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Career Guidance Knowledge engineering, manufacturing and construction K073 - architecture and construction K0732 - building and civil engineering Rail infrastructure
Description
Thoroughly understand the characteristics of railway infrastructure: rail technologies, track gauges, rail signalling, rail junctions, etc.
Occupations requiring this skill
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Skill demand overview
- Essential in 7 occupations
- Optional in 3 occupations
- Total: 10 occupations
- Most common in: ISCO major group 8 (Plant and machine operators, and assemblers)
Essential for
- Train preparerTrain preparers are responsible for checking and testing of equipment and systems on rail vehicles before vehicles are moved. They ensure that a train is in a fit condition…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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,…
- Rail operations managerRail operations managers are concerned with overseeing, designing, and controlling the processes of transport operation. Rail operation managers may work for rail operators concern…
- Railway station managerRailway station managers are in charge of organising tasks linked to the operation of train stations. Their tasks cover the organisation of the maintenance and repairment works for…
- 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…
Optional for
- Diesel engine mechanicDiesel engine mechanics repair and maintain all types of diesel engines. They use hand tools, precision measuring instruments, and machine tools to diagnose trouble, disassemble en…
- Railway infrastructure inspectorRailway infrastructure inspectors are responsible for checking the conditions of railways. They monitor compliance to health and safety standards and inspect the infrastructure to …
- Transport plannerA Transport Planner is responsible for designing, developing, and implementing transportation strategies and systems to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of movement within …
Related skills
- Health and safety measures in transportation
- Comply with legal regulations
- Enforce railway safety regulations
- Perform rail track inspections
- Work in a rail transport team
- Shunt inbound loads
- Principles of mechanical engineering
- Physical characteristics of railways
- Maintain computerised records of railway traffic
- Have computer literacy
- Hydraulics
- Design wayside signalling interlockings
Last updated on February 19, 2026
