Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a train attendant can go next

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

Train attendants work on trains to provide services to passengers such as welcoming passengers, answering their questions and serving meals.

Also known as train on-board staff member, train steward, train on-board stewardess, train on-board steward, train on-board customer service representative, train stewardess, train customer service representative.

Service and sales workers 35 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: hotel porter, 57%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
hotel porter 57% covered ship steward/ship stewardess 54% covered steward/stewardess 54% covered hotel butler 54% covered hotel concierge 51% covered train attendant You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from train attendant, 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 train attendant 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 train attendant needs 9 required skills and areas of knowledge. They say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • install passenger service units handling and moving
  • research passenger needs information skills
  • serve food in table service assisting and caring
  • assist passengers assisting and caring
  • health and safety measures in transportation services
  • greet guests assisting and caring
  • comply with food safety and hygiene assisting and caring
  • handle financial transactions management skills
  • maintain customer service communication, collaboration and creativity
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

Index

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Train attendant is filed under Service and sales workers, ISCO major group 5. 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 train attendant’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.