Getting a job on the railway at 16

[DoublyEpic]

Hello All,

I have one quick question. Are there any jobs i can get at the age of 16? If so what kind of job would they be?

Thanks Owen

 

[FGW_DID]

Methinks it would be customer service based jobs only or things like an engineering apprenticeship. Anything Safety Critical and the min age is 18.

 

[DoublyEpic]

That makes sense. I've spoken to people at Leicester station but not heard much but i know about the safety critical stuff.

Thanks for your comment.

 

[168lover]

I speak from experience as I am currently 16 as well. What I've found is that there is not a lot of options in terms of apprenticeships or other work on the railway for under 18s. So what I suggest which is exactly what I am doing is volunteer at your local heritage railway to gain experience of a railway environment and do a college BTEC or A levels for 2 years and try for something after 2 years.

 

[yorkie]

I speak from experience as I am currently 16 as well. What I've found is that there is not a lot of options in terms of apprenticeships or other work on the railway for under 18s. So what I suggest which is exactly what I am doing is volunteer at your local heritage railway to gain experience of a railway environment and do a college BTEC or A levels for 2 years and try for something after 2 years.

Agreed.

There may also be work experience opportunities, I know of a forum member who had a good work experience recently at Virgin Trains at 16 for example.

All these things will look good on your CV and stand you in good stead. Too many youngsters apply for jobs at 18 (or after Uni) and just don't have enough experience to get the job they want.

 

[craigybagel]

Be warned that with the amount of applications they get for customer facing roles , they generally only take on people who can show a large amount of experience in that area already.