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| Fireman Assesment Sheet | |||||
| Attitude | Firing/Cleaning | Safety | PR | Loco Handling | Points |
| needs a lot of pushing | firing poor, poor ability to produce a clean engine | dangerous | rude and/or avoids passengers | Poor with light engine and/or ECS | 1 |
| sometimes does extra work; accepts authority | firing satisfactory, good supervision ability by unwilling to help cleaner | needs careful watching but not dangerous | reluctant to talk to passengers but not rude | Fair with light engine and/or ECS | 2 |
| usually volunteers for extra work and gets on with other volunteers | firing good under normal circumstances; good supervision ability | has lapses but generally safe | friendly with passengers but does not start conversations | Good with light engine and ECS. Unknown passenger train ability | 3 |
| often volunteers for work and helps other volunteers unprompted | firing good and consistent under most circumstances | in most cases reacts well but can be caught out by new situations | very friendly with passengers, extends conversations but does not start them | Good with ECS and light engine but needs careful supervision on passenger train | 4 |
| always looking for jobs and carries them out | firing good in all circumstances | reacts well in all but the most unusual circumstances but still very safe | initiates friendly conversations with passengers | Good, but needs some supervision on passenger train | 5 |
| initiates and completes jobs and involves others volunteers where approriate | firing excellent even under adverse conditions | very safe under all circumstances | gives appropriate help and information in a friendly manner, has a wide knowledge and ability to communicate | Excellent, capable of driving a passenger train with no supervision | 6 |
| The above table is intended as a GUIDE to the qualites needed by a Loco Dept volunteer. It is used as a source of information during discussions at the November promotion meeting. |
| A PARTICULAR POINTS SCORE DOES NOT LEAD DIRECTLY TO YOUR PROMOTION. |
Information last updated 03 March 2005
Locomotive Department Assesments