Trainee Conductor TPE - OPC assessments

[Wing&Prayer]

Hello, i am in the process of completing the OPC assessments for trainee conductor for TPE, i passed the first 2 they sent, and these where like the example material they had sent through, but i have sat 2 out of 3 of the new ones they have sent through and they just didn't seem anything like the practice material, for the maths one the practiced material was about stastics etc but the actual test wasn't anything like. I feel like i have royally messed up the train ticket one as again it wasn't anything like as you had to say how many errors was on the ticket but it didnt actually explain it properly in the example of what things meant. And the time to complete was crazy, i didn't manage to finish either of them. I am going to sit the Boden test tonight and then hope for the best.
Did anyone else feel like this when they had done the tests? And if so what was the outcome for you, did you pass or fail.
i know these are designed to catch people out and check for the necessary skills I'm just hoping i have passed them, as i am definitely ready for a change in career.

 

[Terry87]

Hello, i am in the process of completing the OPC assessments for trainee conductor for TPE, i passed the first 2 they sent, and these where like the example material they had sent through, but i have sat 2 out of 3 of the new ones they have sent through and they just didn't seem anything like the practice material, for the maths one the practiced material was about stastics etc but the actual test wasn't anything like. I feel like i have royally messed up the train ticket one as again it wasn't anything like as you had to say how many errors was on the ticket but it didnt actually explain it properly in the example of what things meant. And the time to complete was crazy, i didn't manage to finish either of them. I am going to sit the Boden test tonight and then hope for the best.
Did anyone else feel like this when they had done the tests? And if so what was the outcome for you, did you pass or fail.
i know these are designed to catch people out and check for the necessary skills I'm just hoping i have passed them, as i am definitely ready for a change in career.

I think when I had them with TPE I did the SCAAT test instead of the dots.

 

[Wing&Prayer]

I think when I had them with TPE I did the SCAAT test instead of the dots.

Thanks, it was shapes in the end. Hopefully i will find out the results soon. How did you get on with yours?

 

[Chat Moss]

Hello, i am in the process of completing the OPC assessments for trainee conductor for TPE, i passed the first 2 they sent, and these where like the example material they had sent through, but i have sat 2 out of 3 of the new ones they have sent through and they just didn't seem anything like the practice material, for the maths one the practiced material was about stastics etc but the actual test wasn't anything like. I feel like i have royally messed up the train ticket one as again it wasn't anything like as you had to say how many errors was on the ticket but it didnt actually explain it properly in the example of what things meant. And the time to complete was crazy, i didn't manage to finish either of them. I am going to sit the Boden test tonight and then hope for the best.
Did anyone else feel like this when they had done the tests? And if so what was the outcome for you, did you pass or fail.
i know these are designed to catch people out and check for the necessary skills I'm just hoping i have passed them, as i am definitely ready for a change in career.

I too found the ticket checking one strange. Was nt clear what was an error. For example is a customer presenting a Railcard when the ticket doesn't say Railcard an error on the ticket? Not in my book, but for the purpose of the test I think it is. I would approach it as how many errors and disregard the ticket aspect. Also it seemed to include the time it takes to sit the sample questions in the overall time allowance. Meaning when I did mine I only got to question 4. Needless to say I failed. The maths one was nowhere near the time stipulated but I found them easy questions and passed regardless of that.

 

[Terry87]

Thanks, it was shapes in the end. Hopefully i will find out the results soon. How did you get on with yours?

The tests went fine but I didn't get the job in the end.

 

[Daveym19]

I too found the ticket checking one strange. Was nt clear what was an error. For example is a customer presenting a Railcard when the ticket doesn't say Railcard an error on the ticket? Not in my book, but for the purpose of the test I think it is. I would approach it as how many errors and disregard the ticket aspect. Also it seemed to include the time it takes to sit the sample questions in the overall time allowance. Meaning when I did mine I only got to question 4. Needless to say I failed. The maths one was nowhere near the time stipulated but I found them easy questions and passed regardless of that.

Hi
How long did it take you to get your results from the final 3 assessments?

 

[Chat Moss]

Very quickly couple of days max I'd say. Not that I needed them I knew I'd failed.

 

[Daveym19]

Anyone heard anything lately regarding results from final 3 assessments? I can’t help but log in every day ‍♂️

 

[Arrers70]

Hello, i am in the process of completing the OPC assessments for trainee conductor for TPE, i passed the first 2 they sent, and these where like the example material they had sent through, but i have sat 2 out of 3 of the new ones they have sent through and they just didn't seem anything like the practice material, for the maths one the practiced material was about stastics etc but the actual test wasn't anything like. I feel like i have royally messed up the train ticket one as again it wasn't anything like as you had to say how many errors was on the ticket but it didnt actually explain it properly in the example of what things meant. And the time to complete was crazy, i didn't manage to finish either of them. I am going to sit the Boden test tonight and then hope for the best.
Did anyone else feel like this when they had done the tests? And if so what was the outcome for you, did you pass or fail.
i know these are designed to catch people out and check for the necessary skills I'm just hoping i have passed them, as i am definitely ready for a change in career.

Is the Boden test the dots or shapes? I did it last time and dipped because I didn't think that it was explained that well or maybe it was the way that I read it

 

[Chat Moss]

Shapes

 

[Arrers70]

Shapes

Thanks

 

[Chat Moss]

Are they still doing these tests? Heard they d scrapped them.

 

[Wing&Prayer]

Are they still doing these tests? Heard they d scrapped them.

I have just done them as part of my application. It was shapes this time

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Very quickly couple of days max I'd say. Not that I needed them I knew I'd failed.

Cheers the date for my last 3 closed on the 15th. Still waiting to hear now.

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Anyone heard anything lately regarding results from final 3 assessments? I can’t help but log in every day ‍♂️

The final date for mine was the 15th still waiting to hear, what depot did you apply for?

 

[Daveym19]

I have just done them as part of my application. It was shapes this time

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Cheers the date for my last 3 closed on the 15th. Still waiting to hear now.

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The final date for mine was the 15th still waiting to hear, what depot did you apply for?

Hi
I have applied for Newcastle. Did last 3 on 13th March just waiting to hear. Anyone know how many positions are available?

 

[Wing&Prayer]

Hi
I have applied for Newcastle. Did last 3 on 13th March just waiting to hear. Anyone know how many positions are available?

I don't know hopefully someone else on here will be in the know, i applied for Cleethorpes, but not sure how many positions are available here either. How did you find the tests?

 

[Daveym19]

Hopefully erm not too bad (I hope unless I fail last ones) I had completed some for another toc and their tests I found harder than TPE. Scatt test puts ur eyes to the test for sure tho. Feel like by last page a lot looked the same. How about you?

 

[Wing&Prayer]

Hopefully erm not too bad (I hope unless I fail last ones) I had completed some for another toc and their tests I found harder than TPE. Scatt test puts ur eyes to the test for sure tho. Feel like by last page a lot looked the same. How about you?

Keep my fingers crossed for you. And yeah I don't think I blinked for the entirety of that test I'm hoping it went well, just not sure about one of them. This is the first one I have done. Looking for a career change

 

[Daveym19]

Keep my fingers crossed for you. And yeah I don't think I blinked for the entirety of that test I'm hoping it went well, just not sure about one of them. This is the first one I have done. Looking for a career change

Fingers crossed. Yeah same for me I have applied for driver trainee before but didn’t make the cut. So many applicants too

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Well nice emailed landed, Passed assessments and Just received email for confirmation of interview.

 

[Wing&Prayer]

Fingers crossed. Yeah same for me I have applied for driver trainee before but didn’t make the cut. So many applicants too

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Well nice emailed landed, Passed assessments and Just received email for confirmation of interview.

Fantastic news - good luck in the interview! Keeping my fingers crossed to hear back soon

 

[Daveym19]

Fantastic news - good luck in the interview! Keeping my fingers crossed to hear back soon

Thanks mate. Yeah hope you do too

 

[Wing&Prayer]

Thanks mate. Yeah hope you do too

Hey, how did you get on?

 

[Daveym19]

I have been put forward to medical mate. Absolutely over the moon.

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Hey, how did you get on?

Have u got an interview?

 

[Chat Moss]

Well done Daveym19 how did you find the interview? What type of questions were asked?

 

[Daveym19]

Well done Daveym19 how did you find the interview? What type of questions were asked?

It’s my first proper interview but threads on here did help. They made me feel relaxed and questions were fair. Mainly around customer service and safety. How you would deal with customers, awkward situations you’ve had in the past, when you’ve shown excellent customers service, discretion. How you would prepare for shift working. What you understand a conductor role to be and why you believe you would be good at the role. Got my conditional offer yesterday just waiting for medical date. Was over the moon I found out so quickly

 

[Chat Moss]

It’s my first proper interview but threads on here did help. They made me feel relaxed and questions were fair. Mainly around customer service and safety. How you would deal with customers, awkward situations you’ve had in the past, when you’ve shown excellent customers service, discretion. How you would prepare for shift working. What you understand a conductor role to be and why you believe you would be good at the role. Got my conditional offer yesterday just waiting for medical date. Was over the moon I found out so quickly

Well done pleased for you. You ll be out working your own train before you know it.

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Well done pleased for you. You ll be out working your own train before you know it.

It’s my first proper interview but threads on here did help. They made me feel relaxed and questions were fair. Mainly around customer service and safety. How you would deal with customers, awkward situations you’ve had in the past, when you’ve shown excellent customers service, discretion. How you would prepare for shift working. What you understand a conductor role to be and why you believe you would be good at the role. Got my conditional offer yesterday just waiting for medical date. Was over the moon I found out so quickly

Did you use star technique if you re familiar

 

[Daveym19]

Well done pleased for you. You ll be out working your own train before you know it.

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Did you use star technique if you re familiar

Yeah mate. I would say it also helps condence your answer and to the point. You’re graded on your answer 0-5.
Hopefully get medical date this week. Start date for the training is 3rd July

 

[Chat Moss]

Yeah mate. I would say it also helps condence your answer and to the point. You’re graded on your answer 0-5.
Hopefully get medical date this week. Start date for the training is 3rd July

Nice you ll have your feet under the table by xmas. Did they ask what you know about TPE? and Did you ask many questions?

 

[Daveym19]

Yeah hopefully. Raring to get going. There was 6 questions in total. They actually didn’t which I was a little surprised at. Not sure if every interview is the same as saw on other threads they had been asked about TPE and some also said just 4 questions.
Have you got an interview coming up?

 

[Wing&Prayer]

I have been put forward to medical mate. Absolutely over the moon.

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Have u got an interview?

Well happy for you! Hope the medical goes well. Not talent pool either so very positive!

Yeah got my interview next week, so fingers crossed. Did you find any of the questions tricky?

 

[Daveym19]

Thanks mate hopefully it does. nah not really to be fair. I just made sure I highlighted customer service and safety being high priority