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

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

Rolling stock electricians install, maintain and repair electrical and electronic systems in rail vehicles such as air conditioning systems, lamps, heating systems, electrical wiring etc. They use diagnostic testing equipment to inspect vehicles and find faults. To do repair work, they use hand tools and specialised electrical instruments and machines.

Also known as rolling stock builder, rail workshop engineering technician, wagon electrician, locomotive builder, railway workshop engineering technician, electrical train electrician, rail electrician, depot electrician, railway depot electrician, locomotive electrician, carriage builder, wagon builder.

Craft and related trades workers 34 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: marine electrician, 55%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
marine electrician 55% covered avionics technician 55% covered bicycle assembler 50% covered motor vehicle parts assembler 47% covered automotive brake technician 47% covered rolling stock electrician You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from rolling stock electrician, 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 electrician 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 electrician 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
  • install electronic communication devices on trains working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • electrical systems used in transportation engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • mechanics of trains engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • install electrical and electronic equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • electrical wiring plans engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • fasten components handling and moving
  • maintain electrical equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • use testing equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • use technical documentation information skills
  • electronics engineering, manufacturing and construction
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a rolling stock electrician does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Rolling stock electrician 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 rolling stock electrician’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.