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SWR Trainee Drivers at Staines, Woking and Waterloo

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Pineapple said:
Hello all,

I'm due to start my training for trainee mainline driver at Waterloo. Can anybody tell me where the training for the course takes place? Seems like a split between southampton/basingstoke (?)

Can anybody clarify how the training works in terms of locations?

Thank you
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Basingstoke.....you are given your free SWR travel pass on the first day.

Majority of your days are spent at Basingstoke but it is broken up with....

Front end turns (cab experience) at the depot you have applied for

You do visit Signal boxes, depots & yards....

Your away from Basingstoke when you go start your driving with a DI

Then traction training is done that Clapham Yard or Wimbledon Park.

Monday to Friday 9-3ish
 
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Hi guys, first time poster, been following this thread since oct 11th when I applied for staines, been really help full.
Is anyone that applied when I did still waiting to hear back?
I sent an email on the 1st Nov requesting an update and got a response that day saying thry are screening applications received from today onwards, and we will be in touch in due course to discuss relevant next steps but still not heard anything, want to email again but also don't want to seem like a pain in the arse, any advise welcomed
 
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Applied on 10-14th Oct (can’t remember exact day) for Waterloo and not heard, no news is good news in my book!!!!
 
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RV83 said:
Hi guys, first time poster, been following this thread since oct 11th when I applied for staines, been really help full.
Is anyone that applied when I did still waiting to hear back?
I sent an email on the 1st Nov requesting an update and got a response that day saying thry are screening applications received from today onwards, and we will be in touch in due course to discuss relevant next steps but still not heard anything, want to email again but also don't want to seem like a pain in the arse, any advise welcomed
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Don’t bother contacting them, if you make it through the sift or not they will contact you in due course, they are a nice bunch in HR and will be snowed under with applications. Patients is key with the railways, so just go about your day to day running of life, they will contact you.
 
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I can only echo what has been said above. The recruitment staff at SWR are excellent.

I started in October and I found everything to be genuine and professional. Stay patient. It took me 5 months from application to interview but worth it in the end!

8J
 
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Just been told I've been selected for the assessment centre after applying for the Woking depot. First time I've made it through after several applications to TOCs.

Any useful practice material for the tests that people can recommend?

Thanks
 
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For the rest of us poor souls still waiting, would you mind telling us when you applied please? You know, out of idle curiosity..... Thanks in advance!
 
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RV83 said:
Hi guys, first time poster, been following this thread since oct 11th when I applied for staines, been really help full.
Is anyone that applied when I did still waiting to hear back?
I sent an email on the 1st Nov requesting an update and got a response that day saying thry are screening applications received from today onwards, and we will be in touch in due course to discuss relevant next steps but still not heard anything, want to email again but also don't want to seem like a pain in the arse, any advise welcomed
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Don't worry, I applied the day after you on the 12th and haven't heard back yet still. Just gotta keep fingers crossed and carry on with our lives haha!!
 
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I am going through the recruitment with SWR - still waiting for an interview date - and what I find strange is that in the career section of their website, it doesn't inform you what the company benefits are eg, details of pension scheme - how much you pay and if final salary or not, how much annual leave do you get, staff travel concessions etc.
 
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BallaBoy said:
I am going through the recruitment with SWR - still waiting for an interview date - and what I find strange is that in the career section of their website, it doesn't inform you what the company benefits are eg, details of pension scheme - how much you pay and if final salary or not, how much annual leave do you get, staff travel concessions etc.
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They tell you on the interview....
 
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8J said:
I can only echo what has been said above. The recruitment staff at SWR are excellent.

I started in October and I found everything to be genuine and professional. Stay patient. It took me 5 months from application to interview but worth it in the end!

8J
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Nice one.Good luck.:)
 
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I guess for us who haven't heard back we will be looking at the new year for our invite to an assesssment day - if we fit the requirements.
 
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:( oh no. Really sorry to hear that. :(

I don't have access to my personal emails until I get home. Which is something I'm not looking forward to checking now :(:(
 
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Mine didn’t say just that I was unsuccessful

However I am from grays in Essex and on a good run with no traffic I’m a 55min drive or 59min on train, so distance might have been a reason.... or could’ve been they didn’t like my application!!!!
 
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