Training

Training and (re-)licensing

When 2s become 1s…

New starter CSA2s on stations are coming out of Ashfield House with a CSA1 license, after just a few weeks of training.

The additional license means they can be used to cover CSA1 duties straight away. No-one should begrudge CSA2s, the lowest-paid grade on stations, the opportunity to earn a bit...

Minor delays because of...

...Train cancellations. An almost endless update over the radio now particularly on weekends. On 11 March by the time the night turn controllers had booked on there were apparently 69 ONAs on the Picc. Often the service is running with upto 40 but why the big increase? What do management plan to do...

Bosses' law scuppers ballot

The RMT ballot against management's disregard for proper line training has been scuppered by the Tories Trade Union Act. There was a huge majority for industrial action but less than 50% turnout means no lawful action could be taken.

The aim of the ballot was to push back against Picc line bosses...

Piccadilly Line drivers: vote yes for action on training standards

RMT has launched a ballot of Piccadilly Line drivers for industrial action to defend training standards.

As we've written previously: "Management still insist watching a training video is enough to get Picc line drivers up to speed with the expansion and change to South Harrow sidings. Rightly...

Wot No Proper Training?

South Harrow sidings have had an overhaul, going from six roads to twelve. So, drivers will be properly trained and familiarised on the new roads, right?

You'd think so, but management reckon that watch a video animation will suffice. We don't think so, and we are pretty confident that Piccadilly...

District Line drivers to take action from 6 March

District Line drivers in RMT have voted by an overwhelming majority to take action over LU's failure to provide adequate training before its imposition of the SMA3 automatic operation system on a section of the line. They'll take action from 6 March, by refusing to drive in automatic mode on the...

Training: cutting corners?

Management seem to determine to cut corners with training on stations. Having already chipped away at it over the years, so that it's crammed into two days per year, they've now attacked it further - insisting that CSMs, rather than accredited trainers, deliver it, and they summon people from...

Keep your distance

While operational training is still going ahead, it’s unclear how the company plans to maintain social distancing on the front of a train cab. Instructors on a number of lines are already refusing to take anyone else in their cab at the current time. Tubeworker thinks they are right to refuse. The...

"Transformation" rolls on: strikes can stop it in its tracks

As part of the latest phase of the TfL/LUL "Transformation" programme, management has announced sweeping job cuts in Track Access Control, Power Control, Service Control, LUCC, Skills Development, Waste, Pumps, Stations Building & Civils, and Signals Incidents.

Workers who play a vital role in...

New school vs old school?

London Underground is attempting to change the culture on the job. Fit for the Future introduced management into the day-to-day stations environment for the first time. LU has appeared recently to favour recruiting from industries with little culture of union organisation.

It has run recent...

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