Irish Rail Jobs Discussion

Spaid87 wrote: »

Has anybody got an email to say the will not progress any further? Just wondering if I'm still in with a chance? Thanks

Nothing either. I’m wishfull thinking here, but it’s possible there will be more rounds of tests the following week so I’m keeping an open mind.

khaldrogo wrote: »

^ anyone?

not yet

tobey wrote: »

Hello lads. Anyone hear anything outside Dublin?

I requested the Cork depot. Yet to hear anything. Fingers crossed.

Now that we see it seems to be moving along quickly can an existing driver give us a bit more insight into exactly what the role entails. What a typical day is like. The typical shift patterns. How far in advance can you request annual leave? Are certain times of the year off limits in terms of holidays etc ???

Better luck next time people.

khaldrogo wrote: »

Now that we see it seems to be moving along quickly can an existing driver give us a bit more insight into exactly what the role entails. What a typical day is like. The typical shift patterns. How far in advance can you request annual leave? Are certain times of the year off limits in terms of holidays etc ???

Typical day varies greatly depot to depot so there is no typical day.

Every depot has turns of duty starting at different times some are 7 hour days some can be 9 hr days. Some depots have night work others don’t. Some depots have a week of the roster with only assigned rest days and you won’t know what your hours will be till the week before and even then it can change.

You can apply for holidays far in advance as u like but doesn’t mean u get them. Generally each depot has a winter and summer leave roster where you’re allocated leave, which rotates every year. The only time off you’re absolutely 100% guaranteed is these assigned weeks any other leave applied for is in the lap of the Gods.

I guess what you can take from this is every depot is different.

If you value the same routine every week and like your weekends and bank holidays off I’d consider a different career.

The role itself can be quite challenging. There’s loads of rules stuff to learn. There’s also loads of technical stuff about the actual trains to know too.
In my estimation it takes about 5 years to become fully proficient at it and even then old heads around the place will be telling you stuff you didn’t know.

Nice job but it’s more of a lifestyle

Rootsblower wrote: »

Typical day varies greatly depot to depot so there is no typical day.

Every depot has turns of duty starting at different times some are 7 hour days some can be 9 hr days. Some depots have night work others don’t. Some depots have a week of the roster with only assigned rest days and you won’t know what your hours will be till the week before and even then it can change.

You can apply for holidays far in advance as u like but doesn’t mean u get them. Generally each depot has a winter and summer leave roster where you’re allocated leave, which rotates every year. The only time off you’re absolutely 100% guaranteed is these assigned weeks any other leave applied for is in the lap of the Gods.

I guess what you can take from this is every depot is different.

If you value the same routine every week and like your weekends and bank holidays off I’d consider a different career.

The role itself can be quite challenging. There’s loads of rules stuff to learn. There’s also loads of technical stuff about the actual trains to know too.
In my estimation it takes about 5 years to become fully proficient at it and even then old heads around the place will be telling you stuff you didn’t know.

Nice job but it’s more of a lifestyle

Thanks for the insight, this may seem silly, but does it ever occur where you may have to stay overnight down the country? Or will you always return to base before the end of your shift?

LouD2016 wrote: »

Do you think they are calling the top scorers first? I know with the civil service you get shown what number you placed. At least with that you can see if you have a hope of getting called for interview or not

That would be my assumption, yes.
Although I think most posters here have been proven wrong when stating how exactly this process will work, so we're all only guessing.

AssaultedPeanut wrote: »

I got an email an hour ago in response to my request for a time slot for the test next week

Congratulations, I'm still waiting on the confirmation email

Anyone pick a day and time next week but not got confirmation email?

direstraits wrote: »

I only e-mailed there about 30 mins ago, no reply yet. I wouldn't stress, they can always em-mail you back in the evening or possibly early Monday. The cut off time was 17:00pm deadline for us to apply, not for them to reply to us!

yeah true, i was just a little worried as another user here said they got confirmation email

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime wrote: »

I reckon Monday

Fingers crossed. Does anyone know when these 100 positions are actually commencing work?

Did anyone get a rejection email yet?

Were the result of stage 2 out already? I heard nothing yet???