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Arriva Rail London - Trainee Driver - New Cross Gate / Willesden (19/06/23)
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For the applicants that have sat assessments (recently) before and passed. You will be exempt from repeating certain assessments. The OPC will know what assessments you have done and what you don’t have to do. The OPC are handling this recruitment drive, so it’s nothing to do with ARL till the OPC give them the green light about you.
If your level of “Enhanced” matches the ARL requirements, you won’t have to sit those assessments again. The OPC will know.
Applications are being done in batches, no news is good news. Just be patient. I speak from experience with that one.
Any questions (for people who have done assessments previously) message the OPC, they respond pretty quick but for new applicants, again just be patient and good luck on your assessment days.
If your level of “Enhanced” matches the ARL requirements, you won’t have to sit those assessments again. The OPC will know.
Applications are being done in batches, no news is good news. Just be patient. I speak from experience with that one.
Any questions (for people who have done assessments previously) message the OPC, they respond pretty quick but for new applicants, again just be patient and good luck on your assessment days.
Obi-Wan Kenobi
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In behalf of all the others who haven't heard back yet. We thank you.
You're right. No news is good news.
I'll just sit back now and wait.
Everyone who has assessments coming up shortly. Best of luck!
No problem! Just enjoy the ride, it’s a long ride but someone on here said the course starts in November.
So everyone who’s applied will know by then if you’ve been successful or not.
Business Bob
Member
I think the courses are starting in Jan 24 if my inside info is correct.
To give everyone a perspective to wait time; I did my assessments pre-covid and my time line went like this:
• May 18, Applied for the role
• Aug, Invite to 1st stage assessments
(there was no online VSE pre-covid)
• 9 Oct, 1st stage assessments
• 12 Oct, Invite to 2nd stage
• end of Nov, 2nd stage assessments
• end of Dec, Invite to DMI
• beginning of Jan 19 DMI
• 11 Jan offered the role
• Feb, Medical
• March, Trainee Course
• Dec, Quaified
Its a waiting game and this was when there was someone decent in HR. Good Luck
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I'm ex Willesden. My timeline was applied November 2017. First assessment day in Jan 2018 and second in late January/early February. I didn't do them as I had the passes already.Dmi in February 2018 and medical too. Started March 2018 and qualified November. So a bit shorter than you. The group of trainees before me had applied for the same intake in November 2017 and Started around February 2018.
DontPlayBoxing
Member
Theres a phone number on the website.
emmakudjoe
New Member
Applications close Friday 23rd (or earlier).
I am new here, can someone one help to know how to apply a trainee train driver position please
I have no experience
I want to know how to apply for a trainee train driver jobs please
can any one Help me please
January? Is it really? Well that’s even better then, thanks for that info.
Sticky thread here:
A career as a train driver
Hey all What tests do prospective train drivers have to pass before being accepted as trainees? Colour blindness? Eyesight? One of my sons is looking at train driving as a potential career - this should help him a lot Advice appreciated. Edit: What would the tests have been like in, say...
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The OPC are the ones doing the assessments on behalf of ARL. Sometimes I don’t get why they are so clandestine about it but I did make a post on Thursday about my findings.
To give you the quick answer, I emailed the OPC about my results which I obtained this year and was told that my passes are valid for this recruitment campaign but I *may* have to sit the (DFFT and MMI) as these are ARL specific.
I can only assume after the stage 1’s have been tested, people who already hold valid passes will be invited to sit ARL’s required assessments at stage 2.
I know it sucks to say but just be patient, you won’t be missed out.
emmakudjoe
New Member
thanksSticky thread here:
A career as a train driver
Hey all What tests do prospective train drivers have to pass before being accepted as trainees? Colour blindness? Eyesight? One of my sons is looking at train driving as a potential career - this should help him a lot Advice appreciated. Edit: What would the tests have been like in, say...
Thank you. Do you have the OPC email address
plantprince
Member
I've had an email this morning saying I've been unsuccessful in the online OPC assessment... Which I still haven't received the link for! I sent an email about it week ago that wasn't responded to. Tried calling the phone number in the footer of the recruitment email, that was switched off. This has been hard work
Hi5! I received the same email.
I didn't even get a assesment or hear back. I don't understand.
Hi I wonder if anyone can help me?
I done my online VSE and did pretty good as I got 1 or 2 wrong with the symbols on the last bit, that was on the 21st of July, and still haven’t heard anything back? Is this normal as I can see on here most people have had a reply even if they failed? I have also emailed the lady at arriva who sent me the link twice now with no reply! Any info would be great Thank you in advance
I done my online VSE and did pretty good as I got 1 or 2 wrong with the symbols on the last bit, that was on the 21st of July, and still haven’t heard anything back? Is this normal as I can see on here most people have had a reply even if they failed? I have also emailed the lady at arriva who sent me the link twice now with no reply! Any info would be great Thank you in advance
Out of sight ,out of mind, nothing you can do at this point. I personally wouldn’t bombard the same lady with emails though, recruiters pet peeve.
Maybe send a email to the OPC in regards to your results ? If you would have passed or failed the VSE , the OPC will know your results and will have passed the results over to arriva.
I think there is a huge lack of communication going on here which is not great for everyone. I’ve still not heard anything since I confirmed my details .
I talk from experience genuinely nothing you can do. I applied for another TOC January they only got back to me literally last week to say I was unsuccessful (6months). I applied for Arriva got back to me swiftly.You have to consider its a high demand job so they’ll always be a lack of communication unfortunately and also a first come, first serve element to it because it’s a sought out job. it’s the TOC game in general, I’m sure many can echo my experience.
But with that said no harm in going out your way for what you want. Got to be relentless with the things you want so whatever your method is go for it mine is just staying persistent if you want it bad enough it will happen.best of luck to all!
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plantprince
Member
I called the OPC today because I was concerned that Arriva had told me I had failed a test that I haven't taken. They told me that they couldn't tell me anything and all queries had to go through Arriva. Does anyone have a contact number for Arriva that works? Every number I have tried either rings off or goes to a voicemail with a full mailbox.
Call opc and find out if its a fail or just not to arrivas standard. You could be sitting on passes that would have you a trainee job at some tocs and most focs tomorrow without knowing otherwise. I know of people who thought they'd failed for years after sitting with arriva, only to find they had national passes which would've had them in work elsewhere.
I think the fail must be the VSE online and not the stage 1 assessment centre . As they would have been required to give feedback back if you went to centre and sat the tests . For them to say no feedback is given I assume it was the vse that was failed, and possibly can’t get feed back on that