Operate railway vehicles

Description

Drive railroad vehicles or other railway equipment in a competent and safe manner.

Occupations requiring this skill

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Skill demand overview
  • Essential in 3 occupations
  • Optional in 1 occupations
  • Total: 4 occupations
  • Most common in: ISCO major group 8 (Plant and machine operators, and assemblers)

Essential for

  • Rolling stock inspector
    Rolling stock inspectors inspect wagons and carriages to asses their technical condition while grouped together and before they are used for transportation activities. They ch…
  • Shunter
    Shunters 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,…
  • Railway electronic technician
    Railway electronic technicians are responsible for installing, inspecting, testing, and maintaining train control systems, radio, radar, electronic and electromagnetic components. …

Optional for

  • Automated cable vehicle controller
    Automated cable vehicle controllers operate systems and control boards keeping under the control the operations of a varied array of modes of transport operated by cable. They can …

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Last updated on February 18, 2026

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