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    Trainee Infrastructure Monitoring Train Driver - Colas Rail

    There can be a lot of lodging, especially whilst training. If you've a young family or don't particularly want to lodge this may not be for you.
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    Trainee Infrastructure Monitoring Train Driver - Colas Rail

    Correct, the first and last hours travel is unpaid. If your travel is say 10 minutes then it'll be 10 minutes unpaid, if your travel is 1hr 5min then it'll be 1 hour unpaid and 5 minutes paid, officially...
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    New Measurement Train Drivers

    There's no such link soley for the NMT. It's all grouped under the Colas Rail Infrastructure Monitoring Contract. Currently, drivers will also drive ultrasonic test trains, PLPR test trains and more recently depending on location and routes signed the VIU (class 153). They may on occasion...
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    Driver network rail test trains

    I've just been able to register so maybe there was a temporary glitch?
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    Telling people you're a train driver

    Best just telling them you don't work
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    DB Mobile operative.

    When I was a mobile op for DB the shift allowance was on top of your salary so in your case it would be a total of 30k regardless of shifts worked.
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    Colas rail ground staff

    Unsure on training salary, once qualified it's is around 32k with another pay rise due soon, you're issued with a van for work purposes. I'm unsure on T&Cs as I believe they're being changed with a view to attract people - watch this space
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    Rule Book Updates

    If you have a login for the RSSB, search for 'train driver manual' there will be a PDF document that contains every relevant rule book for train drivers. There's a handy hyperlink on the first page so you can skip to the relevant module you require
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    Master key questions.

    It doesn't fit class 66 or 70
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    RSSB Rule Book App log-in.

    A good thing to note for drivers who have access to RSSB is that you can search 'train driver manual' and you will find you can download a PDF document with every rule book module that is relevant for a driver. The current issue is... GERM8000-traindriver Iss 9.1 In December this will be...
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    GB Railfreight Rail Operator

    1616 I believe
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    Entry to working on the rails as a technician

    This sounds similar to the course I did with Trackwork in 2010. It'll get you work on the pway to an extent, it'll most probably be agency work though. Be prepared to only do one or two shifts a week whilst you're new to it! I had a good few years work out of it, starting off as agency and...
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    Eccles To Weaste Freight Traffic

    Running again this Saturday with 10 JPAs whilst the crew at Weaste familiarise themselves with the wagon types. Will be up to 20 JPAs on Tuesdays run.
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    Colas Rail UK- Apprentice Train Driver

    Sitting psychometrics in a few weeks for this position/s
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    Colas Rail UK- Apprentice Train Driver

    Was a very strange test. Guess it's a case of suck it and see now
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    Colas Rail UK- Apprentice Train Driver

    What sort of things came up on the Skyrise app? About to do mine shortly
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    OTM Driver & Operator

    Mainly weekends/nights. If you're lucky you might drop on to days moving the machines about. Advert reads as if it's looking for qualified drivers
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    Swietelsky Construction Co Ltd: Recruiting trainee drivers, anyone know anything about them?

    There's a thread a couple posts down, someones got an interview on there

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