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  1. Captain_Sham

    Sun dimming

    I thought, by the title of this thread, that it would be about the same scenario used in one of my favorite films " Sunshine" for a minute. As you were.
  2. Captain_Sham

    Civil Service Progression

    It SO different working the civil service. People dont understand what Im saying when I say I Iike that people are not allowed to scream at me. They think Im joking.
  3. Captain_Sham

    Civil Service Progression

    PC Harringtons were who finished me off. It was so brutal working for them on St Davids 2 in Cardiff.(1000 +m3 concrete pours) That was my last company. They were fking savages.
  4. Captain_Sham

    Civil Service Progression

    The only reason I didnt go back into construction 8 years ago was that I never applied for my managers CSCS card back in 2003 when 1st passed the test so I couldnt get accredited as there was such a gap.
  5. Captain_Sham

    Civil Service Progression

    They were a good firm but I was teetering on the brink by then. I dont think I stayed year. The thing about construction is you can always find another job. I burned so many bridges.
  6. Captain_Sham

    Civil Service Progression

    I ran projects. Some companies I worked for were small companies. I would be site manager/engineer/dumper driver/cleaner. I also worked for enormous companies [Laings on T5(Heathrow)) Ended up self employed.
  7. Captain_Sham

    Civil Service Progression

    I was a Site Engineer then Section Engineer and got work based on my last job. I didnt interview for 20 years.
  8. Captain_Sham

    Civil Service Progression

    Thank you for the insight. Its these kind of things that I am trying appraise. Im wondering if I am wasting my time. I know age a protected characteristic but is there unconcious bias? Are they going to want to promote a fogey when they can promote someone who can use the training for 40 years...
  9. Captain_Sham

    Civil Service Progression

    It is progression board with 15 spots.
  10. Captain_Sham

    Civil Service Progression

    Thats very helpful. Thank you. I guess I need to aim for 6/7s so that if I go blank in one answer Im still over the bar. I always said I would give it three goes. Next time is the third. Roll on next year.
  11. Captain_Sham

    Civil Service Progression

    Do you know if there is any normalising of scores.Raising and lowering to suit numbers etc? I understand if you cant answer that.
  12. Captain_Sham

    Civil Service Progression

    Thank you.
  13. Captain_Sham

    Civil Service Progression

    I am still an alcoholic and I always will be. I have however recovered from a hopeless state of mind and have remained sober one day at a time.
  14. Captain_Sham

    Civil Service Progression

    Thanks. Im almost 60. Progression wont really serve any purpose and I dont need the money. Its just such a bizzarre process.Im trying to figure it out.
  15. Captain_Sham

    Civil Service Progression

    I understand all of this. As I have said there is a feedback session where they tell me what needs to improve. I dont really need someone point out that I need to score higher than a 3 on a pass mark of 4. I had worked that out. Im starting to sound like an a$$hole now. I dont know what I...
  16. Captain_Sham

    Civil Service Progression

    I have looked at nothing else for 6 weeks. :cry: I understand th eprocess fully, and as you can see by my scores, I am on the verge of passing. Im looking for the stuff in between the cracks. The sort of thing Andrew has been kind enough to share.( I will be honest he was one of the ones I was...
  17. Captain_Sham

    Civil Service Progression

    Yes. You have to sell it.
  18. Captain_Sham

    Civil Service Progression

    There are a group of people who tried two/three times and gave up. They are very knowledgeable capable people but they have been defeated by the system. The first time I applied I was training a new starter who had literally just finished induction. They got progression and I didnt. It is so wierd.
  19. Captain_Sham

    Civil Service Progression

    6 topics - need 4 in every catagory to pass. 42 points available. You get one 3 and you fail.
  20. Captain_Sham

    Civil Service Progression

    Because its a shitty toxic environment and I lost the will to live doing it. Its no coincidence I ended up as a chronic alcoholic.(16 years sober- coincidently, 16 years since I left construction)

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