Are there any Eurotunnel trainee train drivers out there?

[carriageline]

Well done Rondog! I kind of wished I applied for it now, oh well!!

I have had 3 jobs the last few months at the Eurotunnel compound (is that even the right word!! It's where all the staff are anyway) installing fibre optics, maybe that's trying to tell me something!! From line side, it seems a really good job! So well done!

 

[wheats]

What kind of ages were the people who got through to the interviews at folkstone?

 

[Rondog]

They were mid twenties.... Various ages throughout the assessment but in my group they were mid to late 20s

 

[wheats]

Good luck tomorrow rondog, hope all goes well for you, make sure they wash there hands before they ask you to cough!!!

 

[Rondog]

Cheers mate, will let you know how it goes!

 

[md_uk]

Congrats Rondog,
I made it to the final selection but got an email instead of a phonecall

 

[wheats]

That's tough md uk, if they offer positions next year go for it again

 

[Rondog]

That's pants md uk, did they give you any feedback? Medical went well, just got to wait for drugs results back.

 

[md_uk]

That's pants md uk, did they give you any feedback? Medical went well, just got to wait for drugs results back.

No, not a thing. Just a standard after careful consideration blah blah email!

 

[reapz]

That's pants md uk, did they give you any feedback? Medical went well, just got to wait for drugs results back.

Yo rondog what was your bmi?

 

[Rondog]

It was 38 by their scales, bit different from mine! But could evidence that I've lost over 2stone etc

 

[wheats]

Congrats to those who got the yes phone call and crap luck to those who didn't, try again if and when they re advertise
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Has anyone got any more info on how the assessments have been going?
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Have you got a starting date rondog?

 

[Rondog]

Hi Wheats, we all start training on 22nd July.

 

[wheats]

Hope it goes well for you rondog, and anyone else who is there.

 

[Septus]

Recruiting again, question for me is, is it worth it, been from the West Midlands...relocating and seen as it appears the qualification, as such, is not transferable to the normal mainline TOCs/FOCs?

 

[notadriver]

It depends what your ultimate goal is? Tube driving/drivers would be in the same position as you but most are happy where they are.

 

[wheats]

Does anybody know how many positions are up for grabs

 

[mickeyjenson!]

Say if you fail the eurotunnel tests does that count as one of your strikes ?

 

[wheats]

has anyone done the sift test yet and got a reply?

 

[Johncleesefan]

Nothing yet. Did the tests last friday

 

[scottk]

I did the online sift test on Saturday and got an email about 3 hours ago saying i'd passed and they attached an application form to the email for me to print out, fill out and post back to them

 

[wheats]

Good luck scottk hope all goes well when you send off your application pack,
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I think the last time they advertised for trainee train drivers just over 3,500 people applied for application packs, which included the sift test, this time they have done it a bit different by doing the sift test online

 

[dan1985]

has any one had there first interview this time round (November) what was it like please anything like the last ones mentioned on here? thanks

 

[wheats]

Don't think they have started the interviews yet, thought I viewed it somewhere that they are starting the process around the 25 November, if you are lucky enough to have got an invite after sending your application form back
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Has anyone got an invite for an assessment in November yet?

 

[Cheshiretrain]

Closing date for application forms is 12 noon on Thursday 14th November 2013. The assessment centres are being run from the 25th November until the end of December.

 

[wheats]

Does anybody know what kind of shift patterns the drivers do for eurotunnel?

 

[timeforachange]

Passed the sift test and have sent back the application pack.

I noticed on a previous post that a lot of people at the last assessment centres were 'mid twenties'. I am mid forties, does anybody know if this may affect my application?

 

[wheats]

I would like to think your age shouldn't come in to it timeforachange, cant beat experience in life

 

[wayme]

Hi all,

Longtime lurker, first time poster. I'm nearly 27 so I thought it would be a good a time as any to sort my life out and start looking at a career! I've been thinking about applying for some trainee driver posts for a while now and I finally started that process yesterday.

I did the sift test last night and got an e-mail through this morning saying I was successful and to fill out the application and send it back to them by Thursday (loads of time!!)

Just a quick question about it though, has anyone filled it out online and then printed it to send or has everyone printed it off and then filled it out by hand? Or does it not matter?

Cheers!

 

[timeforachange]

I thought about that as it didn't really say...anyway I printed it off and completed by hand, though can't say if that was right or not????