Network Rail - Signaller

[TomBoyd]

Basingstoke is there, but it looks like Grade 5 or 6.

Middlesborough and Carnforth are also up.

 

[Marc1986]

Thanks for all the helpful messages.

I should have an interview coming up shortly with some luck having passed the assessments.

From looking at past threads on here it seems that the 8 non technical core skills are what to focus on. Will the questions really be as straightforward as 'tell me a time you displayed effective communication' etc or will they be more specific?

Any assistance would be much appreciated!

 

[TomBoyd]

If you're from outside, they should, in general, be pretty straightforward.

Some may be couched in scenarios, such as "You're having problems with a coworker who isn't speaking to you, leading to problems at handover. How would you deal with this situation?"

But they shouldn't ask any specific signalling Qs. If you're coming from a lower grade, they will ask NTS Qs framed in signalling specific scenarios.

 

[Driver068]

I have been selected to under go a online assessment for a signaler vacancy. Can anyone provide any information on what to expect and anything I might need to look into before I start as I have 5 days to submit the assessment.

 

[High Dyke]

I have been selected to under go a online assessment for a signaler vacancy. Can anyone provide any information on what to expect and anything I might need to look into before I start as I have 5 days to submit the assessment.

If it is the Situational Judgement Test then it bears little or no relevance to signalling trains or railway operation.

http://www.shldirect.com/en/assessment-advice/assessment-methods/

Situational judgement tests are used to assess your ability to choose the most appropriate action in workplace situations. They involve reading a scenario or watching an animation and selecting the response that most effectively deal with the situation. These assessments are designed to assess how you would handle situations that you could encounter in a specific job.

 

[Marc1986]

Is anyone aware of what sort of shifts a relief signaller would work? Is it drastically different to what any other signaller does? Thanks

 

[carriageline]

You would work the same shift times (ie 0600-1400 1400-2200 2200-0600 as an example), but you don't get an exact base roster similar to normal siggies. Instead your given a roster which says what days your rostered to work (you can effectively be required for any shift, normally published the week before), and what Rest Days you get. If your in a fully staffed area, and on a rostered day but your not required to work then you will be spare (basically on call, but paid 8 hours for it for sitting in home hoping no one goes sick!)

Of course you don't have the flexibility of knowing what you are doing a few weeks in advance. But it's easy to work out with vacancies and annual leave. And you are paid handsomely for the lack of flexibility.


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[Marc1986]

Thanks carriage line.

 

[33056]

But it's easy to work out with vacancies and annual leave. And you are paid handsomely for the lack of flexibility.

Don't you mean paid handsomely for being flexible