In reply to a post by biggreddogg:

Hi,
First time poster here. Does anyone know the policy of people with Diabetes becoming Openreach engineers?

Shouldnt think it would be a problem,i dont think they can victimise applicants although you will be lone wroking so they might have something to say about that,no idea mate best to apply and find out

Wont be until october now,going into FVR.what bit do you work on.Are you all signed off now then?

Mate my training was far different to what you lads are doing,I had 1 week at yarnfield,6 weeks in Harrogate then two weeks buddying then that's it. I've worked alone since August last year, none of this apprenticeship type thing for me. I start at the tec in lincoln work on the regional team

Yea they dropped the start off wage by £3000 and put everyone as an apprentice,then they can claim back a government bursary,its the way most companies are going.Everyone 2 weeks in yarnfield as of 2017 then put wherever,ive got to go back to yarnfield for another 2 weeks after that as only place that does the FVR training,then its 1week at yarnfield/ 1 week buddying for a further 8 weeks then live on week 12.Im not sure if harogate is used now as on our list there was only peterborough,cardiff,croydon,southampton,bolton,and bradford.

Yeah Harrogate has now been demolished,Bradford is now the other school. You will probably be doing block and tail work to start up poles,cab work. It's a good job you'll enjoy it.

I've herd there are 3 jobs and your given one off them. What's are 3 jobs?

In reply to a post by Mattb15:

Yeah Harrogate has now been demolished,Bradford is now the other school. You will probably be doing block and tail work to start up poles,cab work. It's a good job you'll enjoy it.

They told us it will be fault repair and installing new technology but no ones really sure yet untill you start the job specific training.

In reply to a post by Williams1995:

I've herd there are 3 jobs and your given one off them. What's are 3 jobs?

CAL/OMI which is up the poles and customers houses
FVR which is fault repair and supposedly changing over cabs to the new technology
You will be one of these 2 as the other one Fibre Jointing is told to the people who are doing it before they start yarnfield as its 17 weeks instead of 12 and you dont get a van after first week as they have bigger ones that need a towing licence so they need to do more driving skills.

Are people told before if there doing fibre jointing?

Pm'd you mate