Seejwalker
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Somebody on another thread mentioned it’s £28k rising to £61 over three years/training milestoneshi do you have salary for a trainee vs fully qualified GWR train driver
Even so, there would eventually be an opportunity to go mainline so it’s not the end of the worldJust be aware some candidates are being offered a manouverer position at 70 percent of the mainline driver salary. Seems you don't get a choice , winners and losers!!!
Even so, there would eventually be an opportunity to go mainline so it’s not the end of the world
Would you have to resit the assessments when a mainline position comes up again?
Just be aware some candidates are being offered a manouverer position at 70 percent of the mainline driver salary. Seems you don't get a choice , winners and losers!!!
Hi, first well done for getting into the talent pool. Now the bad news, unfortunately the company has seen fit to select some candidates for mainline and others for Laira and the lower money that goes with it. This is apparently done on a points basis, however there are some rather sceptical of this theory (for example of 3 taken on recently internally, the 2 girls got mainline and the one guy got depot, despite having far far more experience) However that may very well be coincidence.Hi irish,
Seems from reading through forums you are best person to ask re. Plymouth depot. Having been successful at dmi for the Plymouth trainee driver role a couple of weeks ago I was put in the talent pool. While logging in to my application portal this evening I've noticed my application switch to 'trainee depot driver' based at Laira... I'm guessing this is the position you mention above? Do you have any understanding of why certain candidates are being offered this? I'm wondering if this means I'm out of contention for the trainee driver roles at Plymouth. I will try to get hold of HR tomorrow but any info would be much appreciated!
Cheers
(and thanks all for the wealth of invaluable advice on these forums for applicants!)
Yes the two year period will begin on the day you qualify as a driver so after completion of training.Thanks Irish; that's great info and appreciate you getting back to me so soon.
Without sounding like I'm undermining my own or anyone else's achievements, I did think they might be offering the depot roles to those who didn't score so highly at the DMI interview. That said, I know how competitive these positions are so well done to those that have/ will make it through the DMI stage and into a pool!
It's good to hear that there's a decent chance of future opportunities to progress to mainline links. Sorry to ask another question (and perhaps a daft one) but does two years productive mean 2 years after passing out from your training period? And as this is a full driver role, would the training be the same as those for mainline? (sorry, that's two questions ).
Thanks again
If you get a job at Laira you are a qualified driver who works onto the mainline so will not need to resit those tests.Can anybody advise what the situation is with the psychometric assessments for GWR depot drivers (or depot drivers as a whole)? The reason I ask is that a friend of mine works for SWR as a depot driver and he had to retake his assessments after 3 years. This struck me as strange as with mainline obviously you don’t have to do this, and since they’re sort of suitability assessments for the role, one would ordinarily be right to assume once you’ve passed these and got a job as a depot driver, that’s it in terms of psychometric assessments?
I understand that, but all depot drivers are driver grades regardless, hence the need to take all the same entrance assessments as mainline drivers, that’s why I asked.If you get a job at Laira you are a qualified driver who works onto the mainline so will not need to resit those tests.
Can anybody advise what the situation is with the psychometric assessments for GWR depot drivers (or depot drivers as a whole)? The reason I ask is that a friend of mine works for SWR as a depot driver and he had to retake his assessments after 3 years. This struck me as strange as with mainline obviously you don’t have to do this, and since they’re sort of suitability assessments for the role, one would ordinarily be right to assume once you’ve passed these and got a job as a depot driver, that’s it in terms of psychometric assessments?