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I have applied for the Bournemouth depot and yes I have passed all the OPC assessments to an enhanced level including the MMI. I included this information on my covering letter.

Not done mine yet going to use the time they have given to look through the practice material and do it early next week.

Yes still application in progress on the site. Assume they might just be working through them in small bites but who knows.

If you get the invite there is an attachment with practice material on it for the RAAT. As per all other OPC tests the material clearly explains what to expect from the test itself. On the face of things it does look similar to a SJT type test.

I have received the same invite this morning and also have enhanced passes for another FOC. My understanding is this RAAT test will not impact those other results as it is an online test.

Also there are loads of us who have applied and are awaiting outcomes of DMI's etc for these areas still so I am not surprised it wasn't up long!

Nope did mine through the DB website directly.

Correct. There are some tests that you can fail as part of the initial application, online tests that don’t tend to count towards those lives. Generally once you get invited to psychometric tests etc you will lose your chances if you fail.

I am not a driver either mate but I have just applied for the trainee role there. I know 2 XC drivers who work out of Bournemouth so asked the same questions before I applied. Got nothing but positive about the depot and I know there is ample staff parking. Routes wise, my understanding is...

Totally agree railway recruitment is unlike any other and patience becomes the norm, you get used to timescales slipping etc. I never thought they would actually be able to meet their aspirational start dates of May and a June when you consider the backlog from other recruitment drives, the vast...

Most of the more recent chat about the vacancies that were open in Feb are on here mate. https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/apprentice-train-driver-crosscountry-postions-birmingham-bournmouth-edinburgh-manchester-and-plymouth.213988/unread

May 17th and June 21st, strangely aligned to the Governments COVID roadmap dates.

They were very clear that those start dates were COVID-19 dependent and whilst the picture there is improving there are undoubtedly still challenges for companies to ensure they off training etc in a COVID secure manner. I wouldn't be surprised if the initial start dates slipped but we will have...

Cheers mate, I think one of the online tests is the RAAT any idea what the other one was?

Cheers @SJN what were the online tests you had to sit? And would these effect any previous OPC passes? I assume if they are different tests as they are online they wouldn’t?

Other people who went through this process last year have already stated that they didn’t need to complete any tests etc because they already had the passes and went straight to DMI so this would suggest in some cases it does make a difference to have the passes already. We will have to wait and...

I will be interested to see how it plays out. As you say @Stigy I have put on my cover letter that I have in date enhanced psychometric passes including the MMI and also provided them with my NI number as I believe this is the way they check the database.

As per my reply to your other message on the original thread, see below. All applications will say Manchester as you cannot select location. HR told me they would split by location once they have reviewed applications. I put where I was applying to on my cover letter. Applications close...

I didn’t answer any specific job questions, reading through this whole thread plenty of others have said the same.

All applications will say Manchester as you cannot select location. HR told me they would split by location once they have reviewed applications. I put where I was applying to on my cover letter.