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ISCO: 8312. Skills: 39. Essential: 33.
Essential skills
- assess railway operations
- check train engines
- comply with railway safety standards
- control train movement
- dangers of marshalling activity
- deal with challenging work conditions
- drive vehicles
- enforce railway safety regulations
- follow switching instructions in rail operations
- mechanics of trains
- operate radio equipment
- operate railway communication systems
- operate railway control panels
- operate railway switches
- operate railway vehicles
- operate railway warning systems
- operate switching locomotives
- oversee operational safety on trains
- perform maintenance on locomotives
- perform rail track inspections
- perform routine maintenance on railway engines
- perform wagon coupling
- physical characteristics of railways
- principles of mechanical engineering
- rail infrastructure
- railway framework legislation
- read railway circuit plans
- shunt inbound loads
- shunt outbound loads
- shunt rolling stock in marshalling yards
- test the braking force of trains
- train operating procedures
- use hand signal for transport procedures