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

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

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.

Technicians and associate professionals 42 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: construction quality inspector, 39%

construction quality inspector 39% covered rail layer 32% covered irrigation system installer 32% covered road sign installer 31% covered rigger 31% covered rail maintenance technici… You are here
Fig. 2 — the 5 nearest destinations from rail maintenance technician. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a rail maintenance technician 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 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

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

Index

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rail maintenance technician is filed under Technicians and associate professionals, ISCO major group 3. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a rail maintenance technician 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.