Hey! And congrats! It’s hard to say tbh. Some people can do them and some people can’t. Best advice I can give you is get as much practice and info as possible. I’ve read through countless posts on this forum and they all prepared me for what to expect.
This is correct. I had this confirmed to me by the OPC. 6 months
Did my VSE April this year so they would expire in September. So can’t lie that I’m not relieved about that.
Thanks I appreciate your post!!
It seems they may be making everyone resit the tests. It's very frustrating.
Yes I also received that deadline!
What are the benefits with Arriva Rail London please?
What do you want to know. I left two years ago but it won't have changed much. I'm also seeing my mate later today and he is still Willesden based.
Why did you leave if I may ask? I’ve got a few options with some other toc’s but most of the opinions on this forum seem to portray that ARL (LO) has the best pay and t&c’s
I'd have thought so, yes. They do sometimes just leave the application status as it is, 'in progress' and without a notification detailing successful or unsuccessful which means unsuccessful.
Quoted time frame to hear back is 2-4 weeks, so there’s still hope. Bear in mind they have thousands of applications to sift through.
True!
I took a pay cut for better work and a better commute. I haven't anything bad to say about overground and it is decent pay. Will be close to 75k very soon. I don't think I have worse t&C's now though. I am not sure about choosing between Willesden and New Cross , although one of my ex colleagues would have been New Cross and managed to get a swap before we passed out. I think they generally put you in the closest depot.
Thanks for all the info Baz, appreciate it.
Hi Baz, thanks for the info mate. Are you able to let us know the type of hours/days you had to do.
some have already sat the opc assessments for another TOC or when this role was previously advertised a year ago and had done the tests. so they hold valid passes and can technically skip this stage and go straight to the driver manager interview. Obviously with a few differences here and there (vse or no vse etc)
I agree.
I doubt it as I don't think there is discretion. It has to be a fair system. Also good luck getting hold of her.
Four day week , but at overground it's an average. It averages out to 34 hours. So you might do five in a row and a day off and then another five or six then a long weekend. There are many different links at Willesden and different rest day patterns. Earliest book on was 04.15 and latest off around 01.30 when I was there.
Thanks Razer really appreciate people like you who are willing to help, it gives me faith in humanity.
no problem at all, here if you need!
