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    Tyne and Wear Metro recruiting new trainee drivers

    Uniform will be with you either first day or within a few days of starting, just casual till then. As for stationary a big A4 notepad and pens will do you.
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    Tyne and Wear Metro recruiting new trainee drivers

    Been a long wait but worth it to finally get going, see you then
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    Tyne and Wear Metro recruiting new trainee drivers

    Congrats, will no doubt meet you at some point during the training 1599731544 Good stuff, see you then, can’t wait to get started
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    Tyne and Wear Metro recruiting new trainee drivers

    Congratulations to all who’ve got through. Anyone here due to start on the 21st September also?
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    Tyne and Wear Metro recruiting new trainee drivers

    Had the medical recently and can confirm the eye test includes a colour blindness check
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    LNER Trainee Driver Jobs (18/03/2020)

    The email states psychometrics (if required) will follow
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    Tyne and Wear Metro recruiting new trainee drivers

    The RSSB medical standards are on another thread on here as was looking yesterday. Up to +5 hypermetropia and -8 myopia. I’m -5.5 and vision although almost perfect with lenses is poor without
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    Tyne and Wear Metro recruiting new trainee drivers

    What did the medical involve? I’m often over on BMI scales although wouldn’t say I am overweight but still bit nervous
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    Tyne and Wear Metro recruiting new trainee drivers

    I took the tests in April 2017 so a lot of this is from memory but what I'd say is read through the practice material as although the practice examples are different the descriptions of the tests are fairly accurate as to what will happen on the day. If you've read about it on here you'll be...
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    Tyne and Wear Metro recruiting new trainee drivers

    Does anybody know if there was ever a resolution to the pay dispute, has the salary changed since the role was first advertised? O the back of that what were the concessions with shift length as I believe it was meant to reduce overtime, is that right?
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    LNER Trainee Driver Jobs (18/03/2020)

    Whilst I appreciate the loyalty within this approach as someone who was stung in the past by VTEC offering me a trainee role only to then withdraw it, the best advice I received on this forum was not to put all your eggs in one basket, I missed several opportunities believing I was through the...
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    LNER Trainee Driver Jobs (18/03/2020)

    Apologies if this has already been answered but what does “successful candidates are likely to be offered the role as an apprenticeship opportunity” mean? Is there a difference between that and a usual trainee driver role?
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    LNER Trainee Driver Jobs (18/03/2020)

    100% this is the right advice, this forum is useful but it’s still a competitive process and for a safety critical role, best to accept that as if you’re not suitable for the role and don’t have the right attributes I’d rather fail the process fairly than make a mistake later when it could...
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    LNER Trainee Driver Jobs (18/03/2020)

    I completed the VR last Saturday, I must admit I didn’t think it went well, was quite relieved when didn’t get an immediate rejection but then received the same email that was previously sent in error this morning. The email is identical but I think this one will be genuine due to the delay in...
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    LNER Trainee Driver Jobs (18/03/2020)

    I must admit the timing of the email surprised me, 8.46am during all this going on in the country and not an automated one as that would have came immediately on submitting the test. A part of me hoping it’s another system error :)
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    LNER Trainee Driver Jobs (18/03/2020)

    After getting the initial rejection email and then the retraction email and access to the 2 further tests last Friday. I sat the tests Saturday and have then had a further rejection email this morning so assuming that’s a definite one. Good luck all who get through
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    LNER Trainee Driver Jobs (18/03/2020)

    I was one of the VTEC lot who didn’t get a role, applied again but immediate rejection after SJE, like others I don’t know where I go wrong on these, everything safety first and have in the last 4 years passed 4 of them (as they’re all similar) but failed 2 also. I guess they don’t give feedback...
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    Trainee Train Driver (and now qualified/'part-qualified') - Newcastle - East Coast Trains

    I received an immediate reply to say I’d passed online assessments, it then was a standard “whilst we endeavour to move everyone who passes to the next stage it’s not always possible due to volume of applicants etc. Those in top scoring bracket will progress.”

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