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    Apprentice Train Driver - Crosscountry - Multiple Locations (09/02/2021)

    I was self employed and used my accountant and job from 10 years ago if you still have good relationship with an old employer you can use them.
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    Apprentice Train Driver - Crosscountry - Multiple Locations (09/02/2021)

    The May Course finishes in October and the June course finishes in March 2022, must be a typo because the June course is 4 months longer.
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    Is it possible to change TOC after qualifying as a driver?

    Moving is definitly not guaranteed, rail recruitment is usually slow and it depends on the needs of the TOC. If you want to be a train driver then moving to get qualified is a good move overall but being qualifed does not mean you will be able to move your home depot.
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    Is it possible to change TOC after qualifying as a driver?

    Yeah it is possible but most TOCs don't accept relocation for this exact reason. They don't want to spend £1000's training someone for them to leave once they are qualified.
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    How many applications and interviews until you cracked it?

    Im pretty sure they give feedback, give them a call or email them and then work on everything you need for the next mmi.
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    How many applications and interviews until you cracked it?

    Did you fail psychometrics at mmi? So you still have another chance?
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    How many applications and interviews until you cracked it?

    I made about 30 applications in total, got 3 interviews and 3 offers. The first successful application I did my psychometrics with.
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    Northern Rail Medical

    After normally, the offer will be subject to successful medical.
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    Northern Rail Medical

    Height, Weight, ECG, Blood Pressure, Sight and colour vision, Hearing, Medications, Drugs and Alcohol screen, Medical history and family history questionaire. Nothing from the GP.,
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    GBRF Stockport/Manchester trainees

    Oops I found it now.
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    GBRF Stockport/Manchester trainees

    Any one elses application disapeared from the GBRF careers portal?
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    Advice to go from army to operative roll in rail industry

    I'm ex-armed forces and recently started as a trainee driver, with no rail experience, as long as you have the aptitude it is just a matter of persistence as you will eventually land a role if you keep applying. I was rejected quite a few time before I made it through my first sift and ended up...
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    Trainee Train Driver - Chester

    Train Driver - Chester Starting salary: £28,488 increasing significantly when fully qualified Acorn Recruitment, on behalf of our client Transport for Wales Rail Services, has a number of great opportunities for people looking at a career as a Train Driver. With a fantastic training programme...
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    GBRF Stockport/Manchester trainees

    The questions were pretty standard competency ones mainly covering the qualities required to become a driver, such as trainability, working alone ect. Training is about a year with 4 months classroom based in Peterborough.
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    Northern Talent pool

    It means you are in a talent pool and if opportunities arise you will be offered a job but they can't give you a date or even a guarantee that an opportunity will eventually arise. Many people in talent pools are eventually offered jobs but not always and time spans can vary from a few hours to...
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    Trainee Depot Driver East Midlands Trains

    Yeah, I applied for TPE and was told I would have to resit Group Bourdon as the enhanced pass marks are lower for EMR so I withdrew that application, but the others were happy to accept my result I had done while applying for EMR and so it was just a single interview and straight into the talent...
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    Trainee Depot Driver East Midlands Trains

    Hey, I recommend you apply to other opportunities. I was set on joining EMR and planned on relocating and went on a few day trips to Nottingham with the wife and we really loved the area. I started applying for local TOCs/FOCs and am now in 3 talent pools and have been told by GBRF that...
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    GBRF Stockport/Manchester trainees

    I had my interview last week and have been asked to submit my form for availability for a medical. I guess that means I passed the interview?
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    GBRF Stockport/Manchester trainees

    Thanks, when they called me for the interview they told me that they were waiting on a contract, hopefully with the announcement of HS2 then the contract has been awarded.
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    GBRF Stockport/Manchester trainees

    Does anyone know what kind of work they do in Stockport? I can't find anything online and there is no mention of a Stockport depot on their website.

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