I've been offered a job as a signaller, the only stumbling block to me starting is the medical which I'm a bit paranoid about now. Can anyone tell me what they do and if they always ask for medical history from my surgery? My manager wants me to start quite quickly so I don't want things delayed if they are waiting for my gp to respond.
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Why are you paranoid about it?
I had my medical in April for a signaller job, it was quite straight forward. You have to fill in a medical history form. They put you on a breathalyser and you have to blow 0. They take you to the toilet and you have to do a drugs test. They do a colour-blindness test with you where you have to read the numbers in a load of coloured circles, an eyesight test, a hearing test, a BMI test and a blood pressure test. You have to declare ANY medication you have taken in the last 2 weeks to be sent off with your drugs test - don't worry about this, as long as you declare it. They will ask you for your medical history and they will write anything down, I had 3 operations in 2011/12/13 - did not have to declare these and they did not write to my doctor. I guess they will only contact your doctor if you declare something that may worry them.
Hope this puts your mind at rest a little bit. Good luck.
I had my medical in April for a signaller job, it was quite straight forward. You have to fill in a medical history form. They put you on a breathalyser and you have to blow 0. They take you to the toilet and you have to do a drugs test. They do a colour-blindness test with you where you have to read the numbers in a load of coloured circles, an eyesight test, a hearing test, a BMI test and a blood pressure test. You have to declare ANY medication you have taken in the last 2 weeks to be sent off with your drugs test - don't worry about this, as long as you declare it. They will ask you for your medical history and they will write anything down, I had 3 operations in 2011/12/13 - did not have to declare these and they did not write to my doctor. I guess they will only contact your doctor if you declare something that may worry them.
Hope this puts your mind at rest a little bit. Good luck.
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Well done firstly! Don't worry, mostly they're looking to screen for drugs and alcohol, as long as you can hear well, see well and are not colour blind, it should be hunky dory.
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There are two standards for Signaller jobs at Network Rail, one being for single manned, trackside locations which is on a par with PTS levels of hearing and sight. The second is for multiple person locations away from the track like say for example Birmingham New Street or Rugby ROC - the hearing and sight requirement is much much lower, we have signallers with hearing aids and one chap who has been seriously ill with only one eye.
Declare everything, and you'll be fine !
Declare everything, and you'll be fine !
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