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  Thread: Why so long for Railcorp or Other Rail Companies to Answer.
craigd

Replies: 2
Views: 200

PostForum: Employment   Posted: Sat Nov 15, 2008 3:06 pm   Subject: Re: Why so long for Railcorp or Other Rail Companies to Answ
A friend of mine asked me, "why does it take so long to process job applications", when years ago, you could do it in 1 day in Pitt Street, but today it seems to take over months just to get a reply o ...
  Thread: Sydney to Port Hedland?
craigd

Replies: 8
Views: 326

PostForum: Employment   Posted: Sat Nov 15, 2008 2:59 pm   Subject: Re: Sydney to Port Hedland?
Best way might be to put some ads in one or more of the Sydney newspapers, and just spread the word amongst rail people in Sydney via places like this and other forum sites.

Approaching other rail ...
  Thread: Patrick Port Link
craigd

Replies: 4
Views: 446

PostForum: Employment   Posted: Sat Nov 15, 2008 2:48 pm   Subject: Re: Patrick Port Link
Be careful with PPL. Asciano (owner of Pacific National and PPL) has drastically stripped back staff numbers at several PPL crewing locations (particularly Newcastle) and effectively forced train crew ...
  Thread: NSW - Momentum Rail & Skilled - Drivers and Second Persons
craigd

Replies: 3
Views: 247

PostForum: Employment   Posted: Sat Nov 15, 2008 2:33 pm   Subject: Re: NSW - Momentum Rail & Skilled - Drivers and Second P
Wonder what the pay rates are, and whether the employment is as a casual (ie. with no sick leave, annual leave, etc. but a higher rate) or as a full-time or part-time employee (with leave entitlements ...
  Thread: New ticket system for Adelaide's public transport.
craigd

Replies: 39
Views: 1525

PostForum: South Australia   Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2008 12:09 pm   Subject: New ticket system for Adelaide's public transport.
just as long as they don't use the "Myki" system we should be fine Razz

Cool Yes that and anything supplied by ERG, namely the T-card system which is a total failure here in Sydney. Thankfully I'm mov ...
  Thread: Squeeze in - overcrowded trains
craigd

Replies: 13
Views: 568

PostForum: South Australia   Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2008 12:06 pm   Subject: Re: Squeeze in - overcrowded trains
A drop of 0.3 percent isn't much in the greater scheme of things. Imagine if CityRail's patronage dropped several percent - that's probably much more significant but I suppose comparing Sydney to Adel ...
  Thread: GWA - Trainee Loco Drivers - Whyalla - close 14/10/08
craigd

Replies: 2
Views: 227

PostForum: Employment   Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2008 12:02 pm   Subject: Re: GWA - Trainee Loco Drivers - Whyalla - close 14/10/08


Neat thanks. GWA seems to be hiring quite a lot of new people at the moment and that means they're getting a lot of new work which is a good thing. I wonder when GWA will pick up more working into ...
  Thread: Momentum recruiting in NSW - looks like a casual rate though
craigd

Replies: 3
Views: 312

PostForum: Employment   Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 10:42 pm   Subject: Momentum recruiting in NSW - looks like a casual rate though
Not to bad, works out to be about 33 an hour as a permanent (at 20-23%casual loading) but still behind most other operators though. Considering skilled are looking for 100-150+ for the pilbara I would ...
  Thread: NZ - Trainee Locomotive Engineer
craigd

Replies: 4
Views: 340

PostForum: Employment   Posted: Sun Sep 28, 2008 7:20 pm   Subject: Re: NZ - Trainee Locomotive Engineer
I think Australian citizens get special work privileges for NZ through the reciprocal visa arrangements, but anyone who's actually looked at this properly could provide some definitive info for people ...
  Thread: Momentum recruiting in NSW - looks like a casual rate though
craigd

Replies: 3
Views: 312

PostForum: Employment   Posted: Sun Sep 28, 2008 7:17 pm   Subject: Momentum recruiting in NSW - looks like a casual rate though
Momentum has just recently advertised for loco drivers in NSW (and at least one other state) offering a pay rate of $40.40 per hour. That's very likely a casual rate so no sick pay, no annual leave, e ...
  Thread: PacificNational: Drivers update Aug 08 Port Kembla & Lithgow
craigd

Replies: 27
Views: 1587

PostForum: Employment   Posted: Sun Sep 28, 2008 7:14 pm   Subject: PacificNational: Drivers update Aug 08 Port Kembla & Lithgow
Interviews for Inner Harbour are being held next Wednesday and Thursday.

Cheers

Strangely I received a knock-back about the Port Kembla positions last week by email. At least I had a go. Still s ...
  Thread: PacificNational: Drivers update Aug 08 Port Kembla & Lithgow
craigd

Replies: 27
Views: 1587

PostForum: Employment   Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 5:52 pm   Subject: PacificNational: Drivers update Aug 08 Port Kembla & Lithgow
Interviews are being held in Lithgow on
Monday 29/9/08 and Tuesday 30/9/08,

Good luck to all who got a interview

So far no feedback received regarding Port Kembla positions.

Craig.
  Thread: Questions on working with Countrylink.
craigd

Replies: 9
Views: 439

PostForum: Employment   Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2008 6:54 pm   Subject: Re: Questions on working with Countrylink.
Hey there,

I was just wondering if anyone could outline what job they do and:
what it involves.
much the position gets paid.
what one goes through to get there.
I am looking at working in this ...
  Thread: ARG - Locomotive Drivers (WA)
craigd

Replies: 18
Views: 1350

PostForum: Employment   Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2008 11:13 am   Subject: Re: ARG - Locomotive Drivers (WA)
http://www.s1jobs.com/job/276204937.html

This is the advert in a scottish paper.

Andy

Thanks Andy - very interesting! ARG must want to fill a lot of positions quickly if they're going to this ...
  Thread: ARG - Locomotive Drivers (WA)
craigd

Replies: 18
Views: 1350

PostForum: Employment   Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2008 4:39 pm   Subject: Re: ARG - Locomotive Drivers (WA)
Hi Guys

Thanks for the info, on the 9th sept 08 ARG ran a 1/4 page advert in a national newspaper in the UK offering sponsorship for qualified loco drivers for various locations in WA.

Closing ...
 
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