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Iv been to the open day and I was in the navy there was 2 showers per shower room ... Don't know how many per floor as navy had en suite an kitchen per 6 man rooom, NR is different. Food is decent have different food each night e.g curry night ect. But always options for ppl who dnt like tht...
Gutted I failed my medical on hearing they rang me before. Going to my gp tomorrow as I had a hearing test not long ago and no for a fact I can pass that hearing test as I passed last time and my hearing is fine. Idk why I failed it tbh so so gutted if I fail re test that's the end of my hopes :(
what does that mean for you then ? What was your score on hearing test ? My hearing is perfect I can hear everythin idk what's wrong :s I can't believe somethin like this is about ruin my career
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And what did network rail say ? Did they ring you a few...
Just back from my medical. Passed everything except there was a problem with my left ear on hearing test it was right at bottom of the chart at first so I asked for re test and it went up to about 3 quaters of the way up where as my right was at the top. So now I'm really nervous iv failed...
There isn't a lot to the application just has all personal details, gcse grades, work history, has a few questions about hobbies ect. I can't really remember much else tbh
Redlands are the new update block if I remember. So most likely to be in redlands if the rest is for the younger. How long after medical do find out if passed ect ? And is that it after the medical ?
Yeah I'm signals to mate how old are you ? Yeah I'd do the same just havnt got the kit ect. Can't wait to get down there thou do you know the accomadation arrangements ? Like is it set in age groups or ?
Yeah doubt I have any in my system
Tom I know that what I was thinking iv since spoke to NR said they don't do it for apprentices as there's no point. Iv got my medical a week today can't wait to get it done with all though I was at work last night and walked through the pot heads on my break hope no passive smoking took place ...
Does anyone know what the 'financial check'means ? Or what they check ? Iv got a pretty big overdraft atm which will be paid by time we start in september cud tht effect me ? Iv got bad credit rating due to t-mobile black listing me for their mistake grrrr :@
Does anyone know what happens at medical ? what tests ect
Is the urine sample for drugs test sent off or do they test it there and then ? only ever done 2 drugs tests they tested the there and then tho i no id be clean i always gt nervous
You will be fine just fingers crossed youve done what you can.
My interview wasnt even realy an interview they asked me all the questions but they both laughed them off really as they related to the course and living away in gosport which iv done already with the navy. It was easy interview...
Just trying to get my head around it all mate thats all haha thanks alot for the help so the essays/test/assessments in nvq work go towards grading aswell ? with the railway technical courses with exam results help graing ?
At my interview they told me that I would be working at chester depot...
So how will that all happen ? we get told jobs available and where ect ? how woul you get grading then is that coursework ect or just work hard to get new skills i.e move around the teams ?
so are we guarenteed a job at the end of this apprenticeship ? we arent going to get to the end of it and then be shown the door are we ? I know have to have hard work all way through the apprenticeship but I hope to get a job at the depot where im going to do my apprenticeship.
What is the...
This may seem a bit how do i say it arsey but i dont mean any offense to anyone but .... when we go to colluingwood for the first year i will be tough to suck eggs pretty much ! iv done every bit of training down there just not railway pacific. The course between navy weapon engineer and network...
I'm going for signals technician maybe go for team leader rolls after that. I'm looking at working to level 2 grade straight from apprenticeship (is tht possible ?) I mean as in the rail lines job grading not nvq I know we get level 3 nvq.
What is the wage of a new qualified signals tech ...
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