2.9 KiB
2.9 KiB
Competences — rail maintenance technician
Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/755c5c5f-2ee3-4487-94db-30ec2ba2e883).
Essential
- advise on railway infrastructure repairs (skill/competence)
- characteristics of wheel rail interface (knowledge)
- design wayside signalling interlockings (skill/competence)
- detect rail track malfunctions (skill/competence)
- electricity (knowledge)
- follow health and safety procedures in construction (skill/competence)
- inspect construction supplies (skill/competence)
- inspect rail flaws (skill/competence)
- inspect railways visually (skill/competence)
- interpret graphical recordings of rail-flaw-detection machine (skill/competence)
- maintain sensor equipment (skill/competence)
- mechanics (knowledge)
- mechanics of trains (knowledge)
- monitor stationary rail sensors (skill/competence)
- record test data (skill/competence)
- sensors (knowledge)
- test sensors (skill/competence)
- use safety equipment in construction (skill/competence)
- write rail defect records (skill/competence)
Optional
- check for defects in railcars (skill/competence)
- construction product regulation (knowledge)
- detect flaws in rails (skill/competence)
- electrical systems used in transportation (knowledge)
- electronics principles (knowledge)
- ensure implementation of subsidence mitigation measures (skill/competence)
- hot wheel detection system (knowledge)
- hunting truck detector (knowledge)
- keep personal administration (skill/competence)
- keep records of work progress (skill/competence)
- liaise with managers (skill/competence)
- liaise with rail experts (skill/competence)
- maintain records of maintenance interventions (skill/competence)
- modern power signalling systems (knowledge)
- process incoming construction supplies (skill/competence)
- railway framework legislation (knowledge)
- test the rail-flaw-detection machine (skill/competence)
- use tribometer (skill/competence)
- weigh in motion system (knowledge)
- wheel impact load detector (knowledge)
- work ergonomically (skill/competence)
- work in a construction team (skill/competence)
- work trains (knowledge)
Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 11 ads, as of 2026-07-19)
Share of analyzed job ads mentioning the item (threshold ≥ 20 %). Source: JSearch/Adzuna APIs.
Hard skills
- construction inspection — 36 %
- heavy civil construction — 18 %
- quantity calculation — 18 %
Responsibilities
- record maintenance — 27 %
- contractor coordination — 27 %
- daily report preparation — 18 %
- independent testing coordination — 18 %
- construction activity inspection — 18 %
- quality report preparation — 18 %
- safety enforcement — 18 %