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

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

Rail traffic controllers operate signals and points that help make sure trains run safely and on time. They operate from a signal box in order to control the order and movement of trains and ensure safety at all times. They are responsible for maintaining safety standards when trains are running normally and also in degraded or emergency operational situations.

Clerical support workers 25 skills on file 4 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: train dispatcher, 33%

train dispatcher 33% covered level crossing signalperson 21% covered rail operations manager 18% covered chief conductor 18% covered rail traffic controller You are here
Fig. 2 — the 4 nearest destinations from rail traffic controller. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a rail traffic controller already covers. All 4 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.

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rail traffic controller is filed under Clerical support workers, ISCO major group 4. 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 traffic controller 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.