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A career as a signaller

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Cavan

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I thought after 5 years service NR staff could join the NR section of the RPS and hence:

"Your pension will be based on your Pensionable Service (PS) and Final Average Pay (FAP). FAP is usually your Pensionable Pay (see above) in the last 12 months before date of retirement reduced by 75% of the average BSP at that date. The formula to calculate the pension is: 1/60 x FAP x PS"
 
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Narom said:
Still, it's career average which is definitely not to be sniffed at.
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Definitely not no, especially compared to the outside and ours is pretty much government backed should anything nasty happen.

Cavan said:
I thought after 5 years service NR staff could join the NR section of the RPS and hence:

"Your pension will be based on your Pensionable Service (PS) and Final Average Pay (FAP). FAP is usually your Pensionable Pay (see above) in the last 12 months before date of retirement reduced by 75% of the average BSP at that date. The formula to calculate the pension is: 1/60 x FAP x PS"
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Yes, first five year service is with the capita administrated defined benefit scheme then you can and should bail out into the much better RPS scheme.
 
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It really is “how long is a piece of string”....

If you have internal candidates to be interviewed as well it’ll potentially take longer to get an interview, and a answer on the outcome as they’ll need to be released from duty to attend.

The whole country is under pressure staffing wise so releasing people is extremely difficult, even to fill vacancies !
 
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Can somebody please tell me how I can research the FOC's that run through Heckington, Lincs.
 
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Tom Quinne

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Have a look at Real Time Trains website, tap in the desired location in and it’ll tell you the hooked freight traffic.
 
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Got interview for haslemere relief on 27th feb...

Fingers crossed

Really want to get in
 
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Tom Quinne said:
Have a look at Real Time Trains website, tap in the desired location in and it’ll tell you the hooked freight traffic.
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RTT will show which freights are running, but generally not which FOC is operating them (GBRf services being the sole exception.)
 
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nom de guerre said:
RTT will show which freights are running, but generally not which FOC is operating them (GBRf services being the sole exception.)
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Ah yes, only GBRF show their headcode isn’t it ?

I shouldn’t think the chap would need or be expected to know the FOC, even some of us lot don’t know which FOC operate the trains that run through our area (unless you take an interest, like me lol).
 
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nom de guerre said:
RTT will show which freights are running, but generally not which FOC is operating them (GBRf services being the sole exception.)
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It shows the Train Service Code from which the FOC can be derived if you can find the appropriate information to do so...
 
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Waiting to get an update email from the last comms on 2 Feb saying I'd met the online assessment benchmark.
I'm researching the role further as I wait along with potential interview prep.
Out of interest, what is the starting holiday allowance?
 
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Habitat said:
Waiting to get an update email from the last comms on 2 Feb saying I'd met the online assessment benchmark.
I'm researching the role further as I wait along with potential interview prep.
Out of interest, what is the starting holiday allowance?
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Holiday allowance depends on your roster (hours on shift and then days off over a period of time).
 
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Thistley said:
Hi all, I've posted on here but it appears all my applications have gone very quiet - been waiting over two weeks in some cases, and as I see someone up the thread received an offer for Feltham I assume that role's gone.

Can I just confirm if it's nearly impossible for non-EEA citizens to have a signaller role? I'm guessing it's extremely competitive.
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I am a non-EEA citizen on a spouse BRP and I have an official start date of 20 Feb and school date of 26 Feb, so not impossible. Of course, I have no intention of leaving this country but I never mentioned that in the interview and they knew well that I was not a UK citizen when they hired me.

Keep trying!
 
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what sort of shift allowance etc would i be looking at on top of the cambridge crossing keeper base pay which i think is 25k please? and does anyone know anymore about the job ie shifts bing 12 hours etc.
same with the sittingbourne one please impretty much now willing to apply for anything to get my foot in the door,
also will it be easier to go from a crossing keeper to a signaller then getting a job straight into signalling?
 
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Afternoon everyone,

Can anyone tell me
The perks with being with nr??

I know you get free travel to a certain extent but do you get sickpay/bonuses etc ??
 
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Jaysub said:
Afternoon everyone,

Can anyone tell me
The perks with being with nr??

I know you get free travel to a certain extent but do you get sickpay/bonuses etc ??
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  1. No free or reduced rate rail travel. Existing safeguarded (former BR) staff can retain travel if they transfer in with no break of service. I think Wessex Route still have some sort of leisure travel arrangemement with South Western Railway but don’t know if that is available to new starters.
  2. 75% subsidy for a rail or bus season ticket up to £3333 currently and a loan for any balance (you pay the loan part back through your salary over the course of the year). This is unlikely to be much use to you as a signaller or crossing keeper.
  3. Sick pay - up to 6 months at full pay rate, 6-12 months at half pay rate. Neither take account of any lost overtime enhancements etc.
  4. One additional day annual leave after 10 years continuous service. Note you don’t get a second day after 20 years etc..
  5. General bonus scheme paid out in July each year based on Company and Route performance for the previous year. Management bands 1-4 and Executive have individual performance based pay rise/bonus scheme. These have unexpectedly survived despite NR coming properly into the public sector but I wouldn’t bank on them lasting much longer.
  6. Management bands 1-3 and Executive get a car allowance and private medical cover; controller grade 1 get private medical cover.
  7. Free access to private counselling service for all staff.
  8. That’s about it I reckon.
 
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Danc87 said:
what sort of shift allowance etc would i be looking at on top of the cambridge crossing keeper base pay which i think is 25k please? and does anyone know anymore about the job ie shifts bing 12 hours etc.
same with the sittingbourne one please impretty much now willing to apply for anything to get my foot in the door,
also will it be easier to go from a crossing keeper to a signaller then getting a job straight into signalling?
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I was wondering this as I've also applied for the Cambridge crossing keeper one. Have you also applied for the grade 7 Cambridge position?
 
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