Career Overlap Occupation record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
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Where a train dispatcher can go next

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

Train dispatchers ensure the safe and efficient dispatch of the train services. The safety of customers is their main priority. When carrying out train dispatch duties, they check the traffic signals and communicate promptly with train drivers and conductors that it is safe for the train to pull away.

Plant and machine operators and assemblers 18 skills on file 3 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: rail switchperson, 25%

rail switchperson 25% covered rail traffic controller 24% covered train driver 16% covered train dispatcher You are here
Fig. 2 — the 3 nearest destinations from train dispatcher. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a train dispatcher already covers. All 3 are listed in the tables below.
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

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

Index

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train dispatcher 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

Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a train dispatcher already meets, counting required skills in full and supplementary ones at 0.35. 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.