station grade b job

[dozzer]

Hi all I am just looking for a little advice from others who have a good knowledge of the jobs carried out at a station grade b.

Can anyone give me some insight and answer a couple if questions as I have applied for a job and would like to know a little more.

Firstly does anyone know what sort of shift patterns are the norm in these stations?

Is there a lot of money work involved such as accounts or bagging up tills at the end of shifts etc?

And would I be expected to open/close the station alone?

Any information would be very much appreciated!

Thanks

PS would you says its a good job overall?

 

[Clip]

So you have gone for a ticket office clerk then?

 

[dozzer]

Hi

The job description is train dispatch/booking office/platform.

 

[Clip]

Ok,

Well without knowing what TOC people can only give you vague ideas of what you can expect as stations have different opening hours to others.

Depending on the station it could be early lates or even middles. So 0545 all the way trhough to closing as late as 2300 at some stations.

If you have ticket office duties then you will be expected to do your accounts for your own till - do not let anyone do this for you, ever, unless you watch them, even then - dont.

You could well be expected to open/close on your own. This happens all over the network so you wont be alone in doing so.

Your job is what you make of it. I have staff that love it and the interaction and I have others who just see it as the daily grind and are bored to their tits with it. You can only make it what you want when you start.

It is, however, a foot in the door and one step on a great career ladder should you so wish it and I wish you all the best of luck in the world with your career.

Welcome to the railway, its ****, but we love it.

 

[dozzer]

Thanks for the good reply. Its for scotrail. I think the hours you say fit the bill which made me wonder would it likely be 5 evening shifts one week then 5 days the next or is it set so I would always be on evenings or days?

I wouldn't mind if it changed weekly or so but a job cconsisting of purely backshift for instance would wreck my family life.

 

[Clip]

Thanks for the good reply. Its for scotrail. I think the hours you say fit the bill which made me wonder would it likely be 5 evening shifts one week then 5 days the next or is it set so I would always be on evenings or days?

I wouldn't mind if it changed weekly or so but a job cconsisting of purely backshift for instance would wreck my family life.

Cant speak for SR but we have a rotating roster for our clerks so they have some kind of home life. Best to ask oyur prospective line manager.

 

[dozzer]

I would be sure to ask then. Thanks a lot

 

[Greenback]

Is it based on a 5 day week? A lot of similar SR job adverts that have seen have said that it will be 4x8 hour 45 minute shifts making a total of a 35 hour week. A smaller number state 5 days of 7 hours.

It will depend on the actual location. Either way, there will be a roster to give staff some sort of home life balance, as Clip said.

When I worked in the booking office back in the day, my shift was 7 hours 24 minsover a 5 day week, with a long weekend every 4th or 6th week. No nights, but various early, middle and late turns.