C J Snarzell
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I wanted to query this role that is presently being advertised by Northern. The job specification sets out clear objectives of what is required but I am still a little unsure about whether it would be suitable to an outsider? It does mention the candidate should have excellent geography of Northern's rail network (which is vast to say the least).
Coincidentally Transpennine Express are advertising a similar role based at the Ashburys ROC in Manchester but they want a candidate with at least three years railway experience which rules me out.
I applied for the Customer Information Controller with Northern back in July and the salary was around 36k whilst this new post is 50k which leads me to believe the candidate will need to be exceptional to say the least.
I've noted that other TOCs have advertised ROC roles recently which have included Resource Controller and Duty Route & Incident Manager. Another forum member was kind enough to advise me that Resource Controller's are the best roles to step into first before progressing to anything else.
Can I clarify if controller jobs are given different job titles with each respective TOC or is there a kind of ranking structure in ROC environments which will give me a general idea of the lower scale jobs that are accessible to people with no ROC experience?
Please offer some advice about this.
Regards
C J
I wanted to query this role that is presently being advertised by Northern. The job specification sets out clear objectives of what is required but I am still a little unsure about whether it would be suitable to an outsider? It does mention the candidate should have excellent geography of Northern's rail network (which is vast to say the least).
Coincidentally Transpennine Express are advertising a similar role based at the Ashburys ROC in Manchester but they want a candidate with at least three years railway experience which rules me out.
I applied for the Customer Information Controller with Northern back in July and the salary was around 36k whilst this new post is 50k which leads me to believe the candidate will need to be exceptional to say the least.
I've noted that other TOCs have advertised ROC roles recently which have included Resource Controller and Duty Route & Incident Manager. Another forum member was kind enough to advise me that Resource Controller's are the best roles to step into first before progressing to anything else.
Can I clarify if controller jobs are given different job titles with each respective TOC or is there a kind of ranking structure in ROC environments which will give me a general idea of the lower scale jobs that are accessible to people with no ROC experience?
Please offer some advice about this.
Regards
C J