@ComUtoR
Given the salary & conditions now on offer, I'd say 5-10k at least. For OPC tests and rules 1 & 2. If you don't pass them all, you don't get on a TOC course for handling and routes. That'd cut the cost of those that fail on rules (and tbh I reckon the f-up rate once passed out) for the TOC.
It'd stop those who have a reality check when they get the job.
From my perspective, given previous salary, conditions and training costs paid out in the past in accountancy, which were several thousand, and given the pay in that industry compared to the railway and the security it offers its worth 5-10k all day in my view.
Given the salary & conditions now on offer, I'd say 5-10k at least. For OPC tests and rules 1 & 2. If you don't pass them all, you don't get on a TOC course for handling and routes. That'd cut the cost of those that fail on rules (and tbh I reckon the f-up rate once passed out) for the TOC.
It'd stop those who have a reality check when they get the job.
From my perspective, given previous salary, conditions and training costs paid out in the past in accountancy, which were several thousand, and given the pay in that industry compared to the railway and the security it offers its worth 5-10k all day in my view.