Rolling stock engineering technicians service, maintain and repair train engines, carriages and other rail vehicles.
£30,000 - £45,000
37 to 39 a week (between 8am and 6pm)
You'll need:
You'll need to:
The medical check will include tests of your hearing and vision as you'll be working in a safety critical environment, around live wires and on train tracks.
You can also expect to be regularly tested for drugs and alcohol in this role.
It can be helpful to have a driving licence and your own transport to start shifts outside public transport hours.
You can get into this job through:
You could do a college course, which would teach you some of the skills and knowledge you need in this job, then look for a trainee position.
Courses include:
Entry requirements for these courses vary.
You could apply to do a:
These apprenticeships take from 3 to 4 years. You would learn skills that are common across all rail technician roles alongside specific training for traction and rolling stock work.
Apprenticeships are offered by organisations like:
You'll usually need:
You could start out as a rail track maintenance worker.
With experience and further training, you could then apply for rolling stock engineering technician jobs.
To apply directly, you'll usually need experience and qualifications from other engineering jobs, like:
Rail technicians employed through an agency on short or medium term contracts may be paid a higher hourly rate.
You can find out more about working in rail engineering from:
As a rolling stock engineering technician, you'll:
You could work on rail tracks or in a workshop.
Your working environment may be dirty and outdoors some of the time.
You may need to wear protective clothing.
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