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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.

Also known as rail traffic signaller, signal box operator, signal box controller, controller of rail traffic, railway signal operator, train controller.

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

Fig. 2 · Career map 4 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
train dispatcher 33% covered level crossing signalperson 21% covered rail operations manager 18% covered chief conductor 18% covered rail traffic controller You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 4 nearest destinations from rail traffic controller, 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 a rail traffic controller already covers. All 4 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step. Only 4 moves are listed. Few other occupations share enough of this job's skills for a fair comparison, and jobs that share almost all of them are left out as the same work under another name.

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A rail traffic controller needs 21 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
  • manage train working timetable management skills
  • oversee the daily train operations plan management skills
  • operate LED-based panel signal boxes working with computers
  • operate train integrated electronic control centre working with computers
  • operate train signalling equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • oversee operational safety on trains assisting and caring
  • signal boxes engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • test railway signalling equipment constructing
  • maintain railway signal equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • modern power signalling systems services
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a rail traffic controller does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

Index

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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

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a rail traffic controller’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.