What is the best collage course for me to get in the transport industry?

Question

i am due to go to college next year and i was wondering what course would be the best one for me to take to get in to the transport industry i was thinking mabye i want to be a bus driver or work on the trains. is there a bus driver or train worker on here that went to collage and knows what i should take. thanks for your help in advance.

Answer 1

No real need to go on a collage course for this type of work, get in touch with your local bus company and ask if they are hiring if they are and want to take you on they will put you through your test for your bus licence. Train drivers jobs are a little harder to come by but again do not require a collage course as such but the training is a lot more involved but the train company will put you through all the training you need. Be aware that usually you have to start working for a train company in some other capacity before the training becomes available i.e. host on a train working in the shop.

Answer 2

Sorry, but REALLY, if you're going to spell college with an A you'd better brush up your spelling first ! ! !

Answer 3

Well, yes there IS an advantage to going to a transportation school, that advantage is getting hired, with competition fierce for RR jobs, it looks very good on a resume to have some knowledge but mostly it shows a real desire and comitment to go to work in the RR industry. Dont think for a moment that the hiring officer will ignore that type of desire and commitment.

Some railroads actually reimburse new hirees for a portion of the tuition for RR colleges.  

There is a 6 week course in Sacramento called Modoc RR college and I know there is a Community college in Kansas that offers an associate degree in railroading.

Google it, but I think it is something to look into if you are serious about going to work in the industry.

Good Luck!!

Answer 4

All you need is to be literate, able to read and write and count, nothing else is necessary unless you want to be a train driver in India where a degree seems to be mandatory according to the recent documentary on Indian Railways.

College will only fill in time until you are old enough to start applying for jobs.

Answer 5

Why would you go to colleg to do that?  Get your Commercial Drivers License and Limo/multi passenger license, and you're good to go.

Otherwise- major in Logistics Management at college, if you want to get into the Logistics Management side of things.

Answer 6

If all you want is to be a bus driver or train worker, you could skip college and go straight to the bus or train companies and ask about a job with training.

Answer 7

Why not take accountancy, civil engineering or mechanical engineering?  That would qualify you for a better job than train or bus operation though there is not a lot wrong with them either.  I used to know a lot of locomotive drivers, had two uncles who did it and my father was a rail worker too.  All good people.

I like the idea of a logistics course too.  Or even public relations, rail companies have opportunities for all sorts of people.

Answer 8

A two year degree actually will help you now days.  Jobs have become more & more technical.  There is a very good community college that has a program that teaches you how to be a conductor.  It is funded by BNSF and is the Johnson County Community College.  Overland Park KS, of course.  For bus driver, I'd take a 2 yr. program on computers/business management.  It will help you get a promotion some day.  To work on buses or trains, a two year degree in something like diesel repair, heavy equipment repair, or technical engine repair (computers are now in the big engines too.)  Hope this helps.

Kent in SD