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What you do, and why an operator would care. 27 modules, including 4 you can try free.

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AllAttentionReactionTimingDual taskMemoryRulesReasoningInterview

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4 of 27 modules

Vigilance

Attention · 5 / 15 / 30 min

Free

What you do

You watch a dull square for a long stretch. Click only when it turns pure black. Nothing else counts.

Why it is useful

Driving is hours of almost nothing, then a change that matters. Operators need people who stay on the display when there is no plot. Misses and false alarms both count. Five minutes is easy. The second half of a long run is the real test, which is why short bursts at the kitchen table do not train it.

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Visual Search

Attention · 3 / 6 / 9 min

Free

What you do

A target shape and colour, then a busy grid. Mark every match. Some rounds have none.

Why it is useful

Cab and lineside are busy fields. You have to see the thing that matches and ignore near-misses. Empty grids exist. Clicking because the clock is loud is a fail mode. A methodical scan beats a heroic stare.

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Reaction Time

Reaction · 1 / 2 / 4 min

Free

What you do

Click when the circle turns green. Do nothing when it turns red.

Why it is useful

Fast is useless on the wrong signal. A driver who is slow to a genuine change is a problem. A driver who treats every flicker as a genuine change is also a problem. The test is withhold as much as go. If you only watch your best time, you are watching the wrong number.

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Stop, protect, and report

Problem Solving

Reasoning · 5 / 10 / 25 questions

Free

What you do

Timed operational questions: faults, signals, and what to do next.

Why it is useful

Selection is not only staring at squares. You also have to pick a safe next step against the clock. The dramatic answer is often worse than the boring one: stop, protect, tell someone. Practice here is for the type of decision, not a leaked paper.

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Create an account to run timed sessions. Practice is for the type of task. It is not the official paper, and a practice score is not a pass.

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