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The OPC develops innovative hands-on practical exercises for rail apprentice recruitment

Posted on 21st December 2023

New bespoke hands-on assessment tools developed to simulate real-world apprentice scenarios and showcase candidates' practical skills.

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NEW Workshop: Accelerate Your Safety Leadership

Posted on 2nd November 2023

The OPC and Skilful Conversation have joined forces to launch a transformative safety performance improvement workshop.

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Rail Professional Magazine (October 2023) Article: Driving diversity in bus apprenticeship recruitment

Posted on 13th October 2023

An article sharing the OPC’s work with a National Bus company to drive diversity and inclusion in their Heavy Vehicle Mechanics’ apprenticeships recruitment campaign.

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Neurodiversity: Guidance for fair psychometric testing of dyslexic candidates

Posted on 15th September 2023

We have created a useful resource and a toolkit of options for HR and recruitment professionals to consider when assessing neurodiverse candidates, focusing on candidates with dyslexia.

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Rail Professional Magazine (September 2023) Article: The value of a Safety Culture Survey

Posted on 12th September 2023

Rail Professional article, September 2023. The OPC, shares work around a consultancy project implementing a 3-year, Safety Culture Survey (SCS) with a global, maritime client, V.

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Rail Professional Magazine (February2023) Article: Streamlining depot driver recruitment

Posted on 14th August 2023

Rail Professional Article, February 2023. Earlier this year, the OPC completed a project reviewing and redesigning a rail company’s depot drivers’ recruitment process.

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Rail Professional Magazine (June2023) Article: Dovetailed NTS for COSS & Signallers to help keep track teams safe

Posted on 13th June 2023

Rail Professional article, June 2023. This month we’ve looked at the inter-dependent safety-critical relationship between a Controller of Site Safety (COSS) and a Signaller.

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Happy Birthday Candela!

Posted on 4th June 2023

This month, we’re really pleased to sing Happy Birthday! to our top notch, user-friendly, online testing platform, Candela.

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Rail Professional Magazine (May2023) Article: Key leadership skills for great Driver Managers (DM)

Posted on 9th May 2023

Rail Professional article, May 2023. Insights into the key Leadership skills needed by Driver Managers to get the best from their train driver crews.

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NEW assessment tool released: Leadership Potential Indicator (LPI)

Posted on 23rd January 2023

Our latest NEW assessment tool to help identify future leaders and managers: The Leadership Potential Indicator (LPI)

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