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Other than the role of signaller, what are the other roles to be found within a large signalling centre? Which of these roles would be a good way to start a career path within the signalling centre for an external candidate?
Within signalling centres you would typically find:
Signallers
Shift Signalling Managers
Train Delay Attributors
If you didn’t want to go for signalling roles (no reason why not, a lot of requirement is done externally for these roles now), a good place would be as a Train Delay Attributor. Get to learn how delays are created, pinch points on the network, train service patterns etc, all standing in good stead to move into signalling.
Although as I said, no reason why you couldn’t apply direct!
Good luck.
You would be very unlikely to get a Control job off the street as an external candidate in NR at least.
NR Train Delay Attributors are surprisingly well paid, IIRC.
Are route controllers only employed internally then? What are their working conditions like?
That's because we all 'play the game'.Its also a thankless and boring job, no one wants to talk to you either - as your effectively trying to blame someone, somewhere.