Train Driver
12AI USED FOR12%moving to57%
THE DOOR, NOWB
THE DOOR, 20 YRSD
STARTING PAYnot published
MOAT NOT YET CLASSIFIEDA real score, but the moat is not yet classified. No claim either way.
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Train Driver
A train driver operates passenger or freight trains safely along the rail network, keeping to the timetable and looking after passengers' safety. It suits calm, focused, highly reliable people who can concentrate for long periods and take serious responsibility seriously.
THE DOOR: A easy to E extremely hard, now and in 20 years
AI is used for very little of this work today
Hands-on work, caring for people and dealing with the real world are among the hardest things to automate, and this job leans on them. We have not yet formally classified its moat, so we make no claim either way, but the exposure score speaks for itself.
Career progression path
Salary progression for this career has not been published yet.
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Real apprenticeship standards
Live UK apprenticeship standards that lead into this career, from the Institute for Apprenticeships register.
L3Train driver12 months typicalnot published
There is more than one way in
You do not have to go the university route to get here. There is also a vocational route that skips a degree entirely.