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Career Guidance Skills information skills S2.8 - monitoring, inspecting and testing S2.8.1 - monitoring, inspecting and testing equipment, systems and products Check train engines
Description
Ensure that train engines comply with regulations before commencing a journey.
Occupations requiring this skill
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Skill demand overview
- Essential in 2 occupations
- Optional in 3 occupations
- Total: 5 occupations
- Most common in: ISCO major group 7 (Craft and related trades workers)
Essential for
- ShunterShunters move shunting units with or without wagons or groups of wagons in order to build trains. They manage the driving of locomotives and are involved in switching wagons,…
- Train driverTrain drivers operate trains providing passenger or cargo transport services. They are responsible for driving the locomotive in safe manner, respecting all relevant safety, o…
Optional for
- Diesel engine mechanicDiesel engine mechanics repair and maintain all types of diesel engines. They use hand tools, precision measuring instruments, and machine tools to diagnose trouble, disassemble en…
- Occupational railway instructorOccupational railway instructors teach future occupational drivers of railway transportation, such as train, tram, metro and trolley drivers how to operate their railway vehicle ac…
- Rolling stock electricianRolling stock electricians install, maintain and repair electrical and electronic systems in rail vehicles such as air conditioning systems, lamps, heating systems, electrical wiri…
Related skills
- Mechanics of trains
- Ensure maintenance of trains
- Train operating procedures
- Physical characteristics of railways
- Control train movement
- Teach train driving principles
- Freight transport methods
- Principles of mechanical engineering
- Rail infrastructure
- Shunt outbound loads
- Wear appropriate protective gear
- Passenger transport regulations
Last updated on February 18, 2026
