Guard jobs.

[Bayum]

I'm currently a primary teacher but would like to break into Asia and Australasia to teach. Before that though, I'd like to get some experience doing a variety of jobs in the UK so I have a multitude of skills with which to emigrate and work overseas.


I'm thinking of being a guard, either with East Coast, First Transpennine Express, Cross Country or Northern as I live within 40 minutes of Leeds and York, so I have access to a number of TOCs.

What sort of skill sets are these companies going to be looking for? I'm trying to work out the transferable skills I have as a teacher and how they'd work in a different environment. For instance I am able to communicate effectively with managers, other employees and parents as part of my day to day job, this is transferable to communication elsewhere, but not in a sales role for instance.


Any ideas?
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I should probably mention a few vitals as well.

Not overweight - underweight with a BMI of 17.
23.75 years old.
Physical health isn't the best.
On a variety of medications - the ones that will cause problems could be stopped if I were to get a job on the railway.
5ft 4 - was looking into doing cabin crew work, but I've had a look into some of the restrictions and I know height was a factor for a lot of companies.


Anything else that needs to be known please don't hesitate to ask.

 

[Central Trains]

East Coast very difficult to become a Guard with instantly - they like to progress and promote catering staff. XC Train Manager positions at Leeds are fairly rare.
Northern and TPE are often recruiting though.

Good luck with your applications.

 

[guardin_state]

If you're wanting to be a guard I would suggest taking a look at these sites for a general overview.
http://becomingaconductor.webs.com/
http://www.northernrail.org/northern/careers/conductors

You can work out any transferable skills you may have by reading old job adverts and the job description and lining it up against what skills you think you have.

As for immigrating to Australia, I don't see being a train guard as any benefit to you unless you plan on becoming a train guard in Australia which is an extremely difficult job to break into. A teaching degree should be more than sufficient to immigrate to Australia if you meet the criteria of the special skills visa (the name escapes me) or if you plan on just having a working holiday visa.