Almost 19 years within railway environment. Reliable Train Driver with 15 years of experience safely transporting passengers according to strict timetable requirements. Utilises advanced route & locomotive knowledge and sound customer service skills to provide first-class travel experiences.
Ability to work as a team, supervise a team of colleagues as well as on my own.
Ticket office certicate/numeracy and coaching skills.
Determination, confidence showing incentive with compassion.
Some techniques and skills acquired with BTEC public service diploma, i.e. Numeracy, English, History.
- Responsibility for ensuring the train is fit to enter into service
- Driving the train safely and to time at all times
- Being fully up to date with the route features and how to react
to changing conditions
- Ensuring the correct protocol is followed consistently
throughout the duration of the journey
- Dealing with customer enquiries promptly, politely and in the correct manner
Observed signals applicable to train movements and reported irregularities to signalmen.
- Act professionally, demonstrating dependability, determination, honesty and integrity
- Display a self-disciplined, self-motivated, proactive approach to work and your own health and wellbeing
- Be risk aware, mitigate risks by checking information, concentrating on the task, maintaining an awareness of changing circumstances and remaining calm under pressure
- Willing to learn new skills and to adjust to change
- Be approachable, respect others, act ethically and contribute to sustainable development
- Always seeks to support business goals and maintain an awareness of economic challenges
- Safe and on time dispatch of trains.
- Safe operation of the gate line and ticket inspection.
- Compliance with all safety requirements and emergency
procedures.
- Customer service.
- Managing a team of colleague's and being first point of contact.
- Cleaning duties ranging from sweeping platforms to maintaining toilet facilities.
- Assisting disabled passengers.- Dealing with customer enquiries and complaints and helping passengers with special requirements
- Directing passengers and managing queues
- Ticket checking and offering assistance
- Keeping the platforms, footbridges and waiting shelters well
maintained and clear of any obstructions/Fault logging
- Offering highest level of customer service while making myself visible on platforms
- Ensured that customers received outstanding service.
- Monitored the working environment, making sure it was always
a safe, positive setting for all customers and employees.
- Identified faults and logged faults.
- General maintenance and cleaning of station.