rail maintenance technician

http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/755c5c5f-2ee3-4487-94db-30ec2ba2e883

Description

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.

Hierarchy

3 · Technicians and associate professionals → 31 · Science and engineering associate professionals → 311 · Physical and engineering science technicians → 3112 · Civil engineering technicians

Related skills

advise on railway infrastructure repairs (essential · skill/competence)
characteristics of wheel rail interface (essential · knowledge)
design wayside signalling interlockings (essential · skill/competence)
detect rail track malfunctions (essential · skill/competence)
electricity (essential · knowledge)
follow health and safety procedures in construction (essential · skill/competence)
inspect construction supplies (essential · skill/competence)
inspect rail flaws (essential · skill/competence)
inspect railways visually (essential · skill/competence)
interpret graphical recordings of rail-flaw-detection machine (essential · skill/competence)
maintain sensor equipment (essential · skill/competence)
mechanics (essential · knowledge)
mechanics of trains (essential · knowledge)
monitor stationary rail sensors (essential · skill/competence)
record test data (essential · skill/competence)
sensors (essential · knowledge)
test sensors (essential · skill/competence)
use safety equipment in construction (essential · skill/competence)
write rail defect records (essential · skill/competence)
check for defects in railcars (optional · skill/competence)
construction product regulation (optional · knowledge)
detect flaws in rails (optional · skill/competence)
electrical systems used in transportation (optional · knowledge)
electronics principles (optional · knowledge)
ensure implementation of subsidence mitigation measures (optional · skill/competence)
hot wheel detection system (optional · knowledge)
hunting truck detector (optional · knowledge)
keep personal administration (optional · skill/competence)
keep records of work progress (optional · skill/competence)
liaise with managers (optional · skill/competence)
liaise with rail experts (optional · skill/competence)
maintain records of maintenance interventions (optional · skill/competence)
modern power signalling systems (optional · knowledge)
process incoming construction supplies (optional · skill/competence)
railway framework legislation (optional · knowledge)
test the rail-flaw-detection machine (optional · skill/competence)
use tribometer (optional · skill/competence)
weigh in motion system (optional · knowledge)
wheel impact load detector (optional · knowledge)
work ergonomically (optional · skill/competence)
work in a construction team (optional · skill/competence)
work trains (optional · knowledge)

Details

Base · occupation_urihttp://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/755c5c5f-2ee3-4487-94db-30ec2ba2e883

Base · occupation_code3112.1.10

Base · is_in_filter1

Base · is_ancestor0

Base · is_featured0

Translation · preferred_labelrail maintenance technician

Translation · alt_labelsrail inspector
rail quality inspector
permanent way inspector
rail track inspector
rail repairer
track quality inspector
rail maintenance operator
rail track maintenance inspector

Translation · descriptionRail 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.