Nice congrats. Good luck
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Congrats. We might hear something soon then though depends on the depot by the looks of it
Other depots also have been given out for stage 1. It will be a waiting game batch by batch untill the roles have been filled. Could be days, weeks months before being sent for stage 1. And based on how those that sit assessments progress, will determine when the next batch of ppl will be sent . Unfortunately you just need to sit and wait . if you don’t hear anything it just means those people who where ahead of you have progressed far enough where they no longer need to fill the positions. There are many applicants and only so many spaces to send people for stage 1. So yh just be patient practice while you can and hopefully everyone wiil receive that email for stage 1 eventually
Think in all there was intially 10 Vaccancies. Getting to Assessment center is definitely one of the hardest stages with most TOCs.
Contacting GA recruitment does still leave much to desire at least from the last few campaigns I've seen. Whilst responses to emails sent to said email address are "not monitored", getting an actual reply varies between person through out the whole application validity period which is pretty poor.
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lae150
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Hi all. Is the assessment day for GA definitely split over two still? Makes no mention of it in the invite to go.
Also, does anyone have a contact telephone number for them?
Also, does anyone have a contact telephone number for them?
stage 1 1st and if you pass stage 2 comes later
You complete roughly an 8-10 week training course for depot driver, it is shrunk down version to mainline course. As for going mainline there isn’t currently a progression path in place you have to apply and come out ontop of others.
I was a depot driver at Colchester, 6 months in applied for mainline at London. Got the job and was told had to complete 1 years productive before being released. 3 days after my years productive, i have 5/6 weeks left at the academy before starting my driving hours
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8 weeks on 2 weeks off, mainline early start is about 4am, last finish around 2am
Depot early is 6:30am start and you have various daytime afternoons and evening shifts and then night shifts as well but only 1 week of nights in an 8 week period.
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Does anyone know what the shift patterns for Cambridge depot?
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No, not a word since confirming the STJ result back on the 2nd May.
GA have been like this for the past 3 campaigns. You'll be contacted when and whenever thru the 6 months, possibly never. Only a few get emails returned from recruitment in each campaign. Just have to sit tight and get applying around until you hear something.
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I applied for Bishop's Stortford. Had stage 1 last Wednesday, there was about 16 people in the room. I think they also had another 2 dates I could have picked when booking this, so potentially 42 candidates at the moment.
I just got my invite to stage 2 yesterday which also had 3 dates, so I'm not sure how many have made it through. I don't know how many there were for each location either. This was my 3rd year applying for GA.
Maybe the next batch of stage 1 invites will go out soon unless they've got enough that have gone through. I'm not really sure how it works.
I just got my invite to stage 2 yesterday which also had 3 dates, so I'm not sure how many have made it through. I don't know how many there were for each location either. This was my 3rd year applying for GA.
Maybe the next batch of stage 1 invites will go out soon unless they've got enough that have gone through. I'm not really sure how it works.
What is stage 2? MMI or was that on stage 1 and stage 2 is DMI?
Yeah MMI is on stage 2, then I think DMI is separate again at the depot you've applied to.
Thanks for the response mate.
Good luck to you
! I’m in for stortford and Cambs. Fingers crossed for us both.Probably enough considering the first time they posted it mentioned If I remember correctly that they'd be looking for 10 positions to be filled across the depots in total. Of course this number will most likely go up as time progresses in the 6 months. The first round however seems to have been just under 50 people taken for Assessements.
Nice well done, good luck to u
Fantastic they're indeed slowly getting to people here and there. Just waiting for one of my own Mainline posts to see movement.