- Based on 9 Jobtrees users who were a Train Engineer in their career, on average, they have 3.55 years of experience and 1 jobs prior to this one. They have spent a significant amount of time in this job before moving on 10.9 years on average and earn $76K per year on average in this less senior role.
- 11% of Jobtrees users moved to another job with this same title in their next career step. The most common career steps after Train Engineer are Customer Service Manager, Business Analyst and Media Planner.
- Find more insights below about this specific career path based on our Jobtrees users' experience.
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- The most common career steps to get to Train Engineer are Ceo And President, Project Manager and Bus Driver based on actual career paths reported to Jobtrees.
- Ceo And President, the most common step before Train Engineer, is a more senior role which is common to see in career paths. This is a natural and common career progression as titles aren't synonymous across companies so a more senior title doesn't always mean higher pay and larger scope. For Train Engineer, this is an indication that you should focus more on the scope of the role than the specific title when thinking about building a path to Train Engineer.
- While Ceo And President is the most common, there is no specific role leading to Train Engineer that is an overwhelmingly common path.
- Another characteristic of the Train Engineer career path is that experience within the same job family as this role isn't common and as a result likely not necessary.
- This shows there are many potential paths to becoming a Train Engineer so focusing on translatable skills is likely more important than a specific role.
- While Ceo And President isn't from the same job family as Train Engineer, Transportation, it can help to have direct experience in this discipline shown by Project Manager also being a common career path to Train Engineer.
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- The most common degrees or certifications earned by Jobtrees users on the path to become Train Engineer are Bachelor Of Science (b.sc.) In Computer Sciences And Information Systems, Bachelor Of Arts (b.a.) In Public Relations, and Master Of Science (m.sc.) In Electrical Engineering. There may be other specific certification requirements to land a job with this role, so please make sure to check local regulations as well.
- Train Engineer is part of the Transportation job family which has a limited number of unique role types (18) within that discipline. Choosing to pursue a role within this family likely will mean that you will need to look outside of your discipline to find new roles and so should focus on related skills as part of that search.
- Our data is limited for this role so it's possible there are other common career paths not highlighted here for Train Engineer.