Best College/Uni Course to become Railway Fitter

Self explanatory title, what do people think the best course to do would be in order to stand in good stead to be a Train Fitter or engineer? Alot of TOCs ask for prior experience hence my question.

Thanks in advance

have you looked at apprenticeships?

Want to be a railway fitter?
Join the forces then become a fitter when you leave

About 10 years ago. I lost 3 of my 90 or so team to the railway within 6 months.Reasons: much higher pay, regular hours and no deployments to places where someone is trying to kill you.

GPR said:

Want to be a railway fitter?
Join the forces then become a fitter when you leave

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Yes there’s definitely a few ex-forces people working at depots or for ROSCOs.

As for the OP, probably an apprenticeship or otherwise any sort of mechanical / electrical engineering course at a reputable institution will help.

Fitters do come from the Motor industry, Aviation, Military. All sorts really.

Apprenticeships are the best way, but a very competitive entry. Check out GTR's page on engineering apprentices (not currently open, but it's an annual intake, historic adverts are still online).

If you're looking specifically for courses, anything in the mechanical or electrical engineering world will look good. Lots of vocational courses which provide hands on experience exist. Not a lot of fitters (in my experience) are degree educated, so Level 4/5 such as HNC, HND are a good level to look at.

Teesside University for example have good electrical engineering HNC/HND qualifications, I've heard.

Provided you have the base level GCSEs including Maths and English, there are many avenues to take, to get into railway engineering!