Recent content by muz379

Dont rush to hand your paper in if you finish before the time is up , if you get chance go back through and double check your answers . You don't get any extra marks for finishing early , but you might be able to get yourself a few extra by double checking . The big lists like reasons for...

Theres a range of different uniform available with the typical items , Trousers , Polo's , T Shirts , Fleeces , Jumpers . Ive not known anyone order the trousers . Some people wear Polos/T Shirts or Jumpers and fleeces. But also a lot of own clothes . The wearing of uniform is not enforced .

To be fair that would also be a problem with traincrew , the TOC i used to work at would honour the swap even when someone was off sick or leave , either way you have a turn to cover . I think officially swaps were meant to be terminated if someone went onto long term sick and was off for more...

Assuming a 12 hour roster with alternate night/day sundays then at Grade 9 , if you do 10 Sunday days & 10 Sunday Nights (Take 6 booked off ) . When your base salary is adjusted for pension contributions youll be somewhere around £59.4k gross ive not added in any night premiums or the extra pay...

Well best of luck with it , the only thing worth mentioning regarding training venue is you do not get given a preference they just book you on a course wherever is available . As I said though , you get put up the whole way through school . I guess it can be a pain if you have family and are...

Even when I worked in retail which is renowned for not treating employees well . Once the roster was posted the week before it couldn't be changed without asking people , we had managers suggest and even try and change it but nobody was ever disciplined for not coming in for a shift that the...

With regards training , there are training centres at Carlisle , Preston , Manchester . And I believe one is in the process of being opened in Chester as well . But they can and do send people wherever there is a place nationally . You will be accomodated, provided train tickets and if needed...

Why would that be agreed to during a dispute by the grade/s in dispute ? Taking away arguments about undermining another unions dispute . Why should other grades experience such flexibility with their rostering agreements for a dispute they aren't involved in ? So basically Driver , because...

The only thing worth bearing in mind with 4 weekly pay is the payday gets earlier in the month as the year goes on so its not a set day/date every month . So next year for example the second Janurary payday is the 31st , and by December you get paid on the 5th .

Whilst relief signallers dont have sundays built into the roster , they do get first refusal on residents unwanted/unavailable sundays so still work sundays that come up . And being competent in more than one location obviously increases the potential for overtime being offered so most relief...

Completely agreed , I think its often not appreciated that one of the key skills for a Roster Clerk are people skills/ communication skills .

I would definitely reccomend it even if you are close , bonding with the rest of the group to help each other out with revision and preparation for observations is in my experience will help a great deal . I would second this , if you are unclear on a concept , particularly early on make sure...

Well done , definitely not a course to be taken lightly . Good luck next week as well . That was one of the hardest things I found was having to revise for exams whilst still getting sim practice in as well especially for the final observation .

A TOC did try to use them , was met with an escalation of industrial action and did the sensible thing and climbed back down from their proposal to use them . Of course as with everything the devil is in the detail , and whilst there are some EU countries that have MSL laws their laws have some...

I think it is more that it alludes to two trains in a single section , which outside of occassions permitted in the rulebook is an operating irregularity that is taken quite seriously .