Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a railway car upholsterer can go next

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

Railway car upholsterers create manufacturing templates, manufacture and assemble interior components for train carriages. They use power tools, hand tools and CNC machines to prepare and fasten materials. They also inspect incoming materials and prepare the vehicle interior for trim items.

Also known as multiple unit upholsterer, train coach upholstery worker, train carriage upholstery worker, train coach upholsterer, carriage upholsterer, train carriage upholsterer, carriage works trimmer, train upholstery worker.

Craft and related trades workers 40 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: aircraft de-icer installer, 58%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
aircraft de-icer installer 58% covered bicycle assembler 57% covered motorcycle assembler 55% covered motor vehicle body assembler 52% covered motor vehicle parts assembler 50% covered railway car upholsterer You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from railway car upholsterer, 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 railway car upholsterer already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A railway car upholsterer needs 14 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
  • upholstery tools engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • test electronic units constructing
  • apply preliminary treatment to workpieces handling and moving
  • measure parts of manufactured products information skills
  • use power tools handling and moving
  • align components handling and moving
  • fasten components handling and moving
  • use technical documentation information skills
  • read engineering drawings information skills
  • apply health and safety standards assisting and caring
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a railway car upholsterer does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Railway car upholsterer is filed under Craft and related trades workers, ISCO major group 7. 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 a railway car upholsterer’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.