johnstan
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That's good to know, thanks mate. Congrats and hopefully see you at the base next year!
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WMT - Trainee Driver (Talent Pool) - Crewe (11/07/24)
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Cheers mate! Yeah, hope to see you there.
Scrambled Eggs
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Hi mate.
I’m with a diff TOC. Just for a bit of a heads up… I found out end of October about a Jan course. Things started moving mid November and everything is more or less finalised mid December.
You should be able to get everything done (paperwork, medical) done within 4 weeks. It’s your medical that is the longest part I found (appointment booking and results).
Hi guys. Particularly about WMT, I understand they are enhanced. What sort of pass mark should be aimed for the group bourdon? Properly nervous for it. 2 weeks to go and want to go there as confident as possible. I know it’s been asked a million times but hoping to get some information for WMT in particular. Will keep everyone updated with my journey. Fingers crossed
https://metodorf.com/tests/bourdon/group_bourdon.php I used that to prep for mine, do it daily until you familiarise yourself with the 4 dot patterns they are very similar in the paper based tests, aim for about 10 on the online adult test. paper one you'll be a lot faster as you can use your finger to follow the lines, but just remember your marked down for missed 4 dots per line and also incorrect mark which when I asked if noticed and corrected does it goes against overall mark, they said they couldn't say. just try ensure not to "rush" speed and accuracy are both important and they'll say that throughout all testing.
Long as you practice the material sent for the other tests to familiarise yourself with them it helps a lot, they aren't there to catch you out rather to ensure you have the ability they require for the role, just practice and practice, only sound advice I can give
Long as you practice the material sent for the other tests to familiarise yourself with them it helps a lot, they aren't there to catch you out rather to ensure you have the ability they require for the role, just practice and practice, only sound advice I can give
Thank you for that. Going to practice like crazy. I know WMT are enhanced on their results and there’s no room for error. A long way to go yet but any advise for any of the tests are greatly appreciated
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Can anyone explain what the trp dials look like? What’s the best example to practice with? I know some of the practice material looks nothing like the real thing?
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DaveChooChoo
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I applied for this Train Driver Crewe 2024/25 (SYS-11214) on 17/08/24 back in August and haven’t received any email apart from the one saying thank you for your application. Would I get a rejection email?
I think that intake has ran its course SYS-11214 was the same role I applied for. Best thing is to email recruitment but for myself it taken 2 days from having the confirmation of application being sent to receiving the online assessment. Hope this helps.
DaveChooChoo
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Thanks for the info. I have emailed twice with no reply.
johnstan
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Anybody else in the talent pool? Or if anybody has been in previously do you know how long I can expect to be here before offered a job?
HI All
I have recently been given a start date for my training for WMT Crewe . So now i'm trying to plan ahead until i get settled in and used to everything.
So, anyone who has recently done the training I’m interested to know how your training schedule went. How long is the initial training phase and what are the hours? I know it starts at Birmingham 9-5 how many weeks is that for? When we move to our depot, do we go straight onto shifts at that point, or is it more mon-fri at that stage until we get allocated a trainer? How long did it take for you to be allocated a trainer where you were on their shift pattern until you got your hours in?
Also does anyone have a copy of the existing Crewe link, i have a rough idea based on previous comments on this forum but I’m curious to see it in details, start time/end time, how the it changes from one week to the next etc.
Thanks in advance for any replies.
I have recently been given a start date for my training for WMT Crewe . So now i'm trying to plan ahead until i get settled in and used to everything.
So, anyone who has recently done the training I’m interested to know how your training schedule went. How long is the initial training phase and what are the hours? I know it starts at Birmingham 9-5 how many weeks is that for? When we move to our depot, do we go straight onto shifts at that point, or is it more mon-fri at that stage until we get allocated a trainer? How long did it take for you to be allocated a trainer where you were on their shift pattern until you got your hours in?
Also does anyone have a copy of the existing Crewe link, i have a rough idea based on previous comments on this forum but I’m curious to see it in details, start time/end time, how the it changes from one week to the next etc.
Thanks in advance for any replies.
eson001135
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Classroom in Birmingham first, then you’ll have traction & depot courses which should be in Crewe.
Mainly Mon-Fri 8-4 for the first 4 months.
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