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Career Guidance Skills working with machinery and specialised equipment S8.5 - operating machinery for the manufacture of products S8.5.8 - operating cutting, grinding and smoothing machinery Operate rail grinder
Description
Use a rail grinder to remove any imperfection or accretions from rails. Operate a handheld grinder or monitor the workings of a work train.
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 construction supplies
- Inspect railways visually
- Maintain rail infrastructure
- Follow health and safety procedures in construction
- Operate sleeper clipping unit
- Operate grappler
- Monitor rail pickup machine
- Monitor tamping car
- Monitor ballast regulator
- Work trains
- Secure working area
- Use measurement instruments
Last updated on February 18, 2026
