Northern Traincrew vacancies.

[driver9000]

http://www.northernrail.org/northern/careers/vacancies/

Northern Rail have vacanices in the traincrew grades including:

Drivers at Manchester Piccadilly & Buxton Closes 24 November 2008
Guards at Blackpool Nth & Wigan Wallgate Closes 27 November 2008
Depot driver (Shunter) Neville Hill TMD Closes 27 November 2008

The usual restrictions apply ie must live within 30mins of the depot, minimum age of 18 for Guards - oddly though the minimum age for Trainee drivers is 20!

Also vacancies for:

Relief CSA Merseyside Closes 23 November 2008
Part time RPI at Workington & Middlesborough Closes 30 November 2008

Good luck to all those who choose to apply for the various posts, Im sure there are enough of us in the grades able to answer any questions.

**Also posted in the 'Applying to Northern'thread as I couldnt get a new thread started.

 

[P156KWJ]

Are some of the drivers for the new Leeds-Nottingham service new recruits? As I thought they'd need a strengthened workforce... then again I heard that Nottingham - Sheffield they'll be staffed by EMT crews anyway

 

[Gizmogle]

Drivers at Buxton? Darn.

 

[Darandio]

Drivers at Buxton? Darn.

Just make sure you get the Guards job first Giz!

 

[me123]

Drivers at Buxton? Darn.

To be fair, you'd be far too young!

 

[Gizmogle]

Exactly.

 

[valentaman]

how old to be a depot shunter 18 is it not? or 21? thanks all am tempted if its 18!

 

[Craig]

Are some of the drivers for the new Leeds-Nottingham service new recruits? As I thought they'd need a strengthened workforce... then again I heard that Nottingham - Sheffield they'll be staffed by EMT crews anyway

Yes but Nottingham is a top link job. Any new recruits won't get near this sort of work.

 

[ungreat]

http://www.northernrail.org/northern/careers/vacancies/

oddly though the minimum age for Trainee drivers is 20!

Nothing odd about it mate....as long as you are 21 when you pass out many companies recruit 20 year olds off the street...I was 20 and a half when I was registered as a driver.As long as you are 21 before you finish training there is no problem.

 

[P156KWJ]

Yes but Nottingham is a top link job. Any new recruits won't get near this sort of work.

what's Northern raving about this servce for? It apparently is provided by special rolling stock... 158s

 

[WillPS]

To be fair, Northern's 158s are in a LOT better condition thatn EMT's.

 

[driver9000]

Nothing odd about it mate....as long as you are 21 when you pass out many companies recruit 20 year olds off the street...I was 20 and a half when I was registered as a driver.As long as you are 21 before you finish training there is no problem.

I put odd because when I applied to FNW for driving when I was 20 I was told minimum age was 21....suppose things change though.....

 

[P156KWJ]

To be fair, Northern's 158s are in a LOT better condition thatn EMT's.

yeah I know, but still, it just sounds odd! doubt that it'll be too long before a 142 or something ends up down here!