Move essential equipment over land, all over the world
Skills taught: You'll learn how to drive, handle, service and maintain diesel locomotives as well as how to shunt, sort and marshal wagons into trains for despatch. Well-trained rail operators are essential both inside and outside the army. You'll have a job for life.
As a Driver/Railway Operator you are a soldier responsible for moving essential equipment, from ammunition and Land Rovers to Armoured Fighting Vehicles, over land, all over the world. You'll be trained to become an expert at looking at the terrain and working out the best way to build and use rail to move equipment.
You'll learn how to drive, handle, service and maintain diesel locomotives as well as how to shunt, sort and marshal wagons into trains for despatch. You'll also be trained in British signalling practice. Rail transport is essential, and the Army operates its own railway system in a number of countries including Germany and Canada.
QUALIFICATIONS/SKILLS YOU'LL NEED
Adaptability, attention to detail, creative thinking
QUALIFICATIONS YOU'LL EARN
Full driving license: Cat C & C+E and HAZMAT. NVQ Level 2 - Driving Goods Vehicles. Certificate of Personal Tack Safety