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    Freightliner - Trainee Drivers (05/12/22)

    Its a 13 week roster, averaging 4 days / 35 hour week.
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    Recommendation for boots to wear while driving trains

    If you are funding the boots yourself just make sure that the pair you buy have a safety-rating equivalent too or greater than the boots that the TOC/FOC would normally issue. If you have an accident in anything less then you won't have a leg to stand on... literally! The company I work for...
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    Current Serving HM Armed Forces looking for a switch

    I'm ex Armed Forces and several of my colleagues are. When I went through Driver Training there were 4 of us (RAF/Army) within the cohort of 14, plus an ex copper! Keep checking these forums, company websites, job sites, etc, as trainee positions do crop up. Drop me a PM if you need further...
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    50+

    As an ex Aircraft Engineer that sounds like me! I'm 49 next month and qualified as a Mainline Driver last November. Good luck.
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    dB cargo west and east midlands only

    A friend of mine started training on 13th Jan this year for West Mids hub. Looking back on the original DB thread from 2018, it would appear that you may have done stage 2 together!
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    Freightliner Various Trainee Drivers

    The bottom line is that if you cannot provide originals/copies of your previous qualifications which must clearly display your unique certificate number(s) then you will need to sit Functional Level 2 in English, Maths and ICT (delete as required). For those wondering what previous...
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    Freightliner Benefits

    All you need to know about the proposals: https://www.rmt.org.uk/about/pensions/pensions-news/freightliner-section-of-the-railways-pension-scheme-rps051218/?preview=true
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    Freightliner Various Trainee Drivers

    Plus 6 Birmingham, 1 Reading & 1 P'boro.
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    Freightliner Various Trainee Drivers

    For those with an offer and waiting for a start date, how much notice did you say you'd need to leave your current job and start with FL???
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    Freightliner Various Trainee Drivers

    Having done (and passed) the DMI, the opening question from the script was "What can you tell me about the Company?" That's a typical 'open' question giving you the chance to display how much research you've done about the Company. I did all my fact-finding on the FL website and there is more...
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    Freightliner Various Trainee Drivers

    I received an offer last week, subject to passing the medical.
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    Freightliner Various Trainee Drivers

    Hmm, kind of. Was hoping to PM you but your options won't allow it :s
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    Freightliner Various Trainee Drivers

    Does your email state you've been accepted or does it just 'advise' you that you are being progressed to the next stage and have been invited to attend a medical?

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