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Jobs For 18 Year Old

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Hi to you all, I am an 18 year old lad living in wolverhampton and all my life i have wanted to work on the railways, in the freight business. My goal is to become a freight train driver for ews or rail freight etc. But now the problem is where to start in the freight industry as i have heard you ca start work in a freight depot at the age of 18 but i cannot find anymore information on the matter. Also I cannot find any other jobs around freight which u can do at 18. I have been looking for absolutly ages. So iv joined this forum to ask if any of you could help me out about working in a freight depot and starting out in freight. so any information greatly appreciated thanks
 
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You're best looking in the Jobs/Career sub-topic.

However, I don't think you will go far at 18 in freight. Better going into a passenger company and applying after you get a taste of the railways.

Best advice would be go to uni and get a degree. Then apply for this:

http://www.ewscareers.com/apply.htm

We’re looking for self-assured, confident graduates who have obtained or are expecting to gain a 2:1 or equivalent. If you’re seriously up to the challenge and have the right attitude, determination and will to succeed, DB Schenker and Euro Cargo Rail is the place for you – regardless of your degree discipline.

All applicants must be eligible to work in the EU and should hold a full driving licence or be committed to obtaining a full licence by the time you start with us.

Due to the nature of our work, unfortunately we are unable to accept applications from people who are colour blind.

As a Production Manager, you will need to assess train drivers’ capability and performance. Because of this, you will go through train driver training when you join us.
 
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stethomson is right. DBS have just got rid of a load of drivers anyway - there are jobs with XC at New Street at the moment if you want to get into the industry - I'd advise checking on TOC's websites.
 
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Mojo said:
stethomson is right. DBS have just got rid of a load of drivers anyway - there are jobs with XC at New Street at the moment if you want to get into the industry - I'd advise checking on TOC's websites.
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Out of Pure interest, how do you get AXC Job Vacancies up on their website? Had a look but no cigar...
 
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Do a degree in Transport planning or logistics, or geography/economics/technology/business and post grad transport, then apply for a planning post in transport, then aim toward to rail freight business. Obviously you don't need a degree to be a driver, but it keeps your options open for the future.

The best way to get a drivers job is to go for any customer facing job, for a passenger TOC and work your way up via internal recruitment. For railfreight apply for shunters or trainman's jobs.

Also external volunteering with preserved railways may help your chances, or customer facing jobs like shop work or pubs, or jobs dealing with difficult customers.

To be frank there are over 300 applications were external drivers job, so chances of getting in that way are slim. Internal applications stand more chance.
 
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To be frank with you- its going to be hard to get into a TOC until you're experienced and older. 22+

Go to Uni/College and study some sort of Engineering/Finance/Management/Customer Service/Travel & Tourism course whilst working Part Time in ASDA or a similar supermarket, anywhere where its not hard work, but customer facing.

Then apply for one of the graduate opportunities out there. Chiltern/LOROL/WSMR, DBS and Network Rail have them.
 
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I recently found some information about 'Trainee drivers between 18 and 21 may be able to work in yards and depots away from passenger lines'. Does anybody know of any companies that do this thanks
 
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:lol: thats cool but wouldnt LOROL be too far away for someone from the Midlands to apply?
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You'll probably find that as in any line of work, sometimes temporary or permanent relocation is required in order to get the job you want - even if you were to treat it as a method to "get on the first rung of the ladder"
 
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LOROL/WSMR/CHILTERN are the same company in essence, and you go on 'assignments' to LOROL and WSMR as part of your training. You even get a chance to go to Germany to work with DB for a bit.

If you want a good job- you have to be prepared to make some changes.
 
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