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Have a calculator, pen and paper handy. And swat up on percentages.
Sorry if this has been asked, I searched but nothing came up.
Ridgmont has a Grade 4 relief with 4% flexibility premium. Can anyone tell me what this means pay wise (rough take home) and shifts (are they 8h or 12h shifts, what are people’s view on relief work vs more fixed? Thanks in advance
Thanks bud,is it quite a busy box as well?
Hi all, still working my way through the thread but thought I'd say hello!
Applied for the Central Scotland roles, got invited to test and been told I met the benchmark in testing. On the job page it's still sitting at Test Completed rather than passed or anything like that, is this normal?
Anyone else going for the Scotland jobs at any other stage of the process?
Yes, it’ll stay like that for months most likely.
It may sit at that for weeks and weeks though.My application for Inverness and Aberdeen which closed recently has turned to invite to assessment 2 pending so seems like they’re not hanging about on this one. The speed of it actually makes me worried it might be a mistake.
Does anyone know which other boxes would be covered by Arundel relief signaller ? Thanks.
Long gone for most Network Rail staff. Anyone employed by Railtrack/Network Rail after 2nd April 1994 doesn’t get an ATOC priv card or boxes. Staff employed up to 1st April 1994 retain their travel under BR terms & conditions, this is known as being ‘safeguarded’ but if you left and lost your travel you won’t get it back. This was done on the basis that Railtrack was an engineering company not a railway company and so began the massive fall from grace of the professional railway operators. Some areas of Network Rail have reached various private arrangements with TOCs:Do you still get free travel once you become an employee?
I used it a lot when I last worked on the railway, I noticed that the job description said 75 % off season tickets, which is nice if you are a commuter from one station to another, I used to enjoy trips out on my days off, or has that long gone for new employees?
Arundel
Littlehampton
Bognor Regis
Barnham
Chichester
It is indeed extended to new employees on Wessex route (and has been guaranteed until the end of the current First franchise)Wessex Route former South West Alliance staff - free travel on South Western Railways services on production of appropriate card but I have no idea whether this is the case for new employees.
Thank you for this!!4% is of your base salary whatever that is for grade 4. It’s paid each BOOKED turn you work, not RDW also paid each month as “FP” on your slip.
Ridgemont Relief is just a single location now, the Relief is historical from the pre Resignalling days when you had a number of SB along the line from Bletchley to Bedford.
Having been a resident, and now Relief I much prefer Relief - that’s mainly down to my personal Preference to night turns on Relief at my SB we tend to get a lot of nights compared to days.
I would say though if you need a roster where you know what you’ll be working weeks in advance, Relief isn’t for you. We get our work for the next week on Thursday dinner time, the only thing you know is your booked days of work each week, the actual turn is a surprise until the roster comes out.
...requires NR ID when tickets are shown.
Out of curiosity, what form of NR ID do you have?
I’ve been with NR for nearly a decade and have never been issued with my own company ID.
I use VTWC often and would love to know whether it applies to retired staff?Highlandspring said:
All Routes - 20% discount for all NR staff on Virgin Trains West Coast advanced fares when booked through special website portal, requires NR ID when tickets are shown. I have actually used this and it works well.
A Sentinel card and two building passes. I also have a 15 year old SCWID card which seems to have a photo of a teenager with hair on it so probably wouldn’t bear close scrutiny...Out of curiosity, what form of NR ID do you have?
I’ve been with NR for nearly a decade and have never been issued with my own company ID.
a haggard look of existential dread is usually sufficient IDOut of curiosity, what form of NR ID do you have?
I’ve been with NR for nearly a decade and have never been issued with my own company ID.
a haggard look of existential dread is usually sufficient ID
Too true.a haggard look of existential dread is usually sufficient ID
Have a calculator, pen and paper handy. And swat up on percentages.
Wise words indeed! The numerical reasoning test was much harder than the test questions and I struggled and thought I'd blown it. However I've just received an email to say that I passed the assessments!
Hi, I am trying to find advice on proceeding with my application for Signaller Grade 2. I completed the online application last night at about 8pm and have received an email this afternoon asking me to complete the 3 online assessments.
Would anyone be kind enough to offer any insight into what I am to expect? Not looking for the answers, obviously, just a few pointers. I had already decided that a calculator, pen and paper would be a given. It's more about how tight the times are for completing each of the 3 tests and what sort of information I should swat up on.
I am sure that the information I need is already in this forum thread and am trying hard to search for it. But I am finding the fact that I have got through the initial application so quickly a bit overwhelming. Especially as I've been in the same job now for nearly 20 years and so not got any experience in the more modern methods of job application and online tests. To be honest, my interview experience is not that well practiced as my current job was virtually a chat in the local pub.
Thanks for any pointers anyone can offer.
So the tests I did were as below. I'm guessing the tests are the same regardless of the role you are applying for.
Situational Judgement - You are given a hypothetical scenario to read after which you select the most helpful and least helpful actions from 3 (or 4) possibilities. Can't remember how many questions in total there were but there isn't a time limit
Verbal Reasoning - You are given a paragraph to read in which an number of facts and statements are made. You then are given 4 statements relating to the paragraph and you have to select the one that is true or if none of them are accurate then 'can't tell' . I think there were around 30 questions and you had about 18 minutes to do as many as you can
Numerical Reasoning. You are given a table of data and then asked a question about it of which they give you 4 possible answers. Its largely based around percentages and so the paper and calculator will be needed. I think there were 18 questions and you had 17 minutes to complete as many as you can. I did 12 and that was pushing it!
With the timed questions then the usual rule applies about not working on one question for too long applies.
Make sure you do the practice tests and that you have Flash Player installed
Hope this helps and good luck!