THE National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) has offered to train enginemen to possibly work at local or regional railways.
NRZ spokesperson Andrew Kunambura said the enginemen would be trained for a period of four years.
He said two of the four years would be on-job training.
“The NRZ is offering a Train Driver Course to all who are interested in this profession for job opportunities in the NRZ or in the regional (Southern African Development Community) Railway Industry. A learning period of four (4) years, two (2) of which will be on-job training,” Kunambura said.
He said NRZ certification would be awarded for driving five classes of locomotives (vacuum and air braked trains).
“The requirement for the application is 5 O Levels including English language, Mathematics and a Science [subject] and be aged between 18 and 25 years.
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“Candidates are expected to be physically fit to handle the demands of the train working job and be of minimum 1,65 and maximum 1,93 metres height. A non-refundable administration fee of US$10 must be paid on submission of an application,” Kunambura said.