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Career Guidance Skills management skills S4.2 - organising, planning and scheduling work and activities S4.2.2 - planning and scheduling events and activities Control train departures
Description
Monitor and control departure of trains; prepare outbound trains with the required number of carriages and provide safety assurance.
Occupations requiring this skill
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Skill demand overview
- Essential in 1 occupations
- Optional in 0 occupations
- Total: 1 occupations
- Most common in: ISCO major group 8 (Plant and machine operators, and assemblers)
Essential for
- Train dispatcherTrain dispatchers ensure the safe and efficient dispatch of the train services. The safety of customers is their main priority. When carrying out train dispatch duties, they check …
Related skills
- Use different communication channels
- Liaise with rail experts
- Monitor conditions affecting train movement
- Ensure compliance with railway regulation
- Shunt inbound loads
- Liaise with colleagues
- Manage rail yard resources
- Analyse weather forecast
- Monitor train schedules
- Operate railway communication systems
- Shunt outbound loads
- Perform services in a flexible manner
Last updated on February 18, 2026
