Recent content by akasutts

The line between it being an acceptable offer is going to probably vary greatly TOC by TOC due to the differing terms & conditions. I completely understand that the current deal would likely be rejected but as previously mentioned by other members, what’s to stop the government returning each...

Is the reason that this deal can not be put to its members simply because it actually may be accepted? We all know that the TOCs have a wide ranging set of terms & conditions. The higher paid TOCs will have already sold off terms & conditions which reflect the higher pay whereas the lower paid...

No problem at all... In relation to parking, I’ll be honest and say that I’m not entirely sure. For us on our course that will be based at New Street I believe that we need a parking pass for the depot car park. During our training at the Academy we filled out the form to receive the parking...

Hi, I’ll answer what I can from my personal experience. Training was predominantly completed at the academy in Brum City Centre. We had a few weeks working out of New Street to complete front end turns and four weeks later on in the training at a depot to complete the traction and depot...

When I ordered my uniform I did exactly what you have said (7 polo shirts and 1 regular shirt). It’s basically up to you though, so you can order 8 polo shirts if you wish.

Great post, sums it up perfectly for me...

I started with WMT last March having done just over 10 years in the police. My training has been delayed due to Covid, so I’m not a driver but I have just recently finished the initial parts of training that are based at the academy. To this point I can safely say that joining the railway is...

Hi Steve, Just wanted to try and put your mind at ease a little. Its not a case of being in the maybe pile, it’s simply a case of them having to sift through a vast amount of applications. On top of that they’re managing applications for different depots with people at various stages of the...

Hi I started in March this year and have been off since completing my first week. The last update that we had basically said that a local trial would begin shortly which would be a follow up to the national trial that has taken place over recent weeks/months. The trial would consist of taking...

No worries. My impression is that in cab trials to this point have gone well and they just need to finalise how things will work across the rest of training. This update was sent last week so things are likely to have progressed further this week. Hang on in there, I’m sure that we will be back...

Still off. We received an email last week which basically said that in terms of training resuming, things are moving in the right direction. In that update however no date was given for when exactly we would return. I believe the update mentioned that industry level trials had been successful to...

Thank you.

Hi Mike, You would have to join as a trainee driver. To get to that point though is a challenge in itself due to the amount of applications that each company will receive. To start with it’s best to set up job alerts for the train/freight operating companies (Referred to as TOC or FOC) that are...

The total number of applications was just over 6100. I know that it was mentioned above, but if they say put 200 people through to the next stage, that means that the company are sending out over 5900 emails. In an ideal world I’m sure that they would like to provide individual feedback, but...

It appeared to me as though everybody that applied got to complete the SJT. This may be completely false but I was under the impression that after completing the SJT some sort of computer algorithm would then go through the answers given in the SJT along with parts of the original application...