Motor vehicle body assembler to rolling stock assembler
A motor vehicle body assembler already meets 68% of what the rolling stock assembler role asks for. The move turns on 4 required skills not yet in the profile.
37.5/ 100
1 How much of what a rolling stock assembler is expected to do is already part of a motor vehicle body assembler’s work. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs, because moving into a speciality is not the same problem as moving out of one. 2 Every skill the rolling stock assembler role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A rolling stock assembler role treats 13 of its required skills as things a motor vehicle body assembler already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- align components
- apply health and safety standards
- assemble metal parts
- fasten components
- inspect quality of products
- mechanics
What stands in the way is 4 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 29 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A rolling stock assembler role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a motor vehicle body assembler background worth leading with.
- already held apply flux handling and moving
- already held work in assembly line teams communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held apply spot welding techniques constructing
- already held apply arc welding techniques constructing
- already held assemble metal parts handling and moving
- already held prepare pieces for joining handling and moving
All 29 carried skills, including the 13 the rolling stock assembler role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 18 missing skills fall into 8 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered in the order worth working in. Areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the optional ones. Nothing here is a verdict on you: it is a list of what this particular job asks for that your current one does not.
- still to learn electromechanics required
- still to learn mechanics of trains required
- optional, not held European Train Control System optional
- optional, not held locomotive brake applications optional
- optional, not held electricity optional
- optional, not held electronics optional
- optional, not held metal thermal conductivity optional
- still to learn control compliance of railway vehicles regulations required
- still to learn ensure equipment availability required
- optional, not held lubricate rolling stock wheels optional
- optional, not held conduct performance tests optional
- optional, not held install pneumatic systems optional
- optional, not held ensure maintenance of trains optional
- optional, not held install electrical and electronic equipment optional
- optional, not held install low voltage wiring optional
- optional, not held liaise with engineers optional
2 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a rolling stock assembler role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 control compliance of railway vehicles regulations practise this
- 02 electromechanics study this
- 03 ensure equipment availability practise this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 29 skills that carry over
- already held align components skill
- already held apply health and safety standards skill
- already held assemble metal parts skill
- already held fasten components skill
- already held inspect quality of products skill
- already held mechanics knowledge
- already held quality standards knowledge
- already held read engineering drawings skill
- already held read standard blueprints skill
- already held troubleshoot skill
- already held use power tools skill
- already held use technical documentation skill
- already held wear appropriate protective gear skill
- already held apply arc welding techniques skill
- already held apply flux skill
- already held apply preliminary treatment to workpieces skill
- already held apply spot welding techniques skill
- already held cut metal products skill
- already held engineering processes knowledge
- already held keep records of work progress skill
- already held manipulate metal skill
- already held mark processed workpiece skill
- already held operate lifting equipment skill
- already held operate soldering equipment skill
- already held operate welding equipment skill
- already held prepare pieces for joining skill
- already held set up automotive robot skill
- already held use testing equipment skill
- already held work in assembly line teams skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held couple bogies to rail vehicles optional
- optional, not held record test data optional
14 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held couple bogies to rail vehicles optional
- optional, not held European Train Control System optional
- optional, not held ensure maintenance of trains optional
- optional, not held locomotive brake applications optional
- optional, not held lubricate rolling stock wheels optional
- optional, not held conduct performance tests optional
- optional, not held electricity optional
- optional, not held electronics optional
- optional, not held install electrical and electronic equipment optional
- optional, not held install low voltage wiring optional
- optional, not held install pneumatic systems optional
- optional, not held liaise with engineers optional
- optional, not held metal thermal conductivity optional
- optional, not held record test data optional
13 held skills the rolling stock assembler role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role install windshields skill
- not needed by the target role mechanics of motor vehicles knowledge
- not needed by the target role operate drill press skill
- not needed by the target role operate precision measuring equipment skill
- not needed by the target role rivet types knowledge
- not needed by the target role tend CNC drilling machine skill
- not needed by the target role tend CNC grinding machine skill
- not needed by the target role tend CNC laser cutting machine skill
- not needed by the target role tend CNC metal punch press skill
- not needed by the target role tend CNC milling machine skill
- not needed by the target role tend computer numerical control lathe machine skill
- not needed by the target role tend riveting machine skill
- not needed by the target role use CAM software skill
7 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- still to learn electromechanics required
- still to learn mechanics of trains required
- optional, not held European Train Control System optional
- optional, not held locomotive brake applications optional
- optional, not held electricity optional
- optional, not held electronics optional
- optional, not held metal thermal conductivity optional
Common questions about this move
Can a motor vehicle body assembler become a rolling stock assembler?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. A motor vehicle body assembler already covers 68% of what a rolling stock assembler is expected to do: 29 skills carry over, 13 of which the rolling stock assembler role treats as required.
What skills does a motor vehicle body assembler need to become a rolling stock assembler?
4 required skills are missing, plus 14 optional ones. They fall into 8 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by engineering, manufacturing and construction. The single most important is control compliance of railway vehicles regulations.
How hard is the move from motor vehicle body assembler to rolling stock assembler?
Its learning distance is 37.5 out of 100, which is the moderate band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.
How this record was compiled
Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.