Training

Training and (re-)licensing

Coaching for Free

As management advertise for new CRAs, they will no doubt be expecting existing CRAs to coach the newcomers. But despite having agreed in principle to pay them a coaching allowance, they are dragging their feet about actually implementing it.

While the details of the allowance's introduction sit...

More Management Incompetence

When a signal failed on the Victoria Line, the supervisor couldn't go down to secure the points because they weren't trained, leaving trains stuck in the tunnel for nearly an hour!

Management should not try to discipline this supervisor. Incidents like this happen far too often for it to be put...

Rushing Through Re-Licensing

We were recently telling you about under-staffing causing problems with getting drivers re-licensed. Seems this affects other grades too.

Out on the Barkingside group, managers have been trying it on with staff, telling them that the company has "done away with" the requirement for 28 days' notice...

Wot No Track Licence?

Tubeworker hears a rumour that management are looking at the possibility of CSAs not being track licensed. The phrases "saving money", "cutting corners" and "deskilling" come to mind. There are obvious implications for health and safety, especially for dealing with incidents and emergencies, where...

Licences Expired

From 23rd May 2007, the Bakerloo line had five drivers whose Safety Critical Licences have expired, and who have also gone past their 28-day extensions. By management's own admission, they are therefore not qualified to drive trains in passenger service.

So what is management's answer? Take them...

Stock Training Farce

New Jubilee Line drivers have fallen victim to a farcical 'pilot' stock training. Three weeks training has been squeezed into about seven days before the written test, followed by two days before the practical. Trainees whizz through the 14 modules contained in the manual in just five days, at such...

Off-Road Training

Management seem to think it is OK for Central Line drivers to learn about the new White City sidings in the classroom. That is, just in the classroom. No need to actually, erm, drive a train. We don't think so.

Could this be yet another case of corner-cutting? We do think so.

Ripping Off Trainees

Trainee CSAs are working shifts on stations but only being paid 80% of the normal wages. 100% of CSA wages is hardly enough to live on in London - 80% is leaving new recruits really struggling financially.

This seems to be a case of management trying to get work done on the cheap, and exploiting...

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