Aviation and rail: operating-document dossiers · France / Switzerland
Train driver: licence and undertaking attestation
Train-driver preparation separates a personal licence from the undertaking’s certificate or attestation for the work concerned. French and Swiss documents must be checked in their actual frameworks and validity periods. Match the vehicle, infrastructure, training, aptitude and restrictions to the intended service. The file does not infer operational authority from an academic qualification, a licence alone or an employer’s unsupported statement.
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What separate undertaking certificate or attestation covers the intended work?
France: keep the undertaking’s complementary certificate separate from the personal licence. Switzerland: distinguish the undertaking’s attestation from the OFT permit, including their different renewal roles under OCVM 42; a course certificate does not automatically substitute for either title.
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Which personal driver licence and professional category apply?
France: identify the personal train-driver licence, issuing authority and documented validity. Switzerland: identify the relevant personal permit under the Swiss driver framework; either title must be connected with the intended work rather than treated as universal operating permission.
Code des transports L2221-8–10 : L2221-8, L2221-9Ordonnance du DETEC sur l’admission à la conduite de véhicules moteurs des chemins de fer (OCVM), RS742.141.21 : 42, 7, 24
Personal and undertaking driving-title comparison
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- Jurisdiction
- France
- Personal title
- Licence L1, validity to record
- Undertaking document
- Attestation E1, scope P1
- Vehicles and lines
- Vehicle M1, lines I1
- Competence and aptitude
- Assessments C1, certificate A1
The file does not infer operational authority from an academic qualification, a licence alone or an employer’s unsupported statement.
What separate undertaking certificate or attestation covers the intended work?
France: keep the undertaking’s complementary certificate separate from the personal licence. Switzerland: distinguish the undertaking’s attestation from the OFT permit, including their different renewal roles under OCVM 42; a course certificate does not automatically substitute for either title.
Code des transports L2221-8–10 : L2221-8, L2221-9Ordonnance du DETEC sur l’admission à la conduite de véhicules moteurs des chemins de fer (OCVM), RS742.141.21 : 42, 7, 24
Which official provision helps explain this situation?
Train-driver preparation separates a personal licence from the undertaking’s certificate or attestation for the work concerned. French and Swiss documents must be checked in their actual frameworks and validity periods. Match the vehicle, infrastructure, training, aptitude and restrictions to the intended service. The file does not infer operational authority from an academic qualification, a licence alone or an employer’s unsupported statement.
Which vehicle types and infrastructure knowledge are documented?
France: map documented vehicle types and infrastructure knowledge to the actual service. Switzerland: compare the vehicles and sections covered by the attestation and its entries; experience on a neighbouring route does not by itself establish the requested operational scope.
Code des transports L2221-8–10 : L2221-8, L2221-9Ordonnance du DETEC sur l’admission à la conduite de véhicules moteurs des chemins de fer (OCVM), RS742.141.21 : 42, 7, 24
How are training, examination and continuing competence evidenced?
France: retain training, examinations and continuing assessments with date and subject. Switzerland: OCVM 24 connects the relevant examinations with completed training; the documentary record must distinguish attendance, assessment and the title subsequently issued.
Code des transports L2221-8–10 : L2221-8, L2221-9Ordonnance du DETEC sur l’admission à la conduite de véhicules moteurs des chemins de fer (OCVM), RS742.141.21 : 42, 7, 24
Preparation reference: Personal and undertaking driving-title comparison
| Preparation question | Point to verify |
|---|---|
| Which personal driver licence and professional category apply? | France: identify the personal train-driver licence, issuing authority and documented validity. Switzerland: identify the relevant personal permit under the Swiss driver framework; either title must be connected with the intended work rather than treated as universal operating permission. |
| What separate undertaking certificate or attestation covers the intended work? | France: keep the undertaking’s complementary certificate separate from the personal licence. Switzerland: distinguish the undertaking’s attestation from the OFT permit, including their different renewal roles under OCVM 42; a course certificate does not automatically substitute for either title. |
| Which vehicle types and infrastructure knowledge are documented? | France: map documented vehicle types and infrastructure knowledge to the actual service. Switzerland: compare the vehicles and sections covered by the attestation and its entries; experience on a neighbouring route does not by itself establish the requested operational scope. |
| How are training, examination and continuing competence evidenced? | France: retain training, examinations and continuing assessments with date and subject. Switzerland: OCVM 24 connects the relevant examinations with completed training; the documentary record must distinguish attendance, assessment and the title subsequently issued. |
Code des transports L2221-8–10 : L2221-8, L2221-9Ordonnance du DETEC sur l’admission à la conduite de véhicules moteurs des chemins de fer (OCVM), RS742.141.21 : 42, 7, 24
Which medical and psychological aptitude records apply?
France: identify the relevant medical and psychological aptitude records without entering diagnoses in this worksheet. Switzerland: preserve the aptitude evidence used for the applicable permit or attestation process; the tool neither makes a fitness finding nor supplies a universal examination interval.
Code des transports L2221-8–10 : L2221-8, L2221-9Ordonnance du DETEC sur l’admission à la conduite de véhicules moteurs des chemins de fer (OCVM), RS742.141.21 : 42, 7, 24
What changes of employer, material or route affect the operative documents?
France: record the new employer, vehicle or route and examine the effects on the complementary certificate. Switzerland: identify changes affecting the actual undertaking attestation and entries; neither country's documents should be assumed to transfer unchanged to every new operational context.
Code des transports L2221-8–10 : L2221-8, L2221-9Ordonnance du DETEC sur l’admission à la conduite de véhicules moteurs des chemins de fer (OCVM), RS742.141.21 : 42, 7, 24
How are suspensions, limitations and validity periods recorded?
France: preserve notified limitations, suspensions and validity periods for the actual titles. Switzerland: include attestation extensions or restrictions under OCVM 7 and the applicable renewal evidence; an unknown date or an open restriction does not disappear because another document is current.
Code des transports L2221-8–10 : L2221-8, L2221-9Ordonnance du DETEC sur l’admission à la conduite de véhicules moteurs des chemins de fer (OCVM), RS742.141.21 : 42, 7, 24
Why must the dossier connect both titles rather than rely on the personal licence alone?
France: connect licence, complementary certificate and the actual driving scope before preparing the service verification. Switzerland: connect permit, undertaking attestation and corresponding competence evidence. A personal title alone or a completed worksheet does not authorise every train or route.
Code des transports L2221-8–10 : L2221-8, L2221-9Ordonnance du DETEC sur l’admission à la conduite de véhicules moteurs des chemins de fer (OCVM), RS742.141.21 : 42, 7, 24
What other questions arise in this file?
What separate undertaking certificate or attestation covers the intended work?
France: keep the undertaking’s complementary certificate separate from the personal licence. Switzerland: distinguish the undertaking’s attestation from the OFT permit, including their different renewal roles under OCVM 42; a course certificate does not automatically substitute for either title.
Code des transports L2221-8–10 : L2221-8, L2221-9Ordonnance du DETEC sur l’admission à la conduite de véhicules moteurs des chemins de fer (OCVM), RS742.141.21 : 42, 7, 24
How are training, examination and continuing competence evidenced?
France: retain training, examinations and continuing assessments with date and subject. Switzerland: OCVM 24 connects the relevant examinations with completed training; the documentary record must distinguish attendance, assessment and the title subsequently issued.
Code des transports L2221-8–10 : L2221-8, L2221-9Ordonnance du DETEC sur l’admission à la conduite de véhicules moteurs des chemins de fer (OCVM), RS742.141.21 : 42, 7, 24
What changes of employer, material or route affect the operative documents?
France: record the new employer, vehicle or route and examine the effects on the complementary certificate. Switzerland: identify changes affecting the actual undertaking attestation and entries; neither country's documents should be assumed to transfer unchanged to every new operational context.
Code des transports L2221-8–10 : L2221-8, L2221-9Ordonnance du DETEC sur l’admission à la conduite de véhicules moteurs des chemins de fer (OCVM), RS742.141.21 : 42, 7, 24
Why must the dossier connect both titles rather than rely on the personal licence alone?
France: connect licence, complementary certificate and the actual driving scope before preparing the service verification. Switzerland: connect permit, undertaking attestation and corresponding competence evidence. A personal title alone or a completed worksheet does not authorise every train or route.
Code des transports L2221-8–10 : L2221-8, L2221-9Ordonnance du DETEC sur l’admission à la conduite de véhicules moteurs des chemins de fer (OCVM), RS742.141.21 : 42, 7, 24
Which official references should you consult?
- Code des transports L2221-8–10 : L2221-8, L2221-9www.legifrance.gouv.fr
- Ordonnance du DETEC sur l’admission à la conduite de véhicules moteurs des chemins de fer (OCVM), RS742.141.21 : 42, 7, 24www.fedlex.admin.ch
Texts cited last checked: 3 November 2026