You are just seconds away from beginning an exciting new (typically $100K + p/a) career!
The ultimate "competitive edge" tutorials if you want to become a train driver in Australia. Built independently BY a driver, FOR prospective new drivers.
All delivered in individual video tutorials - no walls of text!
Suitable for prospective trainee driver applicants for ALL train types - suburban passenger, freight, long distance passenger, tourist & heritage and heavy haul trains.
Go from "thinking" about becoming a train driver, to taking action and making your dreams a reallity....
PreTrain - puts YOU in the drivers seat!
Hi! I'm Hamish, and I created PreTrain to help people land their dream job of driving trains.
Have you been thinking about getting your career on-track as a train driver, but don't know where to start?
Well I have good news for you!
PreTrain is made up of 3 individual courses which are then broken down into a series of short, concise video tutorials.
These are the summary of my over 20 years experience working in rail in all Australian east coast mainland states and overseas - (including many years as a hiring manager, interviewer & driver trainer), that is designed to help put YOU in the drivers' seat of an exciting new career as a train driver.
I am still a full time train driver today, and with my years of experience driving and teaching freight, suburban passenger, regional passenger, tourist & heritage trains and heavy haul trains here in Australia, I now want to help you get on track!
Make your dreams a reality, and start today!
Getting your new career underway is easy - and fast!
Simply follow the steps:
1 - Click below, on either the Full PreTrain Bundle, or choose one of the 3 individual courses - depending where you are at.
2 - Click the orange "Let's Go" button, and go to our secure payment page and buy your course.
3 - Begin learning INSTANTLY, on your phone, tablet, laptop or PC by watching the video tutorials that have been carefully crafted to give you more of what you need to know, and less of what you don't.
--> ALL COURSES ARE ACCESSIBLE FOR 12 MONTHS FROM DATE OF PURCHASE
--> LEARN AT YOUR OWN PACE - ANYTIME, ANYWHERE, ANY DEVICE
DO AS LITTLE - OR AS MUCH AS YOU'D LIKE, AT TIMES THAT WORK FOR YOU
What do you get? I'm glad you asked....
Course Number One
RailReady
KNOW that you're making the right choice.
"How do you get a job as a train driver?"
"What's it like"
"What sort of trains are there to drive"
"Could I make a good train driver"
"Where would I even begin to start"
In my 20+ years in this industry in Australia, I've heard these questions more times than I can remember.
And they're great questions!
In this series of video lessons contained within RailReady, I give you unbiased, independent guidance - tailor made just for you, on all of these questions and more, so that you can KNOW that this will be the career for you!
Now whether you know next to nothing about trains and the rail industry - or, whether you already have some existing knowledge or skills, you can come away from RailReady, safe in the knowledge that this is the career you really want to pursue.
Train Driving (like any job) has both pro's and con's - we go over these at length in this handy little series of video tutorials that covers all aspects of the real "life as a train driver".
This series of lessons best suits someone who has no prior knowledge or experience of the industry at all.
RailReady Features over 190 minutes (3 hours 10) of video lesson content delivered over 11 individual tutorials, PLUS links to further knowledge, exercises & some safety-net exercises to ensure you've retained the knowledge.
Course Number Two
FastTrack
Get the "unfair advantage"
Gain a unique, truly competitive edge, by being fully prepared for the selection, assessment & recruitment processes typically used by many Australian railway companies who recruit for trainee train drivers.
Includes practical tips for knowing what's typically ahead of you throughout the recruitment & selection processes.
Once you've completed RailReady - or if you already know for sure that train driving is the career for you, then FastTrack helps you find & prepare for applying for traineeships.
Do you know what's ahead of you?
Are you ready to attend a selection centre?
Are you adequately prepared for a psychometric assessment?
Do you know what's involved in a "Rail Safety-Critical Category 1" medical assessment?
If not, then FastTrack is your unfair advantage!
In FastTrack, we cover all of these matters that relate to :
Finding driver traineeships
The application, assessment & recruitment processes explained
How best to prepare for selection centres, psychometric testing & the railway medical.
No "hacks", gimmicks or nonsense involved! The best way to succeed in gaining a traineeship, is by being aware and prepared to put your best foot forward - that's what FastTrack helps you do!
FastTrack Features Over 90 minutes (1 hour 30) of video content delivered over 13 individual tutorials, PLUS links to further learning & preparation exercise resources and safety net exercises to ensure you've retained the information.
FastTrack IS your fast-track to getting a foot in the door of your new career!
Course Number 3
MainLine
Gain invaluable introductions to railway concepts
Often, I've observed that there can be a degree of "assumed" knowledge required once you hit the classroom, and sometimes basic knowledge "gaps" can make the learning journey more challenging than it needs to be.
Not everyone who chooses this career is a railway "enthusiast" or comes from a railway background - and nor do they need to be, to thrive in this job!
Do you know what the actual train driving qualification is?
How does the training usually work?
What are the main basic features of an operational railway?
What sort of "rollingstock" is there?
What's the difference between "safeworking" & "working safely"?
What's expected of trainees in class and in practical training?
What are the career advancement options once you qualify?
All these are the usual (excellent) questions most prospective trainee train drivers ask.
MainLine is designed to give you confidence as you enter the classroom, safe in the knowledge that you will gain invaluable skills from the tutorials within it.
But not so much that it becomes overwhelming, irrelevant or confusing!
Australia has many different railway companies, network managers and operators - and all have very big differences between them.
The series of video tutorials in MainLine will give you the confidence you need, to handle the rigours of the intensive training that trainee drivers are required to undertake, in order to become a qualified train driver.
MainLine features over 137 minutes (approx 2.5hrs) of video tuition delivered over 16 individual tutorials, PLUS links to further reading, downloadable guides and safety-net exercises to ensure you've retained the knowledge.
The complete PreTrain BUNDLE
Buy all 3 in one, and save!
(Also makes a great gift idea too....)
The Complete PreTrain bundle is made up of all 3 courses seamlessly joined together, with a total of over 6 hours of video tuition chunked down in to 40 individual tutorials, plus links to further reading & consolidation of knowledge exercises to ensure you've "got" the information.
PreTrain - puts YOU in the drivers seat!
Click on a course or bundle below to begin!
Hello again!
Now that you have seen what's in our courses, I absolutely encourage you to get on board and kick start your new career!
Still being a full time, professional train driver myself - who's worked for several of the biggest railway companies in my 20+ year career, I can assure you that this can be one of the greatest jobs on earth.
All of PreTrain has been written, sequenced and presented with the new-to-industry person in mind, and has been produced independently by myself.
I am now delighted and very excited, to present to you the PreTrain program - with all 3 of its courses, ready to help you take the next step in your train driving career - no matter what stage you're at.
Still got questions?
Email me!
Welcome aboard!
Hamish.