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From: Raymond Keattch on 17 Apr 2007 06:12 On Tue, 17 Apr 2007 11:00:09 +0100, Adrian <toomany2cvs(a)gmail.com> wrote: > McKev (me(a)here.com) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying > : > >>>> I start a 14 month training programme in May > >>> Will you be finishing the PSV licence first? > >> Well what do you think?? > > Since Ray's obviously finding it interesting and informative, then if the > option's there, and there's time, I think I'd stick with it to fill the > gap - but I'd imagine that the funding would be pulled. It may be an > option to pay to continue to do it. On day one I had to sign a form that I would pay training costs back if I left. As the driving test is in two weeks, I may as well do it. I am not looking forward to telling them , but I heard nothing from Network rail for two months - I assumed the job was dead. -- MrBitsy
From: Brimstone on 17 Apr 2007 06:14 "Raymond Keattch" <ray(a)nowhere.com> wrote in message news:op.tqw7rrwjb0v0sj(a)fsmain... > The past year has been up and down for me. I was made redundent from IT in > May 2006. As I was interested in driving, I used the redundency to train > as a driving instructor, but as many on here have heared, the money was > awful - sometimes not even covering expenses. I applied for two jobs, one > of which was bus driver. I firmly believe if work is available it should > be done - we shouldn't ever feel a job is beneath us if it means you earn > your own money, rather than claim benifits. > > At the same time as bus driver, I applied to be a signaller on Network > rail (used to be a train driver on the tube). I attended an assessment day > in Birmingham, consisting of 8 various IQ, numerical & memory tests (If > you have done these you will know how tricky they are). A week later I > attended interview in front of three people in London. > > Seven weeks passed from that interview, and in that time I did the > assesment drive, medical and interview for the bus driver. Yesterday I > listened amazed at my answering machine as Network Rail confirmed I have > been offered a position as a Signaller at Kings Cross - a very busy > control room! What I didn't know, was on the assesment day I passed the > tests at grade 8 - the highest grade of signaller! Apparently, at Kings > Cross, I will be able to earn �40000-�50000 a year at grade 8 - very > different to the �16000 as a bus driver. > > I start a 14 month training programme in May, starting with a nine week > residential course either in Watford or Leeds. This is followed by 12 > months training with a mentor at Kings Cross. > > So, if you are travelling to Kings Cross after July, it may be me pressing > the buttons - be scared!!! > Well done Ray. Best of luck. You've already got a head start on most people, you know what a train is. :-)
From: Tunku on 17 Apr 2007 06:14 "Raymond Keattch" <ray(a)nowhere.com> wrote in news:op.tqw7rrwjb0v0sj(a)fsmain: > The past year has been up and down for me. I was made redundent from > IT in May 2006. As I was interested in driving, I used the redundency > to train as a driving instructor, but as many on here have heared, > the money was awful - sometimes not even covering expenses. I applied > for two jobs, one of which was bus driver. I firmly believe if work > is available it should be done - we shouldn't ever feel a job is > beneath us if it means you earn your own money, rather than claim > benifits. > > At the same time as bus driver, I applied to be a signaller on Network > rail (used to be a train driver on the tube). I attended an > assessment day in Birmingham, consisting of 8 various IQ, numerical & > memory tests (If you have done these you will know how tricky they > are). A week later I attended interview in front of three people in > London. > > Seven weeks passed from that interview, and in that time I did the > assesment drive, medical and interview for the bus driver. Yesterday I > listened amazed at my answering machine as Network Rail confirmed I > have been offered a position as a Signaller at Kings Cross - a very > busy control room! What I didn't know, was on the assesment day I > passed the tests at grade 8 - the highest grade of signaller! > Apparently, at Kings Cross, I will be able to earn �40000-�50000 a > year at grade 8 - very different to the �16000 as a bus driver. > > I start a 14 month training programme in May, starting with a nine > week residential course either in Watford or Leeds. This is followed > by 12 months training with a mentor at Kings Cross. > > So, if you are travelling to Kings Cross after July, it may be me > pressing the buttons - be scared!!! > What a year !!! Well done that man. -- Tunku "Caution : traces of irony and other metallic objects may be present in the above post"
From: Raymond Keattch on 17 Apr 2007 06:22 On Tue, 17 Apr 2007 11:12:21 +0100, Adrian <toomany2cvs(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Raymond Keattch (ray(a)nowhere.com) gurgled happily, sounding much like > they were saying : > >>>> Apparently, at Kings Cross, I will be able to earn �40000-�50000 a >>>> year at grade 8 - very different to the �16000 as a bus driver. > >>> With no experience? <boggle> > >> I haven't got contracts yet, but I imagine the pay will be lowest in >> the nine weeks residential course, higher when training at Kings >> Cross and highest after a year. > > Sure. > >> Basic pay at Grade 8 is �30000, plus >> the london weighting, shift work, working bank holdays etc - should >> be around �40000. I have spoken to the control room staff who say >> with a bit of overtime and rest day working, �50000 is achievable. >> >> I think even at the lowest pay, it will be higher than the bus driver. > > Not difficult! > >>>> I start a 14 month training programme in May > >>> Will you be finishing the PSV licence first? > >> Yes. > > Good for you. > > Saw an old Arriva bus on L-plates earlier - thought of you... Hehe - some of the training vehicles in Herts are really clapped out. Luckily my instructor got one of the two ex National Express coaches for our course. Bloody lovely to drive and throw around small streets! -- MrBitsy
From: Kenny on 17 Apr 2007 06:21
In message <op.tqw7rrwjb0v0sj(a)fsmain>, Raymond Keattch <ray(a)nowhere.com> writes >I start a 14 month training programme in May, starting with a nine week >residential course either in Watford or Leeds. This is followed by 12 >months training with a mentor at Kings Cross. > >So, if you are travelling to Kings Cross after July, it may be me >pressing the buttons - be scared!!! Well done! Just remember to be nice to us train drivers, please... ;-) -- Kenny |