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Moving is definitly not guaranteed, rail recruitment is usually slow and it depends on the needs of the TOC. If you want to be a train driver then moving to get qualified is a good move overall but being qualifed does not mean you will be able to move your home depot.
Yeah it is possible but most TOCs don't accept relocation for this exact reason. They don't want to spend £1000's training someone for them to leave once they are qualified.
Height, Weight, ECG, Blood Pressure, Sight and colour vision, Hearing, Medications, Drugs and Alcohol screen, Medical history and family history questionaire. Nothing from the GP.,
I'm ex-armed forces and recently started as a trainee driver, with no rail experience, as long as you have the aptitude it is just a matter of persistence as you will eventually land a role if you keep applying. I was rejected quite a few time before I made it through my first sift and ended up...
Train Driver - Chester
Starting salary: £28,488 increasing significantly when fully qualified
Acorn Recruitment, on behalf of our client Transport for Wales Rail Services, has a number of great opportunities for people looking at a career as a Train Driver. With a fantastic training programme...
The questions were pretty standard competency ones mainly covering the qualities required to become a driver, such as trainability, working alone ect. Training is about a year with 4 months classroom based in Peterborough.
It means you are in a talent pool and if opportunities arise you will be offered a job but they can't give you a date or even a guarantee that an opportunity will eventually arise. Many people in talent pools are eventually offered jobs but not always and time spans can vary from a few hours to...