Transnet Train Assistant Trainee Opportunity
Transnet is looking to employ Trainee Train Assistants with a grade 12 certificate.
How To Apply For Transnet Train Assistant Trainee Opportunity
To apply, submit your application online at Transnet.
You are required to attach the following documents along with your application: ID document, CV and Matric Certificate.
If this sounds like an opportunity you are interested in, make sure you send your application in before the closing date
This Transnet opportunity prepares you to successfully undergo Train Assistant duties (theoretical and practical) so as to be certified to work independently as a Train Assistant.
Assist the Train Driver in the safe and efficient driving/handling of all different types of trains/locomotive consists (airbrake, vacuum, high speed, heavy haul and passengers) to ensure that the customers freight/cargo reaches its destination in good condition, on time, in order to enable the organisation to satisfy the customers’ needs.
Educational Requirements
- Grade 12 with pure Mathematics and/or Physical Science
Requirements
- Be prepared to undergo periodic medical surveillance and safety behavioral risk assessments during the selection process and every 12 months
- Physical hearing, vision, mental, fitness (to be verified through medical tests and related safety behavioural risk assessments)
- The operator shall not allow employees younger than 21 years of age to undertake train driver or train control duties. (SANS 3000, par 6.2.6.8)
The following minimum Trainee pre-requisite:
- The candidate should be a minimum of 1.6 meters tall
- Psychomotor ability (to be assessed through Vienna Testing System (VTS) standard)
- Ability to carry heavy objects
HOW TO APPLY
The candidate must meet the minimum inherent health requirements of the job.
To apply, submit your application online at Transnet.
You are required to attach the following documents along with your application: ID document, CV and Matric Certificate.
- attach your ID document, CV and matric certificate
- if you don’t have these documents, you can’t apply
- if you don’t have a matric certificate, you can still apply
- if you have a matric certificate, you don’t need to attach it
Transnet is looking to employ Trainee Train Assistants in Kwa-Zulu Natal with a grade 12 certificate. Transnet is a South African state-owned holding company that owns and manages South Africa’s railway infrastructure and rolling stock.
Transnet has recently been awarded various international contracts for the provision of locomotives, wagons and track equipment from local suppliers. These will be used on both domestic rail operations as well as internationally. The company has also been tasked with modernizing its fleet through replacement of old locomotives with newer models.
The South African government has set aside R84 billion for investment in transport infrastructure over the next five years..