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PILBARAMAN
Locomotive Driver
Joined: Feb 03, 2007
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Posted: Fri May 30, 2008 12:07 pm
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Railcorp have advertised for Trainee Train Drivers with City Rail,base salary approx $51,000,check out the Railcorp website for info.This is a Sydney NSW based position.[/url]
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witsend
Chief Commissioner
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Location: The Beautiful Copper Coast, and sometimes, just north of Pt. Pirie
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craigd
Train Controller
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Location: Adelaide, SA, Australia
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aaron_s2
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Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2008 4:38 pm
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Just had a call from railcorp, passed the phone interview, and going to their information session in the next few weeks (on a saturday) - perhaps they are working fast this time?
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Mark_SA
Train Controller
Joined: Apr 09, 2007
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Location: Sydney!
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Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2008 5:12 pm
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| aaron_s2 wrote: | | Just had a call from railcorp, passed the phone interview, and going to their information session in the next few weeks (on a saturday) - perhaps they are working fast this time? |
Hahaha! The first stages are normally pretty quick, but prepare yourself for a long haul. Im starting on Monday after 8 months waiting! Well worth the wait I might add! Good luck and bring on Monday! Woohooo!
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aaron_s2
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Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2008 11:07 pm
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Hahaha! The first stages are normally pretty quick, but prepare yourself for a long haul. Im starting on Monday after 8 months waiting! Well worth the wait I might add! Good luck and bring on Monday! Woohooo! |
haha lets us know how you go mate, be interesting to see what it is like!
I'll see what they say about time spans when i am there, and let you know how long it is this time...
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Mark_SA
Train Controller
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Location: Sydney!
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Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2008 8:05 pm
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| aaron_s2 wrote: | | Mark_SA wrote: |
Hahaha! The first stages are normally pretty quick, but prepare yourself for a long haul. Im starting on Monday after 8 months waiting! Well worth the wait I might add! Good luck and bring on Monday! Woohooo! |
haha lets us know how you go mate, be interesting to see what it is like!
I'll see what they say about time spans when i am there, and let you know how long it is this time... |
Good luck, its not easy to get in but its not impossible either. At the end of the day they are looking for a certain type of person. I mean you have to complete a 120 question psych test in the role play stage. Thats something you cant really practise for to better yourself! I had applied for a number of train driver jobs around Australia with no luck but I belived I would be a very suitible candidate. I was lucky that railcorps recruiting suited me as it allowed me to show skills without having the pressure of the dreaded interview. Im not very good at the old one on one interveiw!
The only tip I can give you is to maybe do a search on the net about comprehension tests or go to your local book store as they have books on testing. In my opinion the comprehesion tests are the most important to nail, without a good result you wont get a crack at the other stages.
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dalts 1985
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Location: Warrnambool by the sea on the Shipwreck Coast of Victoria
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Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2008 9:48 pm
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I put an application in on Wed. I applied for the Trainee Guards Positions back in Feb. this year & sadly didn't get past the Assessment centre...
I'm thinking the testing for the Trainee Drivers Positions will be the same tests again, if they are, well, bugger, I can't sit them for another 12 months darn it... All I can do, is keep my fingers crossed...
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craigd
Train Controller
Joined: Mar 23, 2005
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Location: Adelaide, SA, Australia
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Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2008 8:50 am
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| dalts 1985 wrote: | I put an application in on Wed. I applied for the Trainee Guards Positions back in Feb. this year & sadly didn't get past the Assessment centre...
I'm thinking the testing for the Trainee Drivers Positions will be the same tests again, if they are, well, bugger, I can't sit them for another 12 months darn it... All I can do, is keep my fingers crossed... |
The more you have a go the more you'll get responses. I don't expect CityRail will even call me for the first-stage (phone interview) after the fallout between me and RailCorp last year but that doesn't mean I can't apply and if they are serious about assessing candidates on merit I should get a look in.
But that's just one opportunity out of many. I've had one offer of a loco job in WA this week (start date of the 23rd of June! bit soon, plus contact person has still not returned my phone calls asking for more info) and I spoke to someone from another company about a loco position with BHP at Port Hedland (no offer yet - just tentative, but the person phoned me direct from Port Hedland less than 5 mins after sending my resume, etc.), so things do happen eventually.
It's just the waiting... waiting... which is frustrating. I'm seeing that atm with the PN loco jobs. Nothing beats Interail for slackness though. IMHO anyway. 
Craig.
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42209
Chief Commissioner
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Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2008 11:30 pm
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| dalts 1985 wrote: | I put an application in on Wed. I applied for the Trainee Guards Positions back in Feb. this year & sadly didn't get past the Assessment centre...
I'm thinking the testing for the Trainee Drivers Positions will be the same tests again, if they are, well, bugger, I can't sit them for another 12 months darn it... All I can do, is keep my fingers crossed... |
Unfortunately Dalts, the tests are exactly the same but instead of getting a WTT test you get the SCATT test.
| Quote: | | Just had a call from railcorp, passed the phone interview, and going to their information session in the next few weeks (on a saturday) - perhaps they are working fast this time? |
Ha! It goes very quick up untill you do the medical then it's extremely slow from there. I applied for the Train Guard position back in February and they are only just doing the Criminal record check now!
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dalts 1985
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Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 12:09 am
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| 42209 wrote: | | dalts 1985 wrote: | I put an application in on Wed. I applied for the Trainee Guards Positions back in Feb. this year & sadly didn't get past the Assessment centre...
I'm thinking the testing for the Trainee Drivers Positions will be the same tests again, if they are, well, bugger, I can't sit them for another 12 months darn it... All I can do, is keep my fingers crossed... |
Unfortunately Dalts, the tests are exactly the same but instead of getting a WTT test you get the SCATT test   ... |
What's the SCATT Test  Does that involve a mental math part
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tsgsjm
Junior Train Controller
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DFB7307
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Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 12:46 pm
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With those tests they usually look for accuracy, then speed in that order, well thats what happened when I did mine, which was a while ago now. We had several pages and the symbol changed, then they added another, then changed the rules. It got harder as you went. In the end, be as quick as possible, but as accurate as possible too.
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craigd
Train Controller
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Location: Adelaide, SA, Australia
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Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 8:04 pm
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It's a bit like the computer-based aptitude testing that the ADF uses - various groups of questions which are designed to test mental/cognitive skills as there's much more to driving trains than being able to go through the motions and operate the driver's controls. Like driving a car, or riding a bike, the basics are not where the skills and abilities really come into full use, but it's when things go wrong that the experience and skills are very beneficial.
Craig.
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Yagoona_boy
Assistant Commissioner
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Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2008 5:51 pm
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I have applied for this position.
Any more tips for the info & testing session would be most appreciated.
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