Signal cabin/control room classification

[programmes1]

I have received a copy of a circular which was used to score each signal cabin/control room in the late 80's depending on the number of trains, equipment in location etc is this still how it's done today?

[c5]

It was done away with a few years ago, but was brought back under the Service Control Review.
I believe that some staff put together documents including number of phone calls, lever movements, train movements, signalling equipment and generally how much they do.

This is how it works now, starting with the lowest paid/quietest cabin.
Service Operator Level 1 - Resident Quiet Cabins
Amersham, Hammersmith, Upminster, New Cross, Waterloo

Service Operator Level 2 - Resident Busier Cabins
Rayners Lane, Harrow on the Hill, Rickmansworth, Edgware Road, Barking, Whitechapel, Information Operator (former LIA)

Service Operator Level 3 - Reserve Staff
I think you need at least 2 busy cabins to be on this rate of pay

Service Operator Level 4 - Resident Regulating Rooms
Earls Court - (Kings Cross-Heathrow/South Harrow) and (Tower Hill/High St Kensington- Putney Bridge/Ealing Broadway)
and Coburg Street (Northern and Victoria lines)

Service Controller Level 1 - But actually signalling people!
Baker Street Signalling Centre (Aldgate/Charing Cross-Stanmore), Neaden Depot TMR, Stratford Market TMR, Network Operations Centre Operators

Service Controller Level 2
Line Controllers, Service Duty Managers, Service Comepetance Controllers, Network Information Managers


;D ;D ;D ;D

[Deleted]

to qulaify as an so3 it is any 2 cabins no matter if they are busy or not

[citysig]

c5 said:

Service Controller Level 1 - But actually signalling people!

We're actually a bit more than just that - which is why there are still rumblings concerning our grading. Before the review we were a lot more than that, but our powers were slowly wittled away in readiness for the review no doubt.

I won't elaborate here as it is not the place, except to say that the phrase "stitch up" springs to mind every time someone mentions the review and score sheets.

The only good thing (and it isn't much) is to be able to mock the former Line Controllers by reminding them we are now Level 1 whilst they are merely Level 2 ;D

[mandgc]

It is difficult to 'graduate' the various Key -pushers or Lever -movers in order of monetary reward.
The orginal Marks system, counting Lever effort or Bell signal receipts, probably worked reasonably well for Mechanical signal boxes and was transferred to Power Frames though there is little effort required on them. My greatest effort with a power frame was in winding the Time Release for a Wrong signal when the Lineman wasn't handy to release the locking. In one case we could also re-stroke two adjacent levers at the same time with one hand. :-)

Of course no system will satisfy all of the staff all of the time.

[citysig]

mandgc said:

My greatest effort with a power frame was in winding the Time Release for a Wrong signal when the Lineman wasn't handy to release the locking. In one case we could also re-stroke two adjacent levers at the same time with one hand. :-)

I have heard that an adapted electric drill was used at one location to wind the release. Apparently it worked fine until one day that someone applied a little too much pressure to the drill's control button, and both the "adapter" and part of the winding lever ended up on the other side of the cabin ;D

Two adjacent levers being re-stroked with one hand? If you didn't have the hands to do such a thing then it was questioned whether you should have been in the grade ;D Of course there are no doubt numerous people here (particularly drivers) who would ask what we were doing with the other hand, and of course the answer was normally holding a cup of tea.

Edgware Road was a prime example of numerous shortcuts to "assist" in moving levers. Certain levers could be positioned such that the sharp movement of one would send another reverse at the same time.

Given all of the above I will shut-up now before someone believes these shortcuts are still in existence and ends up re-grading the boxes to reflect them.