Passsed a Trainee Train Driver Assessment
Discussion
Rick101 said:
Overtime is where you'll see the extra and there is plenty of it if your willing.
Not a driver but a controller grade, usual take home is about 2.8, this period I did 4.6!
Nice pop before Christmas
Not bad....says the 23year old with £££ in his eyes Not a driver but a controller grade, usual take home is about 2.8, this period I did 4.6!
Nice pop before Christmas
Edited by Stedman on Wednesday 26th December 21:27
Right right right, where do I start? I guess Monday is natural!
Monday 7th - I'm sat in the reception area, I see my Trainee Partner who was on the same assessment as me (17th October). I knew he'd got through and be there, as I saw him at the medical in December. In total there were about 10 of us on the induction, and it was clear we were from all walks of life. After a brief chat with the others, it became clear that this wasn't just a Train Driver induction. How naive of me to think it would be! In reality i'd just assumed.
When we all go upstairs to our room for the week, we're asked to do introductions etc. One question I think that will always stand out in my mind was 'What do you do to relax?'. Mental note - number 1. It was now that it became clear that this was a mixed induction for all different roles. I'm pleased actually, as over the course of the week we all shared our different experiences. Variety is the spice of life!
Apologies for the poor (read: boring) update over the weekend, i've been pretty busy. I'll write some more tomorrow night. I may even bring good news saying that i've passed my Track Safety course that i'm doing tomorrow!
Monday 7th - I'm sat in the reception area, I see my Trainee Partner who was on the same assessment as me (17th October). I knew he'd got through and be there, as I saw him at the medical in December. In total there were about 10 of us on the induction, and it was clear we were from all walks of life. After a brief chat with the others, it became clear that this wasn't just a Train Driver induction. How naive of me to think it would be! In reality i'd just assumed.
When we all go upstairs to our room for the week, we're asked to do introductions etc. One question I think that will always stand out in my mind was 'What do you do to relax?'. Mental note - number 1. It was now that it became clear that this was a mixed induction for all different roles. I'm pleased actually, as over the course of the week we all shared our different experiences. Variety is the spice of life!
Apologies for the poor (read: boring) update over the weekend, i've been pretty busy. I'll write some more tomorrow night. I may even bring good news saying that i've passed my Track Safety course that i'm doing tomorrow!
Pugland53 said:
marksx said:
Do you work shifts during the training period, to get you into the swing, so to speak. Or is it normal hours?
When I trained a few years ago all the classroom stuff was 9-5. If you were out with a driver for a week then you would follow his shift pattern (praying that he wasn't on 3.45am starts!)I'm in the classroom Monday-Thursday and I then go out on a shift on the Friday with a D.I. As I said last Friday, I got my first drive on my second shift out! I don't think this would have happened if I hadn't of had a few days in the simulator and progressed quicker than our schedule says we should have. I'm very lucky to have a classroom trainer I get along with well and who understands us all. We'll sit and do some classroom work and then he'll tell us to get out there and observe things at different stations which I find helps a great deal. East Croydon is one stop down from the classroom, and it has near enough everything there in regards to Signals, so guess what we did!
The idea of the shifts is to cement your learning in that week, make you ask questions, help you to absorb other stuff, and to get a roundabout idea of what the railway is like! Some people who have got on a course (not MY course) are COMPLETELY new. No idea what ballast is, never done shifts before etc, which is why my TOC have realised how beneficial the Friday's are.
Croyde - i'm doing Passenger work.
One thing I have perfected over the last 3 weeks work is the Train Driver's Nod.
"alright" 
I did the cutting and sticking in the rule book this week. Wow. Next week i'm out for two days in the cab with my Sectional Appendix...I can already here the sniggers of the qualified blokes!
Edited by Stedman on Friday 1st February 11:22
tight5 said:
Stedman said:
I did the cutting and sticking in the rule book this week.
stuff that !http://www.rgsonline.co.uk/Rule_Book/Forms/Live_Do...
Robt79 said:
I took my train drivers assessment on Wednesday and just found out I passed. Got a final interview and a medical on Wednesday then hopefully I'll be a trainee train depot driver.
Congratulations Rob! Best of luck with the interview. I don't know if it's the same with the company you've applied for, but if you fail your interview will they just invite you back in a few months when there's another opening?I don't envy you being a DD, to me it's a being sacry - albeit slow - place
Robt79 said:
I'm just glad to get the chance. Nothing's guaranteed yet but I'm a lot closer than I was 4 days ago. I like the sound of being at the controls of a train but also being able to get my hands a bit dirty too.
I was exactly the same - just glad to get the chance. You're a lot lot closer, no one can take the assessment result away from you. Keep us updated on how you do in the coming weeks 
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