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    PTS Course Dress Code???

    PTS practical is walking out to a section of track, laying a det, crossing the track, maybe point out the features. 1707851831 Uniform, and you should follow the instructions you have been given. If you can't follow instructions then please don't come on the railway.
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    Failed twice

    Never ever retake a test that you have already passed If you pass a test and then fail it later then after that moment you have failed it You are only allowed to fail a test twice before you are not allowed to retake it.
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    FOC to TOC

    It won't be as laid back as Freight. It'll be very regimented. They'll be hot on the Rules. You'll be doing 7 hours of driving everyday. Remember, when you're a Passenger Driver, you'll get hammered if your call it a "feather", no, you have to call it a Junction Indicator. They get very...
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    Trainee driver ‘training contracts’

    Surprising that someone would choose to leave Southern as the T&C's are quite good. Can't even really describe the work as "Metro". Many ways to challenge a Training Contract The rule against penalty clauses The clause contains a repayment provision if the employee leaves employment within a...
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    Trainee driver ‘training contracts’

    The point which you have missed is: Does being required to pay Tens of Thousands act to prevent a reasonable person from leaving a company to do something else? The employee could be described as taking the view that they could only leave a company to do something else if the training fees...
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    Trainee driver ‘training contracts’

    Restraint of trade The principle that an individual should be free to follow his trade and use his skills without undue interference (such as a big bill from their previous employer). The principle renders a contractual term purporting to restrict an individual's freedom to work for others or...
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    Trainee driver ‘training contracts’

    If you leave to do something else, not involving the qualification, then a Training Contract becomes a Restraint of Trade and unenforceable. Although the company would make a lot of noise to try and scare you into paying up (and some people do pay).
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    Trainee driver ‘training contracts’

    If you fail to complete the Training Course because "you didn't try reasonably hard enough" (heavily abridged) Or if you leave the company after completing the Training Course but before completing the specified period of work for the company, Then you are liable to repay a proportion of the...
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    Trainee driver ‘training contracts’

    I know of several FOCs. One FOC has Training Contracts for everybody it trains. It has a high turnover of staff. Some might say that a Training Contract for tens or hundreds of thousands of pounds is a form of Bonded Labour. Perhaps that is the only way it can keep a viable workforce...
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    Trainee driver ‘training contracts’

    I have read a Training Contract, and you are correct.
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    South Eastern Train driver apprentice roles.

    Shunter's are already doing a safety critical role and some companies that usually require Psychometric passes to Enhanced standard will only require National Standard from their Shunter's for trainee driver roles. Shunter's will get access to internal vacancies before they are opened up to...
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    Moving TOC as a PQA or experienced driver

    It's the RSSB and ORR that make those decisions, TOCs just administer. All you need do is look at the Transfer of Safety Information form that a Driver is asked to complete and sign to prove their honesty. RIS-3751-TOM Iss 3 Rail Industry Standard for Train Driver Selection Appendix A
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    Moving TOC as a PQA or experienced driver

    1) slightly more difficult in your first couple of years, but it does happen. A certain freight company will take you on just as long as you have a license and are still breathing.. 2) Opps. Fail to Cancel is nothing (as long as you reported it to the signaller). Getting taken out by TPWS is...
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    PTS failed

    I'm guessing you're a Track Worker and have self funded your PTS and done eLearning at Home, but when you got to your training course you failed on something? Good news is you can bang away at PTS as many times as you like, just as long as you or someone else is willing to fund it. Keep...
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    Courses for track maintenance.

    https://www.facebook.com/groups/388773011255995 Rail Jobs UK on Facebook. You'll get much more activity and support there.
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    MTR Crossrail Trainee Driver (Multiple Locations)

    They could have saved a lot of people time and trouble if they had stated on the ad that people who have previously passed Psychometric testing or who have previously got through to an DMI with ANY Company need not apply.
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    MTR Crossrail Trainee Driver (Multiple Locations)

    They are rejecting anybody who has previously passed an Assessment day.
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    MTR Crossrail Trainee Driver (Multiple Locations)

    The whole point of the VSE is to overload you until you break and to see if you can recover from that overload.
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    MTR Crossrail Trainee Driver (Multiple Locations)

    In the training area, level 5, everybody sitting at desks and behind the reception desk are all senior managers and they are all lovely.
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    MTR Crossrail Trainee Driver (Multiple Locations)

    Hello, how are you chit chat to put you at ease and reveal the real you. Tell us about you. Why do you want to be a train driver. What does a train driver do the Route. the Trains. MTR. Why MTR an example of excellent customer service. Your MMI questions I recommend you know a lot of detail...

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