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    Transport for Wales - Trainee Train Drivers

    Thanks both She did the test yesterday and has just heard back today that she was unsuccessful @carwyn006 be worth a check of your e mails
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    Transport for Wales - Trainee Train Drivers

    Thanks pal Appreciate the response On the error checking were you able to see all 5 charts easily, were they all visible from the start of the test or did you need to scroll etc Also did you complete all of the test? Ta
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    Transport for Wales - Trainee Train Drivers

    Has anyone completed the on line error checking test? 5 x Charts to check Do you get an instant result or do you have to wait? Asking for a friend…
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    Assessment Centre Opportunities

    OPC manage the national testing and set the rules around it Some TOCs administer the National testing working to OPC standards Applicants are now allowed 3 attempts at the tests over a five year period if they first applied after 7 December 2024 I think Anyone unsuccessful at the first attempt...
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    Transport for Wales - Trainee Train Drivers

    Adverts out for Chester https://comeaboard.co.uk/ce0523li_webrecruitment/wrd/run/etrec179gf.open?WVID=55383415pc&LANG=USA&VACANCY_ID=865943Mn2E Crewe https://comeaboard.co.uk/ce0523li_webrecruitment/wrd/run/etrec179gf.open?WVID=55383415pc&LANG=USA&VACANCY_ID=068857Mn2E Llandudno Junction...
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    Assessments & Medicals discussion

    You are given the 6 questions (examples on this forum) to answer on a piece of paper before the MMI and you write your answer on the sheet maybe only a couple of lines to a paragraph so a summary or précis You also complete a Situational Judgement Test before the interview This is not a pass...
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    Assessments & Medicals discussion

    Look up the non technical skills for train driving and think about them when you answer using the person knocked over example and the other MMI questions
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    MMI Stuck on one question!

    This question is looking at a longer period of learning. The Part A (Classroom part) of the drivers course is 12-13 weeks duration. It’s asking you to demonstrate how you will manage the demands of the course. You may need to be away from home for the course for example…. How will you cope with...
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    GTR (Southern) - Trainee Train Driver - Multiple depots (29/11/24)

    The 2 fail limit applies to all Toc/Focs. As it stands applicants are only permitted to fail the psychometric tests on two occasions. Details are recorded on the OPC database
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    Scotrail Trainee Drivers (Ongoing)

    Keep practicing as much as possible and try to increase the speed whilst maintaining accuracy The instructions say speed and accuracy are important Try and replicate the test and do 10 minutes worth of dots…. 2 minutes per page every now and then You will start to identify the patterns of 4...
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    Career change to rail industry

    I was 52 when I joined my TOC as a driver and have one or two friends of a similar age who have also joined as drivers. All of us were ‘street to seat’ so no prior railway experience. My class of 8 at training school was 1 ex guard and 7 of us new to the railway from a range of backgrounds...
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    A career as a train driver

    There are loads of ex police and military now driving. The course is fairly intense and there is a lot to learn but from my experience it’s all very manageable. There was lots of Simultor sessions and some hands on learning over the course. Put the work in and work with the rest of the group...
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    Transport for Wales - Trainee Train Drivers

    Trainee will be £38770 and Post Qualified will be £63912 after the agreed pay rise in December (4.1%). There is another pay rise agreed for April next year which will be whatever the RPI rate is. All part of the DRI 3 package to bring Sunday into the working week for TFW. TFW are outside of...
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    Ex LNER (and Grand Central) Mark 4 sets for TfW

    I doubt that will return in the short to medium term if at all. From reading this thread it sounds like HD08 - if it happens will free up sets to go for refurbishing so no growth unfortunately. If HD08 doesn’t happen I guess sets will cycle through the refurbishment and will be replaced by units.
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    Ex LNER (and Grand Central) Mark 4 sets for TfW

    67012 and HD03 on 1W96 this evening
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    Ex LNER (and Grand Central) Mark 4 sets for TfW

    It’s time the set that ‘rests’ over the weekend at Holyhead is used in service. There has been an acknowledgment that travel patterns have shifted since the pandemic with growth in weekend and leisure travel. Capacity is need across the network especially now that spring and summer are here...
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    Transport for Wales - Trainee Train Drivers

    I hear there has been a bit of a slow down for Cardiff and Chester depots due to training backlogs and people waiting for Driving Instructors to complete their driving hours etc I’m assuming that people for these depots may have received the e mail as opposed to all applicants Also as is well...

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