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  1. paully617

    Trainee Depot Driver East Midlands Trains

    What have you guys been doing whilst sat in the talent pool, jobs wise? I'm due to leave the forces in the next 12 months and i really want this job but i get the feeling it can be a bit of a roulette? do they recruit from the talent pool in order of first in first out or do they then...
  2. paully617

    Trainee Depot Driver East Midlands Trains

    From what i understood of that recent update, the test results will be extended to 5yrs and they are looking to start running stage 2 sometime soon, in smaller qtys, from somewhere in Watford. Am i reading this right?
  3. paully617

    Trainee Depot Driver East Midlands Trains

    hi there, what did Stage 2 consist of please? Different TOCs do it differently.
  4. paully617

    Trainee Depot Driver East Midlands Trains

    Was that with EMR? Does your TOC keep you regularly updated on your chance of employment or what the future for the pool holds? Once in the pool, do they then work down a list for selecting people or do you then have to compete against everyone else in the talent pool? What was involved in Stage...
  5. paully617

    Trainee Depot Driver East Midlands Trains

    same for me. Does that mean that the stages after that will happen in fairly quick succession or is this going to drag out past Christmas? Fortunately I can remain in my current job until June 21 but would rather push on with this but I will still need to look at alternatives, just in case!!
  6. paully617

    Trainee Depot Driver East Midlands Trains

    for those who did stage 2 today, what did it involve? How do you think it went?
  7. paully617

    EMR Assessment Day

    EMR use the GBT which is the dots whereas the SCAAT is letters and symbols which is much easier. there is a great practice tool on this forum.
  8. paully617

    Borden test failure

    Where are you based?
  9. paully617

    Trainee Depot Driver East Midlands Trains

    Same for me too but thankfully I have plenty of work based diversions to make the time fly by! I'm due to go away april to mid june so it works for me!!!
  10. paully617

    Borden test failure

    how many lines were you completing then?
  11. paully617

    A career as a train driver

    how was it? im struggling with getting more than 8 lines per page of the GBT but with poss 3 or 4 errors over the whole test.
  12. paully617

    Trainee Depot Driver East Midlands Trains

    I went for my stage 1 assessment today and in my hurry to get out the door at 0600 for a 2.5hr drive, I left my hard copy payslip at home. I have3 forms of i.d but they would allow me to use a photo of my payslip as proof of my N.I number. Annnnnnd so I had to leave and drive all the way home. I...
  13. paully617

    A career as a train driver

    when did you sit your stage 1?
  14. paully617

    Failed 1 Test For The Trainee Train Driver

    What was your error on trp1?
  15. paully617

    Group Bourdon Tool

    That makes perfect sense.
  16. paully617

    Group Bourdon Tool

    Hi all, I have stage 1 on Tuesday and so far I have been practicing both the GBT and SCAAT on paper and on the pc. GBT on paper I am completing 7 lines with 3 errors total. SCAAT tests im completing 11 lines with virtually no errors. Letters and symbols aren't an issue, its the dots. Is it...
  17. paully617

    EMR - Trainee Depot Drivers - Derby and Nottingham Talent Pool

    Hi all, I recieved an email thanking me for applying and saying that I have been shortlisted. What tests will be in the stage one assessment please so I can start preparing?

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