Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a shunter can go next

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

Shunters move shunting units with or without wagons or groups of wagons in order to build trains. They manage the driving of locomotives and are involved in switching wagons, making or splitting up trains in shunting yards or sidings. They operate according to the technical features, such as controlling movement via a remote control device.

Also known as shunting forewoman, foreman shunter/forewoman shunter, shunting foreman, foreman/forewoman shunter, shunting assistant, shunter attendant, shunting supervisor, operator shunter, switcher, shunter driver, foreman shunter, shunter assistant.

Plant and machine operators and assemblers 39 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: rail switchperson, 36%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
rail switchperson 36% covered railway electronic technician 35% covered rolling stock inspector 26% covered train driver 25% covered level crossing signalperson 24% covered shunter You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from shunter, 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 shunter 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 shunter needs 33 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
  • test the braking force of trains information skills
  • use hand signal for transport procedures communication, collaboration and creativity
  • follow switching instructions in rail operations communication, collaboration and creativity
  • operate switching locomotives working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • oversee operational safety on trains assisting and caring
  • perform routine maintenance on railway engines constructing
  • perform wagon coupling working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • comply with railway safety standards assisting and caring
  • control train movement working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • dangers of marshalling activity services
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

Index

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Shunter is filed under Plant and machine operators and assemblers, ISCO major group 8. 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 shunter’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.