Trainee Depot Drivers at C2C

Beveridges · 29 Mar 2013

Don't worry I won't be

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Rjhsteel · 1 Apr 2013

playmore64 said:
£18-19k, £23-24k after successful completion of training!

That's wrong.

Its 20k whilst training. 28k after passing.
Goes up 1st year and 2nd year.

playmore64 · 1 Apr 2013

I apologise it would appear I was miles off, however, I was merely giving a guesstimation/rough estimation from when they last advertised.

djpapi · 1 Apr 2013

hmm i applied for the job but i didnt email them does anyone have there email address i know the post has gone but i dont want to loose out

SPADTrap · 1 Apr 2013

250 applications for 4 vacancies. Good luck all!
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djpapi said:
hmm i applied for the job but i didnt email them does anyone have there email address i know the post has gone but i dont want to loose out

If you applied what are you worries about?

Rjhsteel · 2 Apr 2013

More like 1200 for 4.

SPADTrap · 2 Apr 2013

Rjhsteel said:
More like 1200 for 4.

250 at the sift.

blu9027 · 2 Apr 2013

Hello all, I applied for this role and found out today I've been selected for assessment centre. Completely new to the process so any advice on what to expect would be gratefully received. Anyone else heard anything?

Will have to clarify the salary if I get to interview (judging from the range being suggested here), as much as I'd love the job, I have commitments that mean I can't take too much of a cut.

jc1 · 2 Apr 2013

blu9027 said:
Hello all, I applied for this role and found out today I've been selected for assessment centre. Completely new to the process so any advice on what to expect would be gratefully received. Anyone else heard anything?

Will have to clarify the salary if I get to interview (judging from the range being suggested here), as much as I'd love the job, I have commitments that mean I can't take too much of a cut.

Hi,did you find out by email?
I havent heard anything so maybe Im out now anyway,but I also dont think
I could accept that salary.

SPADTrap · 2 Apr 2013

blu9027 said:
Hello all, I applied for this role and found out today I've been selected for assessment centre. Completely new to the process so any advice on what to expect would be gratefully received. Anyone else heard anything?

Will have to clarify the salary if I get to interview (judging from the range being suggested here), as much as I'd love the job, I have commitments that mean I can't take too much of a cut.

Fortunate enough to get an invite too. Lots of info around here let's get trawling.

playmore64 · 3 Apr 2013

Well done to those that have been shortlisted.

Just out of interest when is the actual assessment date?

Good luck :smile:

SPADTrap · 4 Apr 2013

Look forward to meeting everyone there!
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Has anyone else heard back about assessments yet?

theageofthetra · 4 Apr 2013

If you live in East London, Canary Wharf Group are paying £22k to be a cleaner. Puts this starting salary into perspective?

blu9027 · 4 Apr 2013

playmore64 said:
Well done to those that have been shortlisted.

Just out of interest when is the actual assessment date?

Good luck

Cheers, my assessment date is next Wednesday, had a look over the practice materials that came through on email and there's a lot to take in before then..

SPADTrap · 4 Apr 2013

blu9027 said:
Cheers, my assessment date is next Wednesday, had a look over the practice materials that came through on email and there's a lot to take in before then..

I'm on Thursday! Indeed quite a short time to get prepared! Good luck mate!

F1Fan · 10 Apr 2013

Hi everyone, (First post here)

I too have passed the short listing and have been invited to the assessment day on Tuesday next week.

For those interested, they C2C use OPC at Watford and are doing:

TRP
Group Bourdon
DTG Reaction
DFFT (Driver fault finding)
CBI (Structured interview)

All on the same day!

So far I've been revising my weakest areas, Group Bourdon and Reaction test (around 20 hours in total!) and have now started to get my answers together for the Structured interview. (If I get that far through the day!)

Good luck to everyone.

wills · 10 Apr 2013

Only just got the chance to post on this - I applied for this role and at first got the 'thanks but no thanks' e-mail.

However, I had a call yesterday and, to cut a long story short, they want to progress my application and I will be doing my assesment next Thursday! Can't quite believe it!!

Crossing all my fingers and toes and working really hard on practicing!

F1Fan · 11 Apr 2013

SPADtrap - sending this ready for when you get in later, how did today go at the assessment centre?

Finger crossed for you.

SPADTrap · 11 Apr 2013

F1Fan said:
SPADtrap - sending this ready for when you get in later, how did today go at the assessment centre?

Finger crossed for you.

Hey mate. Went really well! How was yours? I have a question about the TRP part 2 if you wana PM me? Won't let me message you.

F1Fan · 16 Apr 2013

I'm off to Watford on Tuesday for my day of dots and tests.

Will PM you now.
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Just got back from OPC in Watford.

What a stressful day - I hope I don't need to go through that again, although I fear I have failed.

Did well in the Group Bourdon, well in the driver fault finding (completed 10), well in TRP part 2 - BUT

For part 1 (memory test) I think I got a few wrong - dodgy ground.
The reactions test - when it got very fast, I completely stopped for around 5 seconds and think I've made a few mistakes before stopping, did much better in part 2 where you set your own pace.
Structured Interview - got grilled hard and don't feel too confident sadly.

All in all a hard, taxing, stressful day that I ended up not enjoying, despite putting something around 20 - 30 hours of revision into. (Mainly Bourdon and Reactions)

I fully expect to get the "no thanks" email in the next few days. Don't mean to sound negative just being realistic. Factor in C2C don't accept borderline passes (which I might have scraped?) and I think I'm done for.

F1Fan.

Beveridges · 18 Apr 2013

All in all a hard, taxing, stressful day that I ended up not enjoying, despite putting something around 20 - 30 hours of revision into. (Mainly Bourdon and Reactions)

It's horrible. Not something I enjoyed one bit and never expected to no matter how many hours I put into it.

I still remember those tests now even though I passed them back in 2008. The computer tests were ok but the SI is horrible, a hundred times worse than all the other tests put together.
The worst thing about it is I had to do the damn things twice, scraping through the SI on the final attempt with a borderline in two areas (get 3 & you're out!)
The 'grilling' is intense and it felt like the assessor was consistantly trying to catch me out & if he succeeded the 2nd time there would be no Depot drivers job *ever* - now that was something I was not prepared to miss out on.
It still makes me nervous now to think I could still be stuck in my old job if I had failed, and it was damn close.

I still remember my failed first attempt. The SI got me right at the end. Like you I remember it being a taxing stressful day and just hoping I never had to repeat it again. Not just the day itself. I lost sleep leading up to the assessments. The frustration and misery when I got told I failed and had to do it all again. It's all one bad memory now though.

But if you think thats bad, wait until you do your final competency assessment for Depot Driving, which comes at the end of the training. The pressure can be even worse than the SI!

F1Fan · 18 Apr 2013

HOW FRUSTRATING!!!!

Just found out that I got a good pass in the Group Boudon, DFFT, TRP Part 1 and 2 and Structured Interview, but only got a borderline pass in the Reactions.

Because of the one borderline I'm out of the process.

Am I right in thinking I still have my two lives as none of them was a fail?

Thanks.

wills · 19 Apr 2013

grrrrrr, so angry

went to the OPC yesterday and just got the phone call from Lisa at c2c to let me know I failed.

I thought I had buggered up the DFFT and Dials by not getting enough done and I made a few mistakes on the reactions but passed all of those fine!!

GBT was fine but I failed on the SI, soooooo naffed off right now, frozen out until October and by then I imagine if the rumours are true things will be a load more difficult

Well done to those who passed however.

-Will

F1Fan · 19 Apr 2013

Hi Will,

I feel your pain - horrible feeling isn't it.

I notice that we are the only two that have back on here and been honest, silence from the rest!

F1Fan.

wills · 20 Apr 2013

Frustrating isn't even close to what I have been feeling all evening!!

Will give OPC a ring on Monday and see what feedback I get.

I just wish I knew what I went wrong with on the interview, I was truthful the whole way through - the "so how did that make you feel" thing got to me a bit as I couldn't quite understand what she was trying to get at, I would answer and then she would ask it again and maybe ask it a third time too

FRUSTRATION, arghhhhhhhhhhhhh!!

At least I get another chance (if not more according to these rumours about new tests). There were 3 others with me, 2 on their final attempt, on Thu and although I wasn't able to know details only 1 person made the grade so there is at least 1, if not 2, much more disappointed people out there than me

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