Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a rolling stock assembler can go next

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

Rolling stock assemblers use hand tools, power tools and other equipment such as lifting equipment or robots to construct, fit and install prefabricated parts to manufacture rolling stock subassemblies and body structures. They read and interpret blueprints. They operate control systems to determine functional performance of the assemblies and adjust accordingly.

Also known as rolling stock builder, locomotive builder, carriage builder, wagon builder, railway vehicle builder, rail vehicle builder, railcar builder, multiple unit builder, carriage assembly worker, railcar assembly worker, multiple unit assembly worker, rail vehicle assembly worker.

Plant and machine operators and assemblers 47 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: motor vehicle body assembler, 79%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
motor vehicle body assembler 79% covered aircraft de-icer installer 77% covered motor vehicle parts assembler 73% covered aircraft assembler 69% covered motor vehicle engine assembler 64% covered rolling stock assembler You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from rolling stock assembler, 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 rolling stock assembler 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 rolling stock assembler needs 17 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
  • control compliance of railway vehicles regulations assisting and caring
  • assemble metal parts handling and moving
  • mechanics of trains engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • use power tools handling and moving
  • align components handling and moving
  • fasten components handling and moving
  • electromechanics engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • 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 rolling stock assembler does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Rolling stock assembler is filed under Plant and machine operators and assemblers, ISCO major group 8. 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 rolling stock assembler’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.