Dublin Bus looking for Drivers

Hi! I have my first day tomorrow and just wondering what I should wear? I asked for clarification, but was told to wear "my own clothes". Any suggestions?

Jeans, runners and a top is fine

I had my driving assessment and interview 2 weeks ago, at the end of the driving the instructor said I didn’t get any marks on the sheet. So I had my interview after but this morning I got an email saying they were not going to progress me to the next stage. I have my CPC, and my D permit. I’ve made every effort to put myself in a good place for the recruitment. And now I don’t know what to do, I’ve done a couple of D lessons too. Should I keep going or go back to my hospitality job that I hate. Any advice

I suppose Go-Ahead would be a good option but they are a difficult company to work for at least in my experience. Aircoach will put you on the carpark shuttle buses when you start out.

I am currently preparing for the D licence & CPC test. I have a subscription with dttonline. So to study for the D lic. exam ; if i just read the multiple choice questions(There are a couple of hundred) and run the practice/mock tests it should be enough. I don't need to read the books? The cpc section has me somewhat confused. There are six scenarios or short stories. No practice questions on these listed? Am I supposed to point what the driver did wrong myself? Is that what the cpc exam is?

I'd imagine the DVSA is not much use in Ireland

I went along to a Buseireann open day a while ago and reckoned at this stage of my life it would suit perfectly, I've been doing the same jobs for decades and needed a change and the recruiter at the open day was very encouraging for me to apply.

Now they listed things I needed to have before applying. I passed the D license permit test and am just waiting for the card to arrive in the post, but this CPC thing has me flummoxed. At the Buseireann open day their recruiter said don't worry about the CPC as they said they needed only a CPC "sheet", which I assumed at the time was some form I had to bring.

I can't make sense of the RSA website as there's two fees listed for a CPC test, can't figure out which one is relevant to my situation.

Anyone got a link to the relevant CPC test I need to do at this stage? I'm starting to think it's all very convoluted and I'd be better off just keep at what I'm at but just scale back.

Thanks. I can see why they're struggling to get drivers in some parts of the country as the process to get to even applying to buseireann is awfully drawn out.

I'll get back to it maybe.

Go elsewhere, like GAI for a year - then to Airocach. They're desperate enough for drivers that there's a chance of going straight onto the coaches when you arrive with experience.

Even the carparks are a handy number if you can hack the repetitiveness of it.

So just studied the ad for the part time job €21.53 an hour compared to €839.76 a week which breaks down to €21 an hour assuming a 40hr week. So an extra 50c an hour for a part time driver. How have the unions let them get away with that?

Thank you to everyone for all the helpful information. I attending a recent open day and had a time with a wonderful instructor who gave me great confidence after driving and encouraged me to apply. I have been invited to do the online assessment but I’m still a little on the fence if I want to proceed with the application. I currently have a decent job but we don’t get any benefits, no pension sick leave etc. just feel a little stagnant in it and was looking for something different. I know the average wage is saying €840ish over the 5 weeks is this generally what people are actually getting or do you find your coming home with more taking into account short breaks / late finishes or do these rarely happen?

Annual leave is another worry, I’ve read that you are assigned leave days, is this true or can you request certain dates? And how many annual leave days do you get?

Swapping shifts, is this possible? & is it done?

Pensions, does the DB contribute to your pension?

Sick leave, Does you receive paid sick days?

Thanks so much.

I work for DB i got marked in after 4 years, when I started the marking in was at least 15 years, but people in the job just over a year are getting marked in, but it does depend what garage you get aswel, both companies have there up and downs.

Question regarding both DB&BE the missis recently got made redundant and does not want to go back if possible to an office based job. She would like to either go bus driving or truck driving.

Now the only thing I know about the above companies is when starting out you will get all the crappy shifts, And i mentioned it to her that it be like doing the pub manager job all over again as when we first started going out it was hard to get a weekend off.

She is in the process of getting the bus/truck book and more than likely do both set of exams to give here more scope.

Is there anything else regarding T&C between the two companies that could sway her to one of them.

In Dublin Bus she would have to work on the 24 HR routes and also the night links as some of her duties.