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    A career as a signaller

    They are on 12 hour rosters and I believe they have 5 workstations.
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    A career as a signaller

    Thank you!
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    A career as a signaller

    We’ve just had our results and we have all passed. So relieved and pleased :)
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    A career as a signaller

    I went to an assessment day - I think there were about 12 of us in total (20 should have turned up). They split us into 2 groups and got us to do a group exercise. We answered an exam type question from the rule book and sat another couple of number related papers. We all got to do our...
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    A career as a signaller

    Thank you
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    A career as a signaller

    Thanks. Like I said if you have any other questions I’ll try my best to help you out. I was super nervous before I got here. Still am to be honest! Next week is the last written exam, week 12 the final observation, so fingers are crossed I can make it through those.
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    A career as a signaller

    Our group started with 10, and we are now week 10 and have 8 left. The first chap struggled and decided to call it a day at the end of week 4. The second failed the week 6 exam and his score was too low for a talk up. One of our group failed signalling school at week 6 before and got put back...
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    A career as a signaller

    I was told to dress smart casual at signalling school, but everyone dresses more casual really. As long as you don’t look scruffy really. The guys in my group tend to wear shirts with jeans.
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    A career as a signaller

    Thank you. We’ve been told by several people it’s “easy” but that’s easy for all of them to say when they’ve just finished week 12.
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    A career as a signaller

    If you haven’t been asked by your LOM to learn anything before hand then I wouldn’t worry about it. Like TRain87 said, enjoy your before school. But personally I was asked to learn some bell codes, and some definitions. But you’ll learn these early on anyway.
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    A career as a signaller

    I’ve just finished week 2 of signalling school and passed my first observation yesterday. There is a lot of information thrown at you daily and next week we’ll have our first written assessment. It is really intense in my opinion and came as quite a shock to me even though I’d read through...
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    A career as a signaller

    I ended up at an assessment day and had my interview the same day. I guess it is different everywhere.
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    A career as a signaller

    Thank you! I applied for Ely grades 2,3 and 4.
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    A career as a signaller

    Hey all, just wanted to say thanks to everyone who has given advice and information here. It was really very helpful. I was offered a grade 3 job yesterday although there are 4 possible boxes for me to go to at the moment. Super excited to start and leave the world of retail!

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