TPE advertising for barrier staff at Manchester Piccadilly

[northwichcat]

Does this mean additional automated barriers will soon go live at the station and if so which platforms will they cover?

It looks like the TPE require their ticket barrier staff to have skills which a number of Northern barrier staff are lacking, particularly the bolded bits

Customer Service Professional (Barriers)
Location:Manchester Piccadilly Railway Station

You’ll enjoy helping customers with their luggage and any other assistance required to safety help our customers on their way. You’ll provide train service information, such as train times and platform information, whilst assisting with ticket checking and ticket selling so you’ll need to make sure your train service knowledge is always up to date.

We are looking for people who can demonstrate:

Excellent customer service skills, in the good times and the bad.
Friendly and approachable manner
Ability to speak clearly and confidently
Smart and well presented
G.C.S.E, A – C grade (or equivalent qualification) in Maths and English
Computer literate with the ability to use Microsoft packages
Ability to get to and from the above location without relying on the rail service or public transport due to some early shift start and finish times

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