TOC is the individual employer yes.
You don't need to learn anything. They teach you everything you need to know. They will send you for tests to see if you are suitable and likely to be able to cope with the training. There is little you c an do to train for these tests apart from getting a good nights sleep the night before and concentrating/listening carefully to the instructions on the day.
Look at pretty much any job and you'll find a company online offering to flog you some book or software which they claim will help you get that job. Personally I don't rate them. There is more useful info on this thread than in those packages and this thread is free.
I personally came from an office based railway background but didn't look at any material such as this when I applied for a driver job, I just filled out the application to the best of my ability like I would for any job. A lot of drivers come straight into driving with no railway experience and I hardly know any who wasted money on these kind of packages. It's an expensive way of being told what you most likely already know.
Look at FGWs careers page as trainee driver jobs do come up from time to time. If you find a trainee job and wish to apply for it then come back on here if you are unsure of anything and people will be able to help you. I certainly don't see any gain in paying for one of these packages of you havnt even found a vacancy you wish to apply for yet.
okay, I understand it. I leave these websites.
thank you for your informations, they helped me a lot.
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Yeffy:
Bristol won't surely hire for a long time (trainees) as not only are freight men out of work but 100 plus internals and externals are said to be in a pool with people plucked at random while some get left by the wayside. I was one of them but have made a lucky escape.
Your written English was the cause of my rolling eyes emoticon. It seemed slightly better in your second message but unless you can improve it sadly you will not pass the sift
hmmm... yeah, I thought that. I've never seen before that they searched trainees (or teached).
ouch... is it really bad? yes, my first job is improve my english higher and higher, but i'm sad now. otherwise, thank you your comment too