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colleague passed Driving test today..can he now drive for RM

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postypie
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colleague passed Driving test today..can he now drive for RM

Post by postypie »

OR has he got to drive a certain period of time before being allowed to drive one of Royal Mails vans?
R@YAL F@IL
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Re: colleague passed Driving test today..can he now drive fo

Post by R@YAL F@IL »

postypie wrote:OR has he got to drive a certain period of time before being allowed to drive one of Royal Mails vans?
Best advice I can give is DO NOT tell them he has passed his driving test.
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beaker boy
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Re: colleague passed Driving test today..can he now drive fo

Post by beaker boy »

He has to apply to take what is know as a "change over" which is just another driving test without the theory bit.
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Re: colleague passed Driving test today..can he now drive fo

Post by UnhappyGremlin »

As long as he passes the conversion with an approved instructor, organised by the company, then yes.
Though, he/she may want to think it over before making themselves available.
If they want to drive for RM, then speak to the manager about it, and take it from there. Can open up opportunities for OT.
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Re: colleague passed Driving test today..can he now drive fo

Post by Rudolph_Hucker »

I joined in January and before I was allowed to drive I had to sit a two hour driving evaluation. The evaluator was a former Police advanced driver.

It was really good, interesting and well worth doing, not that I had any choice.
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