Transit Operator - Job Change - Advice needed

[bcrdukes]

I thought CMBC/Translink was all about DEI. Am I missing something?

[Badhobz]

yeah the diversity hire would be a white guy nowadays. hahahah

[CivicBlues]

Ontarians aren't a historically disadvantaged group sorry.

[JDMDreams]

Dei = directly employing India, did you send a picture of you in flip flops

[Alby]

Originally Posted by whitev70r

bcrdukes, I thought you were kidding about Translink driver. Why not mgmt in Translink or TTC with your shiny new MBA?

Do you have like a terrible driving record, points deduction, claims, speeding, etc.? I heard that was an instant rejection.

Farebox gig ... now after it is explained, makes sense. Do you still roll up the coins? I mean this has to be a diminishing role as more and more people use Compass cards.

cash is king. there are still a nice healthy and consistent amount of coins that come through that gets rolled up.

when the compass system rolled out along with credit card taps, we all thought we would be be out of jobs or a bunch of us will be let go, but that wasn't the case.

as for bcrdukes, not sure why you would get rejected so fast if your licence is valid here in BC.

[noclue]

What’s the internal controls to stop people stealing coins?

[TypeRNammer]

Originally Posted by Alby

it highly depends on the position you are applying for. from what I've seen, it is better to apply for something that is easy to get into, stick with it for a while, then move around internally when the job postings come up. positions such as farebox, lost property or even customer info should be relatively easy to get your foot into the company.

some people from farebox have moved onto being a bus mechanic, service person, and being a skytrain elevator/escalator tech.

In 2015 I applied multiple times for the farebox gig and it was no dice

It's much easier to apply for the bus driving position as they're always constantly hiring.

As for management roles in CMBC, there's three different kinds

Operations supervisor where you're in the office

Road supervisor you're on the road

And Transit Communications where you over see the buses in the system behind a desk

6 figure salaries for all of those positions at top wage

[supafamous]

Originally Posted by TypeRNammer

In 2015 I applied multiple times for the farebox gig and it was no dice

It's much easier to apply for the bus driving position as they're always constantly hiring.

What's the casual community bus driving job like? The idea of that kind of low stress part-time gig sounds kinda neat in my state of semi-retirement.

[whitev70r]

Originally Posted by TypeRNammer

As for management roles in CMBC, there's three different kinds

Operations supervisor where you're in the office

Road supervisor you're on the road

And Transit Communications where you over see the buses in the system behind a desk

6 figure salaries for all of those positions at top wage

@bcrdukes ... paging you.

[RabidRat]

Bonus points if he's one of those people who'll list their alphabet soup in their email signature.

Warmly,
Dr. B.C. R. Dukes,
Principal Road Supervisor
MBA, BComm, PhD, PMP, P.Eng, CPA, CFP, CFA Level 8, Jiu Jit Kun-Do: Infinity Belt 7th Degree

[bcrdukes]

Originally Posted by whitev70r

@bcrdukes ... paging you.

Originally Posted by RabidRat

Bonus points if he's one of those people who'll list their alphabet soup in their email signature.

Warmly,
Dr. B.C. R. Dukes,
Principal Road Supervisor
MBA, BComm, PhD, PMP, P.Eng, CPA, CFP, CFA Level 8, Jiu Jit Kun-Do: Infinity Belt 7th Degree

I got rejected within 3 minutes of my application while guys like dark0821 win a life with a bus driver job and a new car.

I see no future with Translink/CMBC. Back to the welfare line I go.

Note: If only I had my CPA... #AsianFail

Edit: Fortunately, I'm not one of those people who list the alphabet in my email signature. Hah!

[Badhobz]

Master Dukes F.U.G. (Fuck you Guy)

[TypeRNammer]

Originally Posted by supafamous

What's the casual community bus driving job like? The idea of that kind of low stress part-time gig sounds kinda neat in my state of semi-retirement.

You're driving a smaller bus with a maximum capacity of 21 or 24 passengers.

In terms of what the actual job is like I'm not too sure. It definitely seems like a low stress gig since you're driving around low amounts of people.

There are only two garages that handle the shuttle buses. Port Coquitlam and Hamilton (East Richmond)

Hamilton handles the majority bulk of the shuttle work with routes in Burnaby, New West, Surrey, and UBC

[JDMDreams]

Levels to this shit

[J____]

Originally Posted by whitev70r

Honestly, one career that is guaranteed a job if you can complete the training ... air traffic controller! Big shortage here in Canada (and in the US).

I applied and passed 2 rounds on my first attempt recently. 3 rounds in total before interview, then off to training if you pass that. Failed on the last radar simulation test because I kept focusing on the map. I think if I took it again in 2 years I can pass it now that I reflected on the process. If I focus on the time and clock I can probably better arrange the planes. That being said, it was not an enjoyable process and I think I would hate it doing it full time as a career. Full out focus on 10 +different things at the same time. When you arrange something in order, something else comes and messes up. After 45 mins simulation my brain was pretty drained. Can't imagine doing that for 10+ hours.

The first 2 rounds was fairly straight forward for me and mostly about spacial awareness and pattern recognition with repetition. They want to see you can still maintain performance after a long time doing one thing. The 3rd round (simulation) was more about crisis management and multitasking. I think it can be compensated for with proper training and strict process practices, where as spatial awareness and maintaining focus under repetition seems to be something that you just naturally have.

Passing 2 rounds i think is like top 10% of applicants, passing 3rd round and interview is top 3-6%, and passing the training is 1-2% like you said. The training is apparently a huge pain as well because there is a ton of material that needs to be memorized. Apparently more than 60% burn out during the process. I honestly don't even know if I can do it at my age with all that info.

It's definitely not a job for everyone no matter what the salary is. After that Laguardia incident a few days ago, I'm glad I didnt pass round 3 and proceed through the training process. I would not be able to live with myself if something like that happened under my watch. I'll stick with bus driving for 1/3 of the wage and 1/100th the stress level.