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 preparer
    Train 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 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…
  • Civil engineering worker
    A 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…
  • 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,…
  • Rail operations manager
    Rail 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 manager
    Railway 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 layer
    Rail 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 mechanic
    Diesel 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 inspector
    Railway infrastructure inspectors are responsible for checking the conditions of railways. They monitor compliance to health and safety standards and inspect the infrastructure to …
  • Transport planner
    A Transport Planner is responsible for designing, developing, and implementing transportation strategies and systems to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of movement within …

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Last updated on February 19, 2026

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