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Neonburger
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Does anyone know if RDW has a book on fee/higher rate?
Nope, standard rate
You'll get the depot average of 8 hours, anything over you get paid the additional time
Applepie356
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Invites for the VSE are being sent out. Good luck!
Neonburger
Member
Been invited to take the online VSE, any tips or guidance to prepare for it? Any decent material available online?
Applepie356
Member
All the info you need is in the email. It offers a practice paper and the tests have a practice run before they start (not the final stage though)
Make sure you use a PC with a mouse.
mrredrunner100
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I got rejected from the start, they asked me to complete a few survey questions and then rejected me based on either distance or OPC testing history (which I have 1 life left on)
Emailed them explaining that I can make it to New Cross Gate within the hour and waiting a response
Emailed them explaining that I can make it to New Cross Gate within the hour and waiting a response
Jonnyboy1
New Member
Got mine earlier hopeful I can pass the test. Good luck everyone
Neonburger
Member
Just taken the VSE, I don’t know if it was just me, but I believe my part 1 seemed far too easy and possibly glitched.
Had exactly the same 2 errors on every single loop, purple dot and skipped one at the same locations every time…
It was a replica of the practice test 7 times.
Unless I suppose I missed some?
Had exactly the same 2 errors on every single loop, purple dot and skipped one at the same locations every time…
It was a replica of the practice test 7 times.
Unless I suppose I missed some?
Applepie356
Member
Yeah I had the same for part 1, exactly the same errors each time.
I haven’t taken the test before so I can’t comment as to whether it’s supposed to be different or not.
Neonburger
Member
Been offered First stage assessment centre dates in Jan! Good luck to everyone.
Congrats
I just realized this would be for April 24 which is interesting, does anyone have contact details for arriva as I assume we can't reply to the address sending us the emails? Thanks
NVM just found it: [email protected]
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Applepie356
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From experience I struggled to get any replies from that email address.
The email that got sent out was from someone within the company with a non-so generic email address so I assumed replying to their email would have sufficient.
Dang, pretty poor that from the recruitment team if you can't contact one of them directly. I do remember the last personnel's email I saw in the old campaign was for a Ms. Alexandra Flemming.
I'm asking as a Pal of mine today received:
Problem is that he's recently sat assessments for Avanti Stage 1 but it yet to hear back, if the email above(which is very vague) is referring to the online VSE he sat with Arriva then that is fine but if its referring to the OPC Assessments he sat in the assessment center then that would explain. However OPC apparently when he called just said refer to Arriva.
Applepie356
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It could be possible that he failed the VSE. It’s worded poorly but that’s what I presume the “check with the OPC” refers to.
Interestingly the email sent out says: “If you have previously sat and passed/failed the OPC, you will still need to attend. The assessment will take place at…” which leads me to believe he didn’t get a high enough mark for the VSE.
I do believe as well that he didn't score enough in the VSE. I recently myself sat the OPC Assessments(Within the 6 month period) and I'm yet to hear back from Arriva about the VSE results but also from OPC for my Stage 1 results so if I get the same email then its most likely talking about the OPC Assessment day results.
Hopefully not however
That email does reply. I had a response from this email address earlier on today.
Does anybody have any information on the OPC assessments and also if it's been passed already does it need to be resat?
Joe
Cheers
I believe on the application they did ask if you've already sat the assessments before(at least on the June campaign it did), they check however the OPC with your national insurance number for any valid passes on the database and then should tell you what you will be sitting or if you've skipped to the DMI then it will usually be a DMI date not long after. Its unusual but possible you may have to re-sit all the stages again for some TOCs but if that is the case they will always tell you.
Officially five years. But the toc can decide wether they will accept upto five years. Some only accept them upto two years or three years , but five years is the max .
Thank you!
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Appreciate the response, congratulations and good luck!
Thank you. I passed with GA at the enhanced rate so hopefully don't have to sit it all again.
Hi there could you please advise does the M7SJT have train situation questions or general knowledge situation questions? Also how many questions are there roughly and how long time do you get?
Your feedback would be very much appreciated.
Thanks
Jay
The M7SJT you are given a paragraph (a situation) and then multiple choice answers and you select the answer that you would do. I think you select them in the order that you would do them. That is all there is to it
Thanks for your reply. How much time are you given for each question or the overall test?
I’m not sure if how long you get. but advice I will give is don’t dwell on the situation just pick what YOU would do or if they want the order pick them in the order YOU would do them and then move on to the next question. The test is to judge what YOU would do