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    Trainee Driver vacancies DBS

    HI Just a quick question re the online application, its only 3 pages??, is my computer missing some pages as surely there must be more than just 3 pages, can anyone confirm it please...thank you people....
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    Railway culture

    we do have nicknames for a few colleagues who i work with, not designed to offend or intimidate just a bit of light hearted fun. we used to have a secret santa at xmas time too, but that fell by the way side to due to certain individuals not liking it or being offended by it... we do work in...
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    GA Trainee Depot Driver...

    Think it must be norwich...
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    Disabled man 'humiliated' after refused train access, he claims

    Dammed if you do and dammed if you dont.....if theres no space then theres no space, its not rocket science, you try and accomodate everyone but thats not always possible.....I was on a train and the wheelchair user couldnt get to the toilet due to the severe overcrowding, it was just impossible...
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    Talent pools!!....

    Some good comments about the talent pool!, but and its a big but, you have no idea how long you have to wait, you have no idea how many are in the talent pool with you, you get no regular feedback from it, you are jus like a mushroom waiting to be picked along with all the other mushrooms that...
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    Talent pools!!....

    Some good points about being in the talent pool, but personally my thinking is if yr not good enuf to get in when you apply for a b and c vacancies why would there be any change for d e and f vacancies when they come up.... I appreciate toc, s get hundreds of applications for vacancies and its...
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    Talent pools!!....

    HI, Im not a big fan of talent pools and i cant see the point of having them, they either want someone or they dont, it does leave people hanging on for something that might never happen, tocs dont make it clear how long or how many people are in these so called pools and i for one always take...
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    Finally!!!

    well done, thats good news, dissapointment can handle perseverance as they say, ive been trying for 13 months now with various toc,s, the good thing ive passed stage 1 and stage 2 a couple of months ago, so knocking on doors now hoping one will open for me, but again well done for getting there....
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    Arriva train wales driver jobs....

    I emailed HR a few days ago asking for an update as my app is still shown as shortlisting from 26th feb when i put it in. they said they are still in the process of shortlisting and it might take a few weeks yet, it will change when theyve sorted it out. im hopeful as ive passed stage 1 and...
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    Arriva train wales driver jobs....

    Did they tell you by email or post, as I am still waiting to hear, when I track my application it just says shortlisting....
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    Arriva train wales driver jobs....

    Hi has anyone heard from ATW?....re trainee driver job... Cheers
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    EMT Senior Conductor Assessment Invite?

    http://www.railforums.co.uk/bourdon.zip check this out the thread is group bourdon tool on this forum......your scat/dots will prob be done on paper, if there is one piece of advice I would say when doing dots/scat is be consistance, ie if you do 8 rows on page 1 make sure its 8 on the next 4...
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    EMT Senior Conductor Assessment Invite?

    Hi you can download the group boarden tests which include the scaat tests as well, will post the link in a little while unless someone does it before me, I would suggest you practice practice practice when you download these tests, the instructions are included in the download link.... For your...
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    shunter driver and trainee train driver ATW

    Hi I havent heard anything, still shortlisting it says...must be one hell of a long list...
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    DRS Trainee drivers wanted

    i attended the DRS recruitment day last august, but didnt get thro, ive passed the opc drivers exam since and have re applied for crewe so fingers crossed....
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    Northern and living outside 60 minutes

    HR from northern have informed me they will not consider any applications for any trainee driver jobs if you live more thsn 60 minutes from the depot even!!! If you intend to relocate, they just wont consider you at all.....
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    atw shunter driver and trainee train driver

    HI, i applied for trainee driver at cardiff, ive tracked my application and it says shortlisting, but does not give any specific details, but no i havent had any reply yet, they say no news is good news, but will see....
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    validity of new driver tests.....

    Ok cheers thanks for the info.....
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    validity of new driver tests.....

    Thank you.. --- old post above --- --- new post below --- I take it that altho valid for 5 yrs a toc can still make you take the test again if there was quite a bit of substantial time between passing the tests and applying for a trainee driver position... --- old post above --- --- new post...
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    validity of new driver tests.....

    Hi does anyone know the validity of the new driver tests....I passed stage 1 and stage 2 in jan 2014 the toc I applied to have put me on a list now so ive decieded to apply for other tocs with trainee driver vacancies and im jus wondering how long these new tests are valide for....cheers for any...

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