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Just got an email about my VSE & SJT results and I’ve been successful and been invited for the assessment centre on the 14th September! I have no idea how because I was fairly certain I failed on stage 3 of the SJT, I know for a fact I missed a lot of the faults.

I guess I’ll have to buy a suit then? I’ve never needed one before, 23 and never worn one haha.
 

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Just got an email about my VSE & SJT results and I’ve been successful and been invited for the assessment centre on the 14th September! I have no idea how because I was fairly certain I failed on stage 3 of the SJT, I know for a fact I missed a lot of the faults.

I guess I’ll have to buy a suit then? I’ve never needed one before, 23 and never worn one haha.

Well done mate, I am through to, 12th Sept. But sadly I am at work that day and there is no cover, I have told them and sadly they have told me in a word that its 'tough'.

Dam!
 

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Haha stay away from that pink chicken!

Hahahaha, it's pretty poor in my opinion that they won't budge with dates. It is encouraging people to go sick. Personally I need my job too much to risk it! Annoyingly I have done the assessments (stage 1, 2 and MMI) 3 years ago to an 'enhanced' score. From what I am gathering each company has different 'enhanced' scores.
 

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I got my emails from OPC today regarding SJT & VSE- 3 of them!!
First one said I was unsuccessful, then another to say they apologised for sending that one by mistake, and then a third to say I had been successful and been invited to take the tests on the 12th September!!
Feel a bit overwhelmed at the moment as I know people have been applying for years and not get this far and this is only my 2nd application.
 

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I got my emails from OPC today regarding SJT & VSE- 3 of them!!
First one said I was unsuccessful, then another to say they apologised for sending that one by mistake, and then a third to say I had been successful and been invited to take the tests on the 12th September!!
Feel a bit overwhelmed at the moment as I know people have been applying for years and not get this far and this is only my 2nd application.

When did you sit round one?
 

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So did anyone else get there stage 1 results today from assesment last week?
 

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I can't go sick, I work on the railway and it's just too risky.
I'd probably consider a day off due to something, if I'd pleaded to swap my shift with my workmates and begged my company to adjust the shifts to help and it was still impossible.
 

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So did anyone else get there stage 1 results today from assesment last week?
I'm still waiting, sat mine on the 24th(Friday). Strangely I'm starting to feel like I'm not in a hurry to find out, now people have started to get them. :s
 

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I can't go sick, I work on the railway and it's just too risky.
If you already work on the railway your company must release you for a job interview, they can't hold you back from progression even for a different company, speak to your union rep
 

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If you already work on the railway your company must release you for a job interview, they can't hold you back from progression even for a different company, speak to your union rep
Hahahahaha! If only that were true.
 

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Well done mate, I am through to, 12th Sept. But sadly I am at work that day and there is no cover, I have told them and sadly they have told me in a word that its 'tough'.

Dam!

Cheers mate :) Damn that’s no good! I work nights so it means I’ve got to have 2 days off, I can’t work the night before because I won’t be up and I can’t work on the day because I won’t be home in time to start my shift.

So that’s 2 holidays I’ll have to use unless the date fall on a rest day which I haven’t checked yet, should be ok booking them hopefully, it’s a way off yet...

So have you withdrew your application then?
 

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So I take it the VSE & SJT has a low score requirement then and isn’t “enhanced”? I know for a fact I made a lot of mistakes... unless it’s the reverse of KeviWill’s emails and they’ve sent me a successful email accidentally haha
 

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So I take it the VSE & SJT has a low score requirement then and isn’t “enhanced”? I know for a fact I made a lot of mistakes... unless it’s the reverse of KeviWill’s emails and they’ve sent me a successful email accidentally haha

To clarify

For all. The difference between Standard and Enhanced it not your scores

It’s a matter of doing the DFFT test. That’s what makes it enhanced. Most TOCS don’t include the DFFT test
 

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Also I’ve known someone to only have completed 8/20 questions in the DFFT and pass. It’s purely accuracy. Obviously you need speed, you can’t just do 2 or 3! And if you do 8 I imagine they’d all need to be right!

It’s not a race. Take your time and make sure they are all correct. Spend a few seconds checking each answer rather than finishing 1/2 more questions and getting them wrong by rushing.
 

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Also I’ve known someone to only have completed 8/20 questions in the DFFT and pass. It’s purely accuracy. Obviously you need speed, you can’t just do 2 or 3! And if you do 8 I imagine they’d all need to be right!

It’s not a race. Take your time and make sure they are all correct. Spend a few seconds checking each answer rather than finishing 1/2 more questions and getting them wrong by rushing.
Do you know for sure that Enhanced scores aren't higher also for GBT, Tea-Occ and Dials test? I was under the impression that Freightliner can choose there own criteria and what classes as a pass?
 
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