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Career Guidance Skills working with machinery and specialised equipment S8.2 - driving vehicles S8.2.3 - operating rail vehicles 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 inspectorRolling stock inspectors inspect wagons and carriages to asses their technical condition while grouped together and before they are used for transportation activities. They ch…
- 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,…
- Railway electronic technicianRailway electronic technicians are responsible for installing, inspecting, testing, and maintaining train control systems, radio, radar, electronic and electromagnetic components. …
Optional for
- Automated cable vehicle controllerAutomated 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 …
Related skills
- Electrical wiring plans
- Operate railway control panels
- Enforce railway safety regulations
- Perform rail track inspections
- Health and safety measures in transportation
- Operate radio equipment
- Ensure safety of mobile electrical systems
- Electrical engineering
- Operate railway communication systems
- Principles of mechanical engineering
- Shunt inbound loads
- Read railway circuit plans
Last updated on February 18, 2026
