If there is one thing that I should say will definitely happen regardless of what train company you get your trainee driver job for, is that you will be tested and tested often.
Today was such a day and our second test was to see what we had learned since our first day and covered everything that I had mentioned. SWT sets high standards from all its trainees which means that out of 50 questions we could not get more than a few wrong.
I'm glad to say that I got 100%, although that was very much in doubt when everyone finished we were all discussing in the mess room the answers to some questions and there was a lively debate!
From tomorrow (technically today as I am writing this with a strong coffee and a 0300 start!) I get to spend a week with an experienced driver at my local depot travelling with him in the front cab to see what he does, and ultimately visualize what I have learnt on paper thus far...
Please note this site is to enable people aspiring to be drivers and to give them an idea of what the training is involved. It is not endorsed by South West Trains and all views are my own and not the companies...
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