3 Questions in 2010

[MarkN]

I must say that the new format favours those who cannot write at pace, myself included. It also enforces brevity on the part of the delegate.

I myself took on the competence question, I had been setting one up for a client in the 3 weeks prior to the exam. It made me THINK what was required in the question and distill down into bullets and paragraphs. I could not put in the 15 required elements from the HMRI, so I had to give headlines.

Same goes for the track circuit question and the question on uncontrolled documentation. Personally I preferred it. (I've now taken 3....)

Remember that the aim given in the IRSE news was an answer from a competent signalling or telecommunications engineer, not a deep subject mattter expert. As a trainer, I nearly fell into that trap, as above.

I'm much happier with my performance this year, and the structure of the questions, which I felt encouraged and directed the delegate mostly, and didnt leave the delegate wondering what the hell was the direction the examiner was looking for.

Think I personally am in a good place, but will see at christmas