Wannabe Guard

Err yes, that's pretty much what the guard is there for these days!

You'd be better off asking where they recruit their guards from. I've a suspicion that getting any railway job in Norwich isn't going to be easy.

 

TheEdge is the man to finger. Well for info, he is for sure. He also knows people, in high places..

 

It's so refreshing to find someone who actually wants to be a guard as most people on this forum only want to be drivers.

 

I will not be fingered.

Currently it is just over £24k. Commission and overtime etc can add a good few grand. If you feel like working all Sundays and free days £30k can be easily cleared.

Somewhere in the region of 5 to 6 months.

You spend about 3 or 4 weeks sat on trains (but not working them) observing and learning the routes before some exams.

Assuming you are only interested in Norwich;

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  Norwich - London
  Norwich - Cambridge
  Norwich - Sheringham
  Noriwch - Lowestoft
  Norwich - Great Yarmouth (via Acle)
  Noriwch - Great Yarmouth (via Reedham)
  Lowestoft - Ipswich
  Ipswich - Felixstowe

Expected to do it.

 

It's quite possibly the best job in the world as long as you keep your nose clean

If you want to become a driver you have access to internal adverts you won't see externally

The job can be very hands on and you never know what could happen on your watch... A pass comm pulled could be for a whole array of reasons for example

Norwich is somewhere I have never been but guessing routes signed would be london,sheringham,lowestoft,great yarmouth maybe over to ely and cambridge as well it is all that used to be anglia railways that has guards as most of abellio greater anglia is DOO

East midlands trains quite possibly have a guards depot at Norwich for their liverpool trains but something tells me you wouldn't go that far!!

That is a very low wage for guard if just around the 24k mark but then abellio seems to pay less than other tocs including driving depending what depot but perhaps better conditions??
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There are far more critical duties to perform also if a guard is new tickets take a backseat whilst you concentrate on the more important parts of the job

 

Company induction then first aid/disability awareness/fire safety /customer service

PTS

Then four weeks of rules and traction few days on tickets understanding timetables and railway geography another four or more weeks route learning and going out wit minder a rules exam at the end of it

Tickets includes a long exam where you have to sell all different types of tickets

 

You'll need to pass your pts/rules first. Then you'll learn routes and traction. Next you'll be assigned minders, who will educate you, how..final conductor assessments, then you'll be set free, to waft your way through the carriages, as you please, expanding your experiences and educating the public..

Fares and advantix, are done in less than a week.

 

You will also have to pass assessments comprising ticket checking (look carefully at the date and month) and selling (basic maths not marked down for incorrect answers and percentages worked out for you) verbal comprehension (read a paragraph and answer questions based on it) a scatt test (by far the hardest which most fail on... Marking off certain letters and symbols disregarding the others which gets progressively harder ie searching for two targets at the same time) possibly a customer service role play

 

All you need will be given to you. Routes usually consist of which stations where, starter signals, platform locations, left or right. Blah blah. All stuff you have to know to pass your assessments.

NRW-CBG is mostly cards. NRW-SHM (Saga line) is mostly oap's with the correct cash. NRW-LST usually are season ticket holders. You'll soon pick things up, should you be successful..

 

depends on which link you are allocated, should you get to NRW..favourites include 05.16-14.30 or indeed, 14.20-23.39. Then there's the overnight shifts..

Mainline is easy. NRW-LST-NRW, then away. You know yourself, how many times your ticket has been checked. Higher base pay too, as your not expected to make any money through commission. Cambridge link is where the monies at, should you want to go find it. That's why/how the 'plumb' commission jobs, end up in the local links roster. That said, it's been a while since you took over 2k a day, in ticket sales

 

perhaps that's why so many new ticket machines are now appearing on the platforms..Thankfully, this modern technology, isn't welcomed by many in Norfolk.

 

keep an eye out on their vacancies page, then submit when applicable.

Good luck

 

Highly unlikely for a while. An intake is currently in training and the next intake have already got their job offers. Might be looking into late this year or early next year before the next intake.

 

EMT work out of NRW too....

To upset the applecart - ask an EMT carriage cleaner, what the hours are, and then, what their salary is?