Being a train engineer in one of those jobs that requires preparation, quite specific training and in which you have to pass several tests, but which also has conditions that can make many people consider it.
Between extras and rights acquired over the years, a Renfe driver can earn an average of 50,000 euros per year. Now, the railway company has launched the bases of (OPE) 2022.
This Wednesday it has published the requirements and the procedure to incorporate nearly 1,000 new workers in the areas of driving and commercial operator of the operator.
Of these, the majority are train drivers, with 600 jobs, of which 430 correspond to state-wide services; 150 corresponding to traffic service tables in the area of Catalonia, Extremadura, Miranda de Ebro and Zaragoza, and 20 for cross-border traffic services: 8 in Irún, 8 in Portbou and 4 in Barcelona.
Likewise, the OPE contemplates the call for 375 positions for N2 commercial operators (300 at the state level and 75 for Catalonia), which means 70 more positions than the 2021 job offer.
Conditions and deadlines for filing
It is not easy, neither in time nor in money, to become a train driver for Renfe. To begin with, they must cut with a driver’s license. On the website of the public company, they report several centers where this training can be carried out, which between practices and exams can cost between 15,000 and 20,000 euros.
Once with the driver’s license, the applicants can now oppose the selective processes that Renfe opens and that consist of a psychotechnical exam and another on driving and practical regulations.
With the opposition approved, the applicants already get their place if they pass the cut-off mark for that year and, later, they can consolidate it after the years by becoming Renfe’s own train drivers. If they don’t, they become reserve drivers who receive a much lower benefit and remain in the company’s employment pool.
For this specific call, the jobs will have as a reference the working and remuneration conditions established in the Renfe Group Collective Agreement and the applicants must meet, by February 27, 2022, the specific requirements detailed in the call.
The deadline for the admission of applications starts this Wednesday, February 16, 2022 and ends on March 2, 2022, both included. All the information to participate in the process.
How much does a Renfe driver charge?
To get an idea, they can be charged from 850 to 1,000 euros a month as a minimum, compared to 24,000 per year for train drivers who have a position and those who are definitely Renfe’s own train drivers, who have a salary of around 3,200. euros per month plus accessories.
All this process means that the oppositions to Renfe have a lot of competition, but in turn the selection process takes a long time, which affected the complaints about the strike promoted by the union.
The lack of these professionals has been criticized in recent months. The SEMAF union has insisted that currently the railway services presented “a deficit of 861 fewer trains per day, compared to a similar day in 2019.” These figures, according to the union organization, mean “25,830 fewer trains per month and 309,960 fewer trains per year.” “A service that the company had deteriorated taking advantage of the COVID 19 pandemic, and that it did not intend to recover,” they have criticized.
In this line, they have accused the operator of having “drawn the strategy of removing trains to eliminate personnel and without workers and to not recover the trains.” “They have even left populations without any service,” they have stressed.
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