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    Virgin Trains West Coast qualified train drivers

    29 May. They sent a text message to have a look at your mail, found it in spam folder.
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    Virgin Trains West Coast qualified train drivers

    Got invite to attend but cant make it. Been told in the assessment prep pack there will be rules exam, group exercise and panel intrview. Good luck to all who applied.
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    Professional Planning Test (PPT)

    Any one out there who can help:oops:
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    Professional Planning Test (PPT)

    Hello everyone I was hoping someone out there could once agian help me move on in the railway. I have applied for a driving instructor job and have been told one of the tests will be the professional planning test (PPT) from OPC. I have not been given any practice material and was hoping someone...
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    Swt driver manager interview

    Hi I was hoping i could get some information from anyone out there who has been through south west trains driver manager selection. I got the invite for next week and have 6 days left to prepare, any advice or information would be much appreciated. The information I have been given is- The...
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    Virgin Qualified Train Drivers

    Hi, has anyone one heard back yet?
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    First Great Western Trainee drivers, Anyone heard back?

    Since my friend applied back in august he has just seen that he has got invite to attend assessment in London on the 02/05/13. It’s going to be his first attempt and he is going to do the concentration and trainability for rules and procedures part 1 and part 2. Wow they sure do take their...
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    Depot Driver

    Hi as a depot driver at Ilford you will move units around the yard by listening on a radio to what the yard controller tell you to do. You will have to prep units, class 321, 315, 360, 317 not the 379 as bombardier does that. You will have to do shunting with the 08 shunt diesel loco and you...
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    Greater Anglia Recruitment

    Hi I'm at GA and was wondering how far in pilot training you have gone and done? Have you fATPL, ppl? Where did you train? It would be nice to hear. With regard to trainee train driver at GA keep an eye on this site you will see if any jobs come up, someone always posts on here.
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    SWT Trainee Driver

    When does the four day week link start? Friends I have spoken to are still in the spare link waiting!
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    Do I need to do the Group Bourdon (dots) test again if already passed

    Hi dglondon, when I got my job as a driver I did my tests at a different TOC and I did the dots on computer. Where I got the job they do it on paper and they accepted that a pass on the dots was a pass if done on computer or paper. (This has never been a issue or I never heard it to be unless...
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    First Great Western Trainee drivers, Anyone heard back?

    Don't give up mate you may still have passed! Did you get any practice paper for this test in advance? cheers
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    Driver Fault Finding Test

    Anyone who has recently been on driver assessment at lorol might be able to help, and sorry I don't have the paper. I only saw it on the day of my assessment about 2 years ago, another applicant had it on him.
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    sorry mate I don't but a driver on my assessment day did have it and he said he got if from a...

    sorry mate I don't but a driver on my assessment day did have it and he said he got if from a bloke at lorol, sorry for late reply and good luck
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    Greater Anglia are recruiting Trainee Drivers

    I can confirm no mechanical test, but the Dfft instead. There is a telephone test (really easy) You call this number and listen to a pre-recorded message, then you repeat what you just heard. 10 minute long and several phrases to repeat back, some are muddled up so you have to repeat them back...

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