Career Overlap Occupation record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
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Where a rail layer can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a rail layer already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Rail layers construct railway tracks on prepared sites. They monitor equipment that sets railroad sleepers or ties, usually on a layer of crushed stone or ballast. Rail layers then lay the rail tracks on top of the sleepers and attach them to make sure the rails have a constant gauge, or distance to each other. These operations are usually done with a single moving machine, but may be performed manually.

Elementary occupations 42 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: rail construction supervisor, 54%

rail construction supervisor 54% covered tunnel boring machine operator 50% covered rigger 47% covered irrigation system installer 47% covered grader operator 47% covered rail layer You are here
Fig. 2 — the 5 nearest destinations from rail layer. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a rail layer already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

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

Index

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rail layer is filed under Elementary occupations, ISCO major group 9. The full index lists all ten groups.

Note

How these figures were compiled

Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a rail layer already meets, counting required skills in full and supplementary ones at 0.35. 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.