Just under a year from applying to starting my training.
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London Underground - CSA1 / CSA2 - Recruitment and Discussion
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jefferyjsg
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Been told that they’ve now started working through July! i think they’ve only just started from the sounds of it so it could still be a couple of months for us August lot
gjeffery68
Member
Ahhh okay Yh I’ve had no call for a medical just yet did you get a call or email ? And yes my reed screening was done very fast. I gave them a call and they said it would be a while before a medical
Haven’t heard anything from them yet and I got my offer July 8th. But it’s good to hear that they’re moving forwards.
Think you get a medical check once they are ready for you, as it only lasts 6 months from when you get it. It was 5 months for me from medical to starting
ac2552
Member
I had my medical in early October but got my job offer in August. So I don’t quite know how they work it!
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Congrats when were you offered the job?
Beginning of June. Had my medical in August. Offered a training date start of November.
congrats!! when do you start again? start of jan?
heretohelp
Member
Has anyone had any information regarding the start of night tube CSA placements, a friend of mine passed in June and submitted all his info but has yet to do a medical. It’s been radio silence ever since then
I reached out to ask because I'm in the same boat. There's a huge wait for training spaces for CSA1 so they won't do your screening or medical until they know your start date in case they expire
I am starting my night tube training course early January. Though my application went in December 2022 and the conditional offer was given in October 2023. So it's been a long journey.
I received both a call and email
You better hope you get put in a CSA1 station so you get paid HGW as a CSA2 lol
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training isn’t hard, if you pay attention and make notes, everything you’re taught will be on your exams, as long as you pay attention you’ll pass, no one in my group failed
The pumpkin
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Hi members. I tried to find the answer to this question online and in this forum but I’ve been unsuccessful so maybe one of you can help me out. My Flatmate is planning to apply for night tube CSA next time it’s available I’m not sure if the role is CSA1 or CSA2. Does anybody know if LUL accept laser eye surgery for this role as he had it done some years ago. It’s better to find out before applying I suppose. Thank you for your time
bluegoblin7
Established Member
Night Tube is CSA 1. Laser eye surgery shouldn't in and of itself pose any problems - your eyesight just has to meet the relevant safety critical standard. This isn't much more onerous than e.g. driving for things like CSA.
I’m september offer and I had my medical 2 weeks ago, but they still said it’s looking likely for a late spring start for us
Just got off the call with TfL, they informed me they are waiting to be given the training dates for March and that those who got the role in early July will be prioritised. In my case, I’ll also have to redo the DBS and drugs test as it will probably be past 6 months by then but they said it will all happen before the start date so it works out well.
When did you have your medical? I was under impression that DBS is valid for a year. But I could be wrong
it’s valid for 6 months
I had my medical back in September, think it was the end of September.
Yeah I wasn’t sure but since they mentioned I might need to redo it then I would assume it is valid for 6 months.
The medical is valid for a year the dbs is 6 months
I got my contract before I went to training
i was told to expect my contract 3-4 weeks before my training begins.
Hopefully will get mine before Christmas holidays start.
They’ve frozen internal staff transfers until march, my managers son said they’ve put his training on hold until march
that won’t have any impact on us though will it? i assume they’ve done that to get more new starters training.
bluegoblin7
Established Member
It’s not at all uncommon for training to pause over Christmas and New Year, especially if trainers have accrued too much unused leave. However, it’s hard to say if this will impact new starters, as it depends on what trainers are available - all internal training definitely hasn’t been stopped. Stations trainers don’t necessarily train trains () for example.
yeah i kind of expected training to slow down/cease over the festive period. would that have any impact on new starters who start training in january/february though?