I’m no expert but as far as I’ve understood it you need to generally have a very good understanding of the train you’re driving, equivalent to an actual engineering degree, because you’re the person who has to call central and tell them what’s wrong with your train when something happens and “It doesn’t go forward” isn’t useful.
In the event of a failure the train driver does some troubleshooting steps (like rebooting the control system or manual overrides) and informs the central of the issue. The most common issue on train service are door malfunctions, which can be solved by locking the door and putting a sticker on it.
The difficult part is recognising the problem correctly, which probably requires some critical thinking skills. But the control systems are getting better at helping the driver and giving information on the issue.
I’m no expert but as far as I’ve understood it you need to generally have a very good understanding of the train you’re driving, equivalent to an actual engineering degree, because you’re the person who has to call central and tell them what’s wrong with your train when something happens and “It doesn’t go forward” isn’t useful.
In the event of a failure the train driver does some troubleshooting steps (like rebooting the control system or manual overrides) and informs the central of the issue. The most common issue on train service are door malfunctions, which can be solved by locking the door and putting a sticker on it.
The difficult part is recognising the problem correctly, which probably requires some critical thinking skills. But the control systems are getting better at helping the driver and giving information on the issue.