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  1. Smigg92

    Trainee or apprentice ?

    Yeah everything was done internally with me too, apart from the End Point Assessment. As far as I'm aware the Functional skills are done externally through a local College for us.
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    Trainee or apprentice ?

    The Apprenticeship is tested by another TOC. Its slightly different at the minute with Covid, the assessment is done on a Zoom-Like platform with a Driver Manager from another TOC and an invigilator from an external assessment company. From personal experience, I have just completed the...
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    Trainee Depot Driver East Midlands Trains

    Sometimes the group days you're better not knowing, because you can do all the prep in the world, then you get put into a group with various people who all have different ideas and all the prep in the world can go straight out the window. That was my experience of the 'in person' group day from...
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    Trainee Depot Driver East Midlands Trains

    Hi Amanda, It's going great so far Thanks! Hope You're well!
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    Trainee Depot Driver East Midlands Trains

    Yeah, I’m on that one. I’ll be based at Etches Park eventually, but looks like we will be spending a few months together :D
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    Trainee Depot Driver East Midlands Trains

    @Markwalker are you on the course that starts 1st July?
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    Trainee Depot Driver East Midlands Trains

    Ahh sorry to hear that @Amanda. At least you know what you need to do next time! Sat waiting for the MMI now, like waiting to be shot!
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    Trainee Depot Driver East Midlands Trains

    Good luck to everyone, on my way after getting into a fight with my ice scraper!
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    Trainee Depot Driver East Midlands Trains

    Yeah I did my DMI last week and Group Assessment what seems like an age ago! It seems like a lifetime ago that the application form was filled in Hopefully it will all be worth it in the end!
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    Trainee Depot Driver East Midlands Trains

    I’m at the stage 2 assessments on the 30th too! Not as easy to practice as the written tests so it could be interesting!
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    Trainee Depot Driver East Midlands Trains

    Hi @Amanda, have you checked your junk? All my previous emails came into my main inbox apart from the most recent one! Had an extra day worrying, and it was sat in my junk all along!

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