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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 Monitor tamping car
Description
Monitor the work train car that tamps railway ballast to ensure stability. Report or take action if any problem occurs.
Occupations requiring this skill
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Skill demand overview
- Essential in 0 occupations
- Optional in 3 occupations
- Total: 3 occupations
- Most common in: ISCO major group 9 (Elementary occupations)
Optional for
- Rail construction supervisorRail construction supervisors monitor the construction and maintenance of railway infrastructure. They assign tasks, either on the ground or from a control room, and make quick dec…
- Civil engineering workerA civil engineering worker is a construction professional who prepares the ground before, during and after building. Usually the first tradesperson on a construction site, civil en…
- Rail layerRail layers construct railway tracks on prepared sites. They monitor equipment that sets railroad sleepers or ties, usually on a layer of crushed stone or ballast. Rail layers then…
Related skills
- Inspect railways visually
- Maintain rail infrastructure
- Operate sleeper clipping unit
- Follow health and safety procedures in construction
- Monitor rail pickup machine
- Operate grappler
- Work trains
- Monitor ballast regulator
- Coordinate construction activities
- Secure working area
- Operate rail grinder
- Use measurement instruments
Last updated on February 19, 2026
