Occupation Atlasrail traffic controller
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/f643bff3-74ef-48d1-b033-820e2d8659e9
rail traffic controller
Rail traffic controllers operate signals and points that help make sure trains run safely and on time. They operate from a signal box in order to control the order and movement of trains and ensure safety at all times. They are responsible for maintaining safety standards when trains are running normally and also in degraded or emergency operational situations.
Compare with another occupationCompare with level crossing signalperson
Job Zone
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Zone 3: Medium Preparation Needed
Medium preparation. Vocational training, related on-the-job experience, or an associate degree, with one to two years of training that combines experience and informal instruction.
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Occupational interest profile
RCIRealistic · Conventional · Investigative — the three strongest interests, in order
- R Realistic6.49
- C Conventional4.46
- I Investigative2.64
- S Social1.19
- E Enterprising1.01
- 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 Signal and Track Switch Repairers (49-9097.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, its close O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (21)
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.
- handle stressful situations in the work place
- maintain computerised records of railway traffic
- maintain railway signal equipment
- manage train working timetable
- mark differences in colours
- mechanics of trains
- modern power signalling systems
- operate LED-based panel signal boxes
- operate railway communication systems
- operate train integrated electronic control centre
- operate train signalling equipment
- oversee operational safety on trains
- oversee the daily train operations plan
- process data from railway control rooms
- provide information on train routes
- react calmly in stressful situations
- signal box parts
- signal boxes
- test railway signalling equipment
- use different communication channels
- write signalling reports
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 21 essential skills. A plain count, not a hidden score.
level crossing signalperson
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3 shared · 30 more of its ownoversee operational safety on trains, operate railway communication systems, mechanics of trains
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train dispatcher
2 shared · 7 more of its ownmaintain computerised records of railway traffic, handle stressful situations in the work place
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railway sales agent
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