Trainee Depot Driver East Midlands Trains

[Clarabella31]

About 25

About 33

 

[Busyboy89]

Think I was 24 thought they were the hardest test

 

[Yellowbelly]

I sat the assessment this morning too

How’d you feel you got on?

 

[Busyboy89]

Dots - lines 9/10 on all 5
Glop - completed but 1 I was unsure of
Dials - 24
High low tones - lost count on one and had to guess
Phone book - completed both sheets ok

Dunno what position it puts me in but this waiting is killing me

 

[Rod]

Hello friends, First of all, I would like to thank everyone who helps out others here to do well in the OPC.
Can I please ask anyone who has been on OPC for MTR cross rail if they can give me some hints on how to solve the DFFT (Driver Fault Finding Test), Dials and cables test, which involves Solar panels, Battery, Engine, Powerbox, Lights and Windows. Any technical information?

 

[martin2345uk]

That sounds more like the driver fault finding test.

 

[Clarabella31]

How’d you feel you got on?

So so, missed a whole bloody line on the dots test which I'm annoyed about and I know I missed one on the phone book test but we shall see.

 

[Rod]

That sounds more like the driver fault finding test.

You are correct Martin. It is the DFFT test. Do you have any more information or the tips to figure out the faults or technical information? Any clues to help to speed up the fault finding test?

 

[Busyboy89]

So so, missed a whole bloody line on the dots test which I'm annoyed about and I know I missed one on the phone book test but we shall see.

I think we are all bound to make some form of a mistake hopefully it doesn’t damage our overall scores too much

 

[baz962]

You are correct Martin. It is the DFFT test. Do you have any more information or the tips to figure out the faults or technical information? Any clues to help to speed up the fault finding test?

The answers are on a sheet that you work from .

 

[Rod]

Thanks, Baz! I'm aware the answers are on a sheet but I was wondering if anyone can share the criteria they use to identify the faults or the technical information or instructions that come with the DFFT

 

[Spankthemonkey]

Thanks, Baz! I'm aware the answers are on a sheet but I was wondering if anyone can share the criteria they use to identify the faults or the technical information or instructions that come with the DFFT

I did it with gtr 4 years ago. It was fairly easy. The technical info is irrelevent, in the same way the info in the glop test is irrelevent and people who read up on rail adhesion are just confusing themselves. It's a brain training exercise, seeing if u can take some info and process it. It's like the dials - order, priority, sort etc. Do the practice papers and consider looking for similar stuff on the net.

 

[martin2345uk]

Yeah don’t worry about the DFFT they explain it really clearly on the day, you do some practice questions, they check everyone got them right, then you do the real thing, nowt to worry about!

 

[Yellowbelly]

So so, missed a whole bloody line on the dots test which I'm annoyed about and I know I missed one on the phone book test but we shall see.

Sounds similar to me! You must be good to realise what you missed I’m just happy I managed to mark what I saw!

 

[JDMFTW]

About 25

Yeah also 25

 

[Rod]

I did it with gtr 4 years ago. It was fairly easy. The technical info is irrelevent, in the same way the info in the glop test is irrelevent and people who read up on rail adhesion are just confusing themselves. It's a brain training exercise, seeing if u can take some info and process it. It's like the dials - order, priority, sort etc. Do the practice papers and consider looking for similar stuff on the net.

Thank you very much, guys.

 

[Clarabella31]

Sounds similar to me! You must be good to realise what you missed I’m just happy I managed to mark what I saw!

Cheers but it was one of annoying things where you realised too late to rectify it. Hey ho what will be will be. My only concern is that we were told approx weeks for resuits and as far as I'm aware the date for the next stage is 17th December

 

[Olikay93]

How far did you guys get on the dials?

Got to 39 mate, I'm in the same boat unsure about the tones test. Also a bit in the middle on how I did with the glop test but we will see. Good luck to everyone, hopefully we will find out soon!

 

[Spankthemonkey]

Got to 39 mate, I'm in the same boat unsure about the tones test. Also a bit in the middle on how I did with the glop test but we will see. Good luck to everyone, hopefully we will find out soon!

I think high 20s with no mistakes is good enough on this to pass. I would be surprised if you are allowed more than one mistake each on the glop or phonebook/tones etc. However, loads of you may manage this so you are really looking at the dots and being in the top 20% of this to qualify for stage 2.

 

[Busyboy89]

I think high 20s with no mistakes is good enough on this to pass. I would be surprised if you are allowed more than one mistake each on the glop or phonebook/tones etc. However, loads of you may manage this so you are really looking at the dots and being in the top 20% of this to qualify for stage 2.

Didn’t quiet make to high 20s on the dials got 24 and finished all the others except the dots.

Does anyone know how they actually mark it?

 

[Yellowbelly]

Cheers but it was one of annoying things where you realised too late to rectify it. Hey ho what will be will be. My only concern is that we were told approx weeks for resuits and as far as I'm aware the date for the next stage is 17th December

I thought the exact same thing you know. Hopefully we will learn of our fate this coming week

 

[Amanda]

Hey everyone!

Hope you guys who sat your tests recently hear good news soon.

Just wondering if any of the guys from the previous recruitment who have been invited to sit the group assessments on the 17th December have heard anything yet? It's two weeks today and about the time scale for Marie to send out the official e-mail with dates and times etc. I replied to her e-mail to say I wanted to participate but haven't heard anything further.

I am thinking maybe once these guys get to find out whether or not they made it to the next round, that will be when I hear something....

 

[Amanda]

Stjimmy:- how has week one gone? Been thinking of you all who started training last Monday. Maire rang me on Friday to sort out my medical ready for the next start date

Hey that's great to hear. Finally!

 

[Yellowbelly]

Hey everyone!

Hope you guys who sat your tests recently hear good news soon.

Just wondering if any of the guys from the previous recruitment who have been invited to sit the group assessments on the 17th December have heard anything yet? It's two weeks today and about the time scale for Marie to send out the official e-mail with dates and times etc. I replied to her e-mail to say I wanted to participate but haven't heard anything further.

I am thinking maybe once these guys get to find out whether or not they made it to the next round, that will be when I hear something....

I sat the first batch of testing last Friday and am waiting to hear back. It would be a hard push to expect anything yet going by the sheer number of applications being processed. I think it’s basically a sit and wait game. We were told to wait rather than “pester” the H/R staff

 

[DEvans]

Good evening all.

Congratulations to anyone who’s successful. Of course commiserations to those unlucky.

Out of interest, what lines are you all applying for?

DE

 

[Yellowbelly]

Good evening all.

Congratulations to anyone who’s successful. Of course commiserations to those unlucky.

Out of interest, what lines are you all applying for?

DE

Depot driver. You? I think I’ve messed up the tones and phone book reading. I felt more confident with the other tests. How did you feel you got on?

 

[Yellowbelly]

Just been sent the dreaded unsuccessful email. Good luck to anyone who is still waiting or has heard they’ve passed.

Just a quick question. Other people on the day were sitting various parts of the tests so was wondering if contacting HR to get my scores would benefit me anyhow? Any help would be greatly appreciated

 

[Mermoo]

Just been sent the dreaded unsuccessful email. Good luck to anyone who is still waiting or has heard they’ve passed.

Just a quick question. Other people on the day were sitting various parts of the tests so was wondering if contacting HR to get my scores would benefit me anyhow? Any help would be greatly appreciated

Hard luck mate, keep trying. OPC are the people to contact to find out what you passed and to what standard, i.e standard or enhanced. If you call them and let them know what you want to know it will take them a couple of months to get back to you, but they do eventually!

 

[Busyboy89]

Yeah yellow belly hard luck mate you at least know what to expect next time round!!

When you find out your scores, If you passed at standard rate, am I right in thinking you can apply for other toc’s who don’t require enhanced scores without having to resit them dreaded tests again!

 

[Rod]

Yeah it was a nightmare all weekend as I knew Friday afternoon and obviously it was killing me as couldn't say anything. I have to say this though;
I will feel massively if anyone fails the MMI as to be honest the questions were similar in my opinion to the Driver Manager interview and they had passed us all. They also know the day to day role of a driver better than anyone.
In my interview he kept saying how did you feel and eventually I challenged him on it and said to him,
"You keep asking me how I feel and I'm not sure what you are getting at I felt nothing other than doing the hob I was trained to do". At that point I thought I'd blown it but now I wonder if challenging him may well have been the correct course of action.
It just felt as though they were looking for buzzwords and as a person who for years interviewed managers for high salary jobs I was a little disappointed in how the MMI was done

Nairbxeno?
Is there any way I can send you a PM please. I am a bit new here. I'm not aware how its done here on rail foroum.