Junior Driver - DB Cargo UK

[Stigy]

Trust me when I get the knod for my final interview I'll be there ,the instructor job would only be till I get on as it all seems very slow going at minute, just didn't no if anyone else had heard from west Midlands area

Accept the driver instructor job and then jump ship when DB get back to you if you’ve been successful?

 

[Heaps92]

I feel bad that I have a start date now haha

 

[Atishyou]

I've been told that there will be a lot of recruitment going on in the coming months for both junior and trainee positions around the Country.

 

[Tz55uk]

That what I intend doing ,just didn't now how everyone else is going on the west Midlands side

 

[Gis a job]

That what I intend doing ,just didn't now how everyone else is going on the west Midlands side

Still nothing heard here for West Midlands so Im guessing we are all in the same waiting game

 

[Atishyou]

https://uk.dbcargo.com/rail-uk-en/o...ies-uk/train-driver-3387632?contentId=1926516

Mainline trainee driving jobs

 

[BallastMonkey]

I've been told that there will be a lot of recruitment going on in the coming months for both junior and trainee positions around the Country.

Very strange that they would release junior driver and trainee driver roles simultaneously. Are you an internal Atishyou?

 

[Stigy]

Very strange that they would release junior driver and trainee driver roles simultaneously. Are you an internal Atishyou?

That’s on the external site, albeit different locations to the Junior Driver role? Maybe they’ve promoted a load of JD hence the Junior driver position, and this drive is just to up the numbers?

 

[Atishyou]

Very strange that they would release junior driver and trainee driver roles simultaneously. Are you an internal Atishyou?

I'm not aux fait with all the hub locations, but I do know that not everywhere requires junior drivers (it's basically yard driving jobs where little to no mainline driving takes place), but they still require drivers in the future.

 

[Pete C]

https://uk.dbcargo.com/rail-uk-en/o...ies-uk/train-driver-3387632?contentId=1926516

Mainline trainee driving jobs

Funny that it says driving in yards and terminals only - is that mainline?

 

[Atishyou]

Funny that it says driving in yards and terminals only - is that mainline?

What's funny about it?

It also says 'duties include'. Mainline drivers also drive in terminals and yards, otherwise trains would be dumped on the main line left, right and centre.

As I said earlier, some places don't have junior drivers.

 

[Pete C]

What's funny about it?

It also says 'duties include'. Mainline drivers also drive in terminals and yards, otherwise trains would be dumped on the main line left, right and centre.

As I said earlier, some places don't have junior drivers.

Yeah true - I just thought it odd that they don't mention mainline driving at all

 

[Stigy]

Yeah true - I just thought it odd that they don't mention mainline driving at all

Haven’t looked in depth, but maybe they accidentally used the same JD for Junior Driver? I noticed the salary is listed as the same ‘starting salary’ too?

 

[Heaps92]

Just had my medical and passed that just hope no one's spiked me with drugs haha!

 

[Atishyou]

Haven’t looked in depth, but maybe they accidentally used the same JD for Junior Driver? I noticed the salary is listed as the same ‘starting salary’ too?

Funnily enough, I thought the same, because that training salary for a mainline external applicant is a lot more than it was on the last intake!

 

[SiF123]

Can anyone advise me if they are in the same position as me (apologies if this has already been answered). I am waiting for my final interview for dB cargo junior driver in the East Midlands area, but it has been almost 6 weeks since the last stage. Has anyone else been interviewed for East Midlands area yet?

 

[Gis a job]

Can anyone advise me if they are in the same position as me (apologies if this has already been answered). I am waiting for my final interview for dB cargo junior driver in the East Midlands area, but it has been almost 6 weeks since the last stage. Has anyone else been interviewed for East Midlands area yet?

Yeah exactly the same situation here but for the West Midlands hub.....no further info..... all a little frustrating!!

 

[Heaps92]

Yeah exactly the same situation here but for the West Midlands hub.....no further info..... all a little frustrating!!

Think there sorting 1 hub at a time. South Yorkshire hub sorted but all going very fast. They need between 4 and 6 people all through medical before 1st November so people who have to give 1 months notice ate able to so they can go to Toton training on the 3rd December. Next available courses aren't available until after new year I was told. I know this because DB have made me cancel my pre booked annual leave so I can attend the December training

 

[SiF123]

Yeah exactly the same situation here but for the West Midlands hub.....no further info..... all a little frustrating!!

Thanks, feel better knowing I’m not the only one unsure and waiting anxiously

 

[SiF123]

Think there sorting 1 hub at a time. South Yorkshire hub sorted but all going very fast. They need between 4 and 6 people all through medical before 1st November so people who have to give 1 months notice ate able to so they can go to Toton training on the 3rd December. Next available courses aren't available until after new year I was told. I know this because DB have made me cancel my pre booked annual leave so I can attend the December training

Thanks for the info, feel better knowing I haven’t just been over looked

 

[Gis a job]

Think there sorting 1 hub at a time. South Yorkshire hub sorted but all going very fast. They need between 4 and 6 people all through medical before 1st November so people who have to give 1 months notice ate able to so they can go to Toton training on the 3rd December. Next available courses aren't available until after new year I was told. I know this because DB have made me cancel my pre booked annual leave so I can attend the December training

Thanks for the info, it all makes sense just would be nice to be told by HR....one email letting us know to expect at least a 2 month wait for the next stage and we all know where we are

 

[DavyC32]

I live in Dartford and have applied for Dartford. Is Didcot the nearest training place for Dartford?
Many thanks

 

[Atishyou]

I live in Dartford and have applied for Dartford. Is Didcot the nearest training place for Dartford?
Many thanks

Yes. Didcot, Toton or Knottingley.

 

[DavyC32]

Didcot is 100 mile from me.
All accommodation and fuel paid for which is cool. 10 weeks mon-fri not seeing the mrs or kids. To some would be a holiday, to me it would be bloody hard but hopefully worth the slog.

 

[Stigy]

Didcot is 100 mile from me.
All accommodation and fuel paid for which is cool. 10 weeks mon-fri not seeing the mrs or kids. To some would be a holiday, to me it would be bloody hard but hopefully worth the slog.

I’d be the same..weighing it up it would be worth it in the long run I guess.

 

[Atishyou]

Didcot is 100 mile from me.
All accommodation and fuel paid for which is cool. 10 weeks mon-fri not seeing the mrs or kids. To some would be a holiday, to me it would be bloody hard but hopefully worth the slog.

When I did my training, I left home late on a Sunday night, went home on a Tuesday night, travelled back Weds and then went home Friday. That wasn't 100 miles away though.

It's a tough one, but it's just that, 10 weeks. You know the end date of classroom training, you know you'll be home at weekends and it'll be worth it in the end.

 

[Heaps92]

Db have a knottingley site?

 

[Atishyou]

Db have a knottingley site?

Yup they do.

 

[Picklebutton]

Whats the average wait time from initial application to hearing anything? I applied for JD at Eastleigh - with all my tests passed including DMI with a TOC that I'm now sat in a pool awaiting a course, but no definitive idea of when a course will be available - and then I hear that someone with no tests passed has apparently been invited for an interview for the JD Eastleigh job, but the job is also still being advertised. Makes no sense. Are all TOCs/FOCs this upside down with their recruitment process?

 

[Heaps92]

Yup they do.

Might have to tupee across down then line as that's where I'm from