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Still ‘live’ at the moment, closing date apparently the 9th May, but it might well be pulled sooner if application numbers go off the scale.
https://uk.firstgroupcareers.com/vacancy/south-western-railway-trainee-train-driver---farnham--9989-farnham/10019/description/
Anyone else here who’s been in their TOCs talent pool (for a number of months) waiting for a course, but then told they’ll need to do another DMI as their previous one will have expired? Everything else (assessments, MMI) remain valid, so why is another DMI required?
Is anyone able to advise what the aptitude tests are for shunter vacancies with SWR?
I passed all the driver tests and got all the way to the job offer stage, but they currently don’t have any vacancies at the depots I applied for, so the wait could be an indefinite one.
In a bid to get in the...
I’ve noted that since First Group took over South West Trains (now South Western Railway), the trainee driver pay appears to haves dropped.
It was in the region of £24,500 when SWT (Stagecoach) we’re running it, but in a recent advert for trainee drivers (now with First Group) it has apparently...
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