Railway De Veg Companies Liverpool area

[hamdogg]

Has the PTS changed?

 

Been a few years since i've done it but in those days had to be sponsored by a company first so couldnae just go and do it.

 

Nowadays the work is all naionalised and a company from anywhere could be doing the work there. Quite likely teams will be travelling hundreds of miles in to de veg, while u travel miles to where they came from passing on the mway.

Think story rail have a lot on slighly further north.

 

 

Yeah you still have to get sponsored by a firm!!

[openspaceman]

Has the PTS changed?

 

Been a few years since i've done it but in those days had to be sponsored by a company first so couldnae just go and do it.

 

You can get the qualification just by attending the course and passing the assessment, you won't be able to work till a firm sponsors you. Bear in mind the sponsoring company will also get better rates for the training.

 

Nowadays the work is all naionalised and a company from anywhere could be doing the work there. Quite likely teams will be travelling hundreds of miles in to de veg, while u travel miles to where they came from passing on the mway.

Think story rail have a lot on slighly further north.

 

Too right!

 

Network Rail know damn well how far gangs are travelling and there have been a number of instances of crashes involving people (not in deveg AFAIK) travelling excessive time to shifts. Their solution is to make people sign a time sheet with their travelling times! It's plainly just a blame shifting exercise even with the online registering.

[samthornton1990]

That'll be the 132Kv network belonging to Northern Powergrid; Fountains run the National Grid veg management.

 

Yeah Fountains have both for around us, I'm on the NPG one, don't really want to do grid work, trying to get myself about a bit!

[penfold]

NPG's divided into two areas: Fountains has what was YEDL and Amey has NEDL.