The program of preparation for taking the professional exam for the position of train driver and the Program for taking the professional exam for the position of train driver are determined by the Rulebook on professional training, professional qualification and professional examination for the positions of railway workers, Annex 3, which was adopted by the Directorate of Railways on 30.05.2022 , Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia No. 66/22 of June 10, 2022. In order for the train driver trainee to be able to pass the professional exam, it is necessary to pass the preparation for taking the professional exam as well as to master the program for passing the professional exam. The period of preparation and the program for taking the professional exam was reviewed from the current situation, an analysis was made of the preparation and program for taking the professional exam for the position of train driver. The main recommendation is that it is necessary to introduce practicing on simulators into the training program, because some special cases are insufficiently practiced or excluded from practice during the preparation for the professional exam and can only be dealt with in theory.