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Where an occupational railway instructor can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role an occupational railway instructor already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Occupational railway instructors teach future occupational drivers of railway transportation, such as train, tram, metro and trolley drivers how to operate their railway vehicle according to regulations. They teach their students theory and techniques on how to optimally drive and maintain their specific railway vehicle, observe and evaluate the students' practice. They also focus on non-driving related subjects such as customer service (in case of person transportation) and safety measure regulations.

Also known as metro driving instructor, tram driver instructor, trolley driver instructor, engine driver instructor, railway instruction practitioner, practitioner of railway instruction, train driver instructor, railway instructor.

Professionals 40 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: hospitality vocational teacher, 51%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
hospitality vocational teacher 51% covered university teaching assistant 51% covered agriculture, forestry and fis… 51% covered hairdressing vocational teach… 50% covered maritime instructor 49% covered occupational railway inst… You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from occupational railway instructor, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role an occupational railway instructor already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

An occupational railway instructor needs 19 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • control train movement working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • teach train driving principles communication, collaboration and creativity
  • train operating procedures services
  • locomotive brake applications engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • physical characteristics of railways natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • passenger transport regulations services
  • mechanics of trains engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • adapt training to labour market information skills
  • health and safety measures in transportation services
  • adapt teaching to student's capabilities communication, collaboration and creativity
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what an occupational railway instructor does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Occupational railway instructor is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of an occupational railway instructor’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.