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I think I may have inadvertantly generated a bit of a misunderstanding here then, but if you actually read back over what I've written in the preceding posts, you'll see that I didn't claim that the practitioner said what you're now attributing to him, that was my statement (I originally said...

The biggest problem I had with Peterborough was getting through the sodding gate to get to the medical facility! I was there at 8.15 however, so I suspect the folks on gate control were probably just getting settled in for the day & brewing their morning cuppa - it was the longest 10 minutes of...

No, like I say, it's entirely up to you whether you wear your glasses or not, I simply chose not to, just to see if I could do it unaided - in your case, just wear your glasses & have done with it. He told me that the NR threshold for signallers was being able to read the second line on the...

Hi there - I did my medical on the 7th of July, so pretty current. Regarding the eyetest, I think it's up to you whether you wear your glasses or not - I have a +1.50 prescription for distance & +3.25 for reading, but I tried it without glasses to begin with & passed it no problems (he said...

Hello folks - anyone on here starting IST in Derby on the 7th of August?

Well, I passed my medical last Friday, so I'm all-systems-go now - I was fretting about my diabetes & blood pressure, and the TEN MINUTES sat at the security gate forlornly pressing the buzzer trying to get someone to let me in didn't exactly help with the latter (luckily, some chap arrived for...

Cheers mate, that's much appreciated - one less thing to worry about, at least

Hello folks - I've finally got my medical this coming Friday in Peterborough. The address they gave me seems a little mixed-up, but would I be correct in thinking that the 'Optima Health Peterborough DU Healthcare Facility' is somewhere in the NR depot off Thorpe Road?

Thank you very much - greatly appreciated

Thanks for that - I was initially going off what the lass told me on the phone, but when I received the email with all the documentation, it did say that I'd only be attached to Boston for the purposes of training, but once passed out, I'd be allocated to another box within 60 minutes travelling...

Hi all, been on here for a while but haven't posted for a long time, so please be gentle with me... After a long while trying, I finally secured a job offer from NR yesterday, so to say that I'm chuffed would be somewhat of an understatement! It's for a Grade 2 Signaller Trainee position based...

I think to be honest, the two events are probably unconnected - I've passed the test with 100% on a few occasions & sometimes that's as far as the application has gone. At other times, I've then been invited for an assessment (which I've passed on each attempt, with flying colours) - and then...

Have you tried Google Streetview?

Hi Donachie, do you know for certain that you've actually failed the test? The reason I ask is that I've done two of the 'Safety Critical Communications Tests' so far that I know I've passed & on each occasion there have been only two questions in the final section instead of the three indicated...

Sorry to hear that mate, better luck next time, I guess - just a case of plugging away until you get somewhere... :roll:

No nothing yet - I'm down to my last two fingernails, so hopefully I'll hear something soon :D Re: the website, I think they've been modifying it over the weekend as my original link to it's gone dead. By a roundabout route I found that the new link is...

Cheers mate, I can but hope :D Regarding the application form, I generally keep the information the same, as the majority of it is factual stuff that obviously doesn't really change. I do, of course, check it each time I submit one, just to make sure that the passage of time hasn't...

I'm in Lincolnshire. I guess the time it takes to work through the process is largely down to the number of applications they're receiving - there seems to have been a greater number of vacancies posted in my area so far this year & I was told the other day that there were several others that...

Pretty much the same here - I've applied for five this year & had two interviews. Three of the applications are still active, one of the interviewed ones was unsuccessful & the other I should find out about either tomorrow or early next week...

That would certainly be the plan :D In the end, it's just a case of banging in the applications when I can & plugging away until I get somewhere (or at least until someone tells me it's not worth bothering, hence the need for feedback). I believe they also now operate a 'pool' system, whereby...