In my opinion mate it probably wouldn't be good enough, the test is not just for speed but accuracy as well. Really focus on the practise by slowing down at first so you don't miss any, then speed up trying to keep it at the same consistency.

The training at my place has been a mixture to be fair some at home some in the classroom, it was really depending if they had enough space to accommodate all the courses. My group have moved onto traction now so a lot more yard oriented though

I know on the assessment day I sat for the toc I work for we were told they had 1400 applications per position

I must admit I'm curious as to the number you have heard, I can imagine it's going to be horrendous.

It would rise at the completion of rules before you start traction. Then will have another stage after that.

I very much doubt you will go near the 395's as they are high speed only

Indeed I agree with the above, I only had 3 days to prepare properly for mine then had technical difficulties with my laptop. They did everything to make me feel relaxed it was without fail the best interview I have ever experienced.

As mentioned above congratulations on getting this far in the process to both of you, definitely check out the longer thread especially near the end as that's when most people were discussing DMI.

I would say you need to start doing some proper research into companies and depots, who owns what, where do they operate. The depots are in a sticky post on this page as well as becoming a driver.

Yep I agree I started with a TOC last week, these are opportunities that you have to struggle sometimes for years to get grav it with both hands.

100% agree with this post my DMI was very relaxed, lots of questions but I felt they were basically checking to see if you had the right attitude to work with them, I left my DMI feeling really happy with how it went and was rewarded with a job. It's super important to research the company you...

I think most of the TOC's state you must have 6 months or 12 months before you can apply for a different position

About a week normally after the medical