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    The Driver role - your thoughts and feelings..

    Morning everyone. I'll try to keep this as concise as possible. I currently work for the Police, as an officer. I've been offered a job as a Driver. I wanted to get an understanding of the Driver role; the bits nobody talks about (or seemingly don't - I did search!) In the Police, I see...
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    Northern, Manchester Depot - Shift Pattern

    Hello all, I was wondering if someone could give me some information on the shift pattern that Northern drivers, based at the Manchestet depots (Piccadilly and Victoria) currently work to, please? Specifically, earliest start time, latest finish time, how many days off vs working days, etc...
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    OPC Pass Rate

    Afternoon everyone, Out of pure interest, I wondered if anybody knew how many people successfully pass the Train Driver OPC Assessments? I believe I was told 22% a couple of years back, but that seems quite low. Thanks in advance. J
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    Northern - Manchester Driver roles

    Hello all. I was successful for the Manchester Driver role in 2020 (passed interview and Psychometrics) but then Covid struck, and I was put on hold. I'm pretty sure my application/results will have expired now, but I wondered if anybody knew of any upcoming Driver vacancies in Manchester for...
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    Northern - Manchester Driver

    Hello all, I chased up my Driver application today for Northern (Manchester role). Unfortunately, they've pulled the roles! Apparently there's no business need for them anymore (I assume because of Covid). I'd passed everything and was up-to the Medical stage. I guess my question is...
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    Northern Train Driver - Enhanced or Standard pass required?

    Hello all, Does anybody have any up-to-date info on what Northern require at the OPC Assessment; is it the enhanced pass or standard pass? Thanks for any help! J
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    ATAVT - Vienna System

    Ladies & Gents, I'm due to sit my psychometric assessments for a second time towards the end of this month; the first time, I passed all elements except for the ATAVT (Vienna System) test and the MMI (which I didn't get to sit, having failed the ATAVT...). Does anybody have any useful practice...
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    Metrolink Manchester - all things Metrolink

    Hello Ladies & Gents. Any help much appreciated with the following - I've tried searching but I'm only getting old results back; Can anybody tell me how long it takes for a Metrolink Driver to reach the top-bracket of the pay-scale, ie £33,000? And what the current starting salary is, please...
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    Driver assessment for Northern: should the change of operator be a concern?

    I have a Driver Assessment Centre next week for Northern.. Slightly worried now.

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