I've seen one or two adverts for Roster Clerk positions recently, and while some seem to be saying that you need to have done the same sort of job before for it to be worth applying, there's one where railway experience may be an advantage but not essential, so I'm thinking of going for this.
Just slightly unclear what the job role means.
In buses (where I have worked in the past) you tend to get schedulers, who prepare duty schedules and a rota in line with that operator's conditions but don't really get involved with what happens on a day by day basis; and allocators, who put individual bus drivers / crews on to those rotas on a week by week basis, and deal with things like holidays, covering for sick leave and vacancies, rest day or duty exchanges, rest day and overtime working and so on. (the exact job titles of course vary from one operator to another.)
The job description doesn't go in to much detail, but the way I'm reading it, it sounds like a roster clerk is more akin to an allocator role, and would be dealing with train crew (or station staff or whatever role/s it covers) - any confirmation that I'm going along the right lines (or that I've misunderstood completely, or somewhere in between) would be much appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
Just slightly unclear what the job role means.
In buses (where I have worked in the past) you tend to get schedulers, who prepare duty schedules and a rota in line with that operator's conditions but don't really get involved with what happens on a day by day basis; and allocators, who put individual bus drivers / crews on to those rotas on a week by week basis, and deal with things like holidays, covering for sick leave and vacancies, rest day or duty exchanges, rest day and overtime working and so on. (the exact job titles of course vary from one operator to another.)
The job description doesn't go in to much detail, but the way I'm reading it, it sounds like a roster clerk is more akin to an allocator role, and would be dealing with train crew (or station staff or whatever role/s it covers) - any confirmation that I'm going along the right lines (or that I've misunderstood completely, or somewhere in between) would be much appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
