Occupation Atlasrail operations manager
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/98ad0008-13d9-4e9b-94bf-4f4a5faae764
rail operations manager
Rail operations managers are concerned with overseeing, designing, and controlling the processes of transport operation. Rail operation managers may work for rail operators concerning tasks such as managing the safe and efficient operation of transport services including customer relation tasks or the management of staff and work organisation in this field. Rail operation managers employed by infrastructure operators manage the efficient and safe use of the network. This includes the planning of timetables and the allocation of slots to customers. They plan the construction and maintenance work.
Compare with another occupationCompare with railway station manager
Job Zone
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- 3
- 4
- 5
Zone 4: Considerable Preparation Needed
Considerable preparation. Usually a bachelor's degree plus several years of work-related experience, knowledge, or training.
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Occupational interest profile
ECREnterprising · Conventional · Realistic — the three strongest interests, in order
- E Enterprising5.99
- C Conventional5.74
- R Realistic3.60
- I Investigative2.64
- S Social2.39
- A Artistic1.00
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Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers (11-3071.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, a broader O*NET occupation that includes this one, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (20)
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 performance of rail operations
- comply with legal regulations
- develop staff
- enforce railway safety regulations
- ensure client orientation
- health and safety measures in transportation
- maintain computerised records of railway traffic
- manage budgets
- manage staff
- modern power signalling systems
- perform rail operations risk management
- physical characteristics of railways
- plan railway incident mitigation measures
- process data from railway control rooms
- project management
- rail disruption management
- rail infrastructure
- rail project financing
- railway framework legislation
- train planning
O*NET equivalents
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