Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a railway electronic technician can go next

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

Railway electronic technicians are responsible for installing, inspecting, testing, and maintaining train control systems, radio, radar, electronic and electromagnetic components.

Also known as electrical train electrician, rail electrician, locomotive electrician, overhead power engineer, electrical rail electrician, electrician electric engines, railway line side equipment engineer, electrician diesel engines, railway electronic inspector, telecommunication electronic technician, telecommunication electronic inspector, railway overhead power engineer.

Craft and related trades workers 26 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: shunter, 24%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
shunter 24% covered rolling stock electrician 22% covered level crossing signalperson 21% covered avionics technician 20% covered railway station manager 18% covered railway electronic techni… You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from railway electronic technician, 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 electronic technician already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · A bigger jump

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

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A railway electronic technician needs 23 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
  • detect malfunctions in train control systems constructing
  • install electronic communication devices on trains working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • maintain railway signal equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • operate railway warning systems working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • read railway circuit plans information skills
  • ensure compliance with railway regulation assisting and caring
  • operate railway control panels working with computers
  • operate railway vehicles working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • operate railway communication systems working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • enforce railway safety regulations assisting and caring
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Railway electronic technician 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 electronic technician’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.