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Railway sector 'not attractive enough' for young engineers

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I was about to embark in Network Rails conversion programme in 2008 coming from a military avionics background. The economy hit a rough patch and the training evaporated. All industries just not rail seems to want an experienced "off the shelf" person. They all cry at the lack of people yet where is the training to either bridge the gap or allow cross over. It's annoying reading the same biased articles over and over.

Posted date

27 Apr 2012

Posted time

9:02 pm

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