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Career Guidance Knowledge business, administration and law K042 - law K0421 - law Railway framework legislation
Description
The legislative framework governing the different aspects of railway transport, including licensing of railway undertakings, railway infrastructure capacity, railway safety and the legislation that applies to the field of cross-border freight transit.
Occupations requiring this skill
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Skill demand overview
- Essential in 7 occupations
- Optional in 1 occupations
- Total: 8 occupations
- Most common in: ISCO major group 8 (Plant and machine operators, and assemblers)
Essential for
- Rail project engineerRail project engineers maintain a safe, cost-effective, high-quality, and environmentally responsible approach across the technical projects in railway companies. They provide proj…
- 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…
- Chief conductorChief conductors are responsible for the safe performance of all operational tasks on board of passenger trains outside the drivers cab, such as supervising safe opening and closin…
- 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…
- Level crossing signalpersonLevel crossing signalpersons operate equipment in the safeguarding of level crossings, according to safety regulations. They supervise the traffic situation around the level crossi…
- Train conductorTrain conductors assist passengers in the boarding and leaving of the train. They answer questions from passengers concerning train rules, stations, and provide timetable informati…
Optional for
- Rail maintenance technicianRail maintenance technicians execute routine inspections of railway tracks, powerlines, signage stations, switches, and other railway infrastructure. They are also sent out to repa…
Related skills
- Operate railway communication systems
- Use different communication channels
- Enforce railway safety regulations
- Work in a rail transport team
- Comply with legal regulations
- Rail infrastructure
- Design wayside signalling interlockings
- Have computer literacy
- Ensure implementation of subsidence mitigation measures
- Assess railway operations
- Liaise with rail experts
- Check carriages
Last updated on February 19, 2026
