Occupation Atlastrain attendant
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/fa1aef45-49a4-4446-94b4-e2b563d9d025
train attendant
Train attendants work on trains to provide services to passengers such as welcoming passengers, answering their questions and serving meals.
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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
CSRConventional · Social · Realistic — the three strongest interests, in order
- C Conventional4.41
- S Social4.19
- R Realistic4.04
- E Enterprising3.63
- I Investigative2.04
- A Artistic1.27
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 Flight Attendants (53-2031.00): 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 (9)
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.
- assist passengers
- comply with food safety and hygiene
- greet guests
- handle financial transactions
- health and safety measures in transportation
- install passenger service units
- maintain customer service
- research passenger needs
- serve food in table service
Optional (26)
- answer questions about the train transport service
- apply transportation management concepts
- assist clients with special needs
- assist passengers in emergency situations
- assist passengers with timetable information
- be friendly to passengers
- check carriages
- check tickets throughout carriages
- demonstrate emergency procedures
- distribute local information materials
- facilitate safe disembarkation of passengers
- give instructions to staff
- handle customer complaints
- handle guest luggage
- identify customer's needs
- implement marketing strategies
- implement sales strategies
- maintain stock supplies for guest cabin
- manage lost and found articles
- manage the customer experience
- provide first aid
- read stowage plans
- restrict passenger access to specific areas on board
- service rooms
- show intercultural awareness
- use different communication channels
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 9 essential skills. A plain count, not a hidden score.
ship steward/ship stewardess
7 shared · 14 more of its ownserve food in table service, assist passengers, health and safety measures in transportation, greet guests
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6 shared · 1 more of its ownserve food in table service, assist passengers, greet guests, comply with food safety and hygiene
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flight attendant
6 shared · 25 more of its ownserve food in table service, assist passengers, greet guests, comply with food safety and hygiene
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3 shared · 3 more of its owngreet guests, comply with food safety and hygiene, maintain customer service
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3 shared · 4 more of its owngreet guests, comply with food safety and hygiene, maintain customer service
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3 shared · 6 more of its owngreet guests, comply with food safety and hygiene, maintain customer service
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