Dazza
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Very valuable advice Thorpelad, thanks for posting & good luck in your new career.
Daz
Daz
Quick question about the alcohol & drugs test. Are needles involved? and when do they do it so I can make sure I don't have a beer for a few weeks leading up to it.
Thanks for answering, I am been serious, not a massive fan of needles thats all. Thanks for the advice, I don't drink in the week as Im a delivery driver but do have a few beers over the weekend, just wanted to know what the score was with it.
Thank you
Thanks.
Do you know if the private driver assessment day that DB Schenker offer would allow me to apply for qualified driver jobs if I passed it of course? Or do you have to have actual driving experience?
Ok, well 28mg is the alcohol limit for the railway. As I said, just don't drink the day before.
I was told it was 13mg or maybe 21mg? Either way anyone drinking alcohol 12 hours perior to booking on is a fool. As for the medical there are a few things that can setermine you results apart from drugs and alcohol of course. Don't have coffee or ciggys a few hours before as this will raise your blood pressure and if you have taken any drugs (legal) even off the shelf paracetomol tell the medical examiner.
Just one point, no offence intended. I can't believe there are people out there looking at applying for driving jobs who genuinely believe it takes a day to become a train driver??
Nothing wrong with thatWould have saved me freezing my nuts of at Newton Heath in the snow all last week while investigating what goes on under a 142's sole bar
Just one point, no offence intended. I can't believe there are people out there looking at applying for driving jobs who genuinely believe it takes a day to become a train driver??
Oh one day??? Why did no one tell me about the special one day driver course?
Would have saved me freezing my nuts of at Newton Heath in the snow all last week while investigating what goes on under a 142's sole bar
learning about a Bucholz Device, Qualitrol and conservator lol
A quick question on fitness levels for becoming a driver, if I may?
I've got perfect vision and my hearing is good, but I'm a little overweight. I cycle and walk a lot so mobility isn't an issue, but I read somewhere they BMI cut-off point for a new driver is 28, and I think mine's something like 31.
I consider myself to be perfectly healthy, strong and able, but is a BMI of 31 too high to pass the medical?
A quick question on fitness levels for becoming a driver, if I may?
I've got perfect vision and my hearing is good, but I'm a little overweight. I cycle and walk a lot so mobility isn't an issue, but I read somewhere they BMI cut-off point for a new driver is 28, and I think mine's something like 31.
I consider myself to be perfectly healthy, strong and able, but is a BMI of 31 too high to pass the medical?
They can't really discriminate on weight grounds-as long as your blood pressure and heart are ok and as long as you are fit enough to climb in and out if a cab from floor level and walk 1mile and a quarter on ballast then you will be fine.
bmi of 33 is the cut off so try not to put any weight on, it is in fact for the ergonomics of the cab.
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It isn't discrimination the bmi is all about cab ergonomics and not the ability to walk 1 1/4 miles on ballast. So therefore it is a safety issue and not a discrinative one!
It may be different for new starters though.