The person who carried out my MMI was in recruitment. He was the same person who conducted the other assessments.
Well done and congratulations!
Thanks so much. I am really really excited!
GTR have been known to be slow but recently they’re moving pretty quickly with recruitment. I’d say no news is good news and you should give it time. If you failed you’d know soon as possible, if you passed they are probably waiting to arrange next dates for the next assessments or DMI interview.
Thank you for response. Fingers crossed then it is the latter.
You need to be able to walk 3 miles on ballast, so you might need a chat with an occupational health doctor
It’s the TOC not the OPC that should be contacted. The OPC are conducting the assessments for the TOC. It will depend on the TOCs process as to what you may need to complete. When you say you’ve completed to enhanced standard, there is not a single enhanced standard, there are various enhanced standards set by various TOCs so passing an enhanced standard is irrelevant, you need to pass the standard for the TOC you’ve applied. Too many variables to answer your question, when did you sit the assessment, how long is the TOCs validity before elapsing and needed the tests resat, what is the TOCs standards/retest policy, if you did not met some part of the TOCs standards, this would be a fail, so depends on the TOC resit policy, may sit part or all again. Most operators use MMI, a pass is a pass, no enhanced standards, another uses CBI. You’ll need to feedback from the TOC, if none, prepare to do all, and hope you only do bits.
You've said that you're liability in the driver recruitment but also said you know you would you would do well in it, so which is it?
Thanks for replying,
Personally I think you're over thinking it all.Thank you for the response. In response to the first point made, I assumed something along these lines:
(I) personally feel like I would do well in the job. 'Liability' is how I think it would look like from an employer perspective, I have already failed once, so in a way, it feels like it would be more difficult to be assessed again, given the risk to the employer? I don't know. Would they rather assess the multitudes of promising new candidates over someone who has proven to not have the skills for the job? (as the tests are designed to assess)
I suppose you are right, you never know until you go for it again, and until you go for it again, it'll keep buzzing in your head! I also did pass some tests, so I might have some options in other train operators that accept those results, and avoid repeating some components, or can sit the remaining tests privately if that's an option. Whichever train operator the key comes from, I'd guess you have more freedom to move around after Qualified.
It will be my last ever attempt, though... not sure I want to walk into the test centre in November with that sort of stress! For me, this is especially terrifying, as I don't see myself doing anything else.* Which, really begs the question as to why I decided it was a good idea to show up for assessment while sick.
*Maybe there are jobs out there with person specifications similar to this, I'll try think on the bright side for now.
Just be prepared for MMI. Although you may have already passed it, it is the TOC decision if you redo it
