Occupation Atlasrail maintenance technician
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/755c5c5f-2ee3-4487-94db-30ec2ba2e883
rail maintenance technician
Rail maintenance technicians execute routine inspections of railway tracks, powerlines, signage stations, switches, and other railway infrastructure. They are also sent out to repair defects quickly, safely, and at any time of the day or night.
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Job Zone
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- 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.
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Occupational interest profile
RCIRealistic · Conventional · Investigative — the three strongest interests, in order
- R Realistic7.00
- C Conventional4.11
- I Investigative1.70
- A Artistic1.00
- S Social1.00
- E Enterprising1.00
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-Track Laying and Maintenance Equipment Operators (47-4061.00): 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 (19)
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.
- advise on railway infrastructure repairs
- characteristics of wheel rail interface
- design wayside signalling interlockings
- detect rail track malfunctions
- electricity
- follow health and safety procedures in construction
- inspect construction supplies
- inspect rail flaws
- inspect railways visually
- interpret graphical recordings of rail-flaw-detection machine
- maintain sensor equipment
- mechanics
- mechanics of trains
- monitor stationary rail sensors
- record test data
- sensors
- test sensors
- use safety equipment in construction
- write rail defect records
Optional (23)
- check for defects in railcars
- construction product regulation
- detect flaws in rails
- electrical systems used in transportation
- electronics principles
- ensure implementation of subsidence mitigation measures
- hot wheel detection system
- hunting truck detector
- keep personal administration
- keep records of work progress
- liaise with managers
- liaise with rail experts
- maintain records of maintenance interventions
- modern power signalling systems
- process incoming construction supplies
- railway framework legislation
- test the rail-flaw-detection machine
- use tribometer
- weigh in motion system
- wheel impact load detector
- work ergonomically
- work in a construction team
- work trains
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.
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