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  • Kraken
    Kraken replied to the thread A career as a signaller.
    I would take the day shifts off, nights are way preferable. Fewer line blocks, fewer trains, no crossing requests, no box visitors...
  • Kraken
    Kraken replied to the thread A career as a signaller.
    Pretty easy I would say, depending on whether you’re on 8s or 12s and how short staffed your line is (I’m not sure how it works in...
  • Kraken
    Kraken replied to the thread A career as a signaller.
    I’m a Grade 3 General Purpose Relief, the locations I work in attract an 18% flexibility premium on top of base salary so my pay, as an...
  • Kraken
    Kraken replied to the thread A career as a signaller.
    That’s a really good summary, just when you think you might be getting to grips with a confusing new concept you’ve been taught a funnel...
  • Kraken
    Kraken replied to the thread A career as a signaller.
    That clears that up then!
  • Kraken
    Kraken replied to the thread A career as a signaller.
    I’ve never been able to find firm rules for when all the pay starts. I think it really just works however your LOM wants it to work or...
  • Kraken
    Kraken replied to the thread A career as a signaller.
    Agreed, we moved from 8s to 12s last year and, for me at least, it’s been a dream. I don’t really notice the extra 4 hours at work each...
  • Kraken
    Kraken replied to the thread A career as a signaller.
    As I’ve previously posted I absolutely love this job and, whilst every job has its downsides, the downsides of signalling are for me...
  • Kraken
    Kraken replied to the thread Drivers v Signallers.
    It’s threads like this that really make me rue the loss of cab rides for signallers. I’ve been a signaller for 4 years now and never...
  • Kraken
    Kraken replied to the thread A career as a signaller.
    Happy days, welcome aboard!
  • Kraken
    Kraken replied to the thread A career as a signaller.
    That’s how it would work on our line - stay on training pay until you’re passed out and ready to work a box on your own, then get the...

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