Occupation Atlasshunter
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/5a16dff6-ca31-4a39-85dd-4b5aa0f45419
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, making or splitting up trains in shunting yards or sidings. They operate according to the technical features, such as controlling movement via a remote control device.
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Job Zone
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
Zone 2: Some Preparation Needed
Some preparation. Usually a high school diploma, some previous work-related skill or experience, and a few months to a year of training with experienced workers.
Job Zone is O*NET's rating of how much education, experience and training an occupation typically needs — a property of the work, not of anyone doing it.
Occupational interest profile
RCERealistic · Conventional · Enterprising — the three strongest interests, in order
- R Realistic6.78
- C Conventional4.30
- E Enterprising2.07
- I Investigative2.02
- S Social1.76
- A Artistic1.00
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Rail Yard Engineers, Dinkey Operators, and Hostlers (53-4013.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, its exact O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (33)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- 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
O*NET equivalents
From the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, strongest match first. A broader occupation takes in this one; a narrower one is a part of it.
Closest occupations
Compare any occupation →ESCO occupations that share the most of this occupation's 33 essential skills. A plain count, not a hidden score.
rail switchperson
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7 shared · 17 more of its owncontrol train movement, shunt rolling stock in marshalling yards, train operating procedures, check train engines
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level crossing signalperson
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rolling stock inspector
5 shared · 21 more of its ownoperate railway vehicles, perform rail track inspections, enforce railway safety regulations, rail infrastructure
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train preparer
4 shared · 14 more of its owncomply with railway safety standards, perform rail track inspections, rail infrastructure, principles of mechanical engineering
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4 shared · 15 more of its owncontrol train movement, train operating procedures, physical characteristics of railways, mechanics of trains
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