Where a train driver can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a train driver already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Train drivers operate trains providing passenger or cargo transport services. They are responsible for driving the locomotive in safe manner, respecting all relevant safety, operational and communication regulations, and have full responsibility for the safety of passengers and cargo. The task involves cooperation and communication with the relevant staff under the infrastructure manager, as well as with staff on board the train.
- Highest coverage recorded
- 39%
- Destinations
- 5each with a full record
- Within reach
- 0difficulty under 55
- Skills on file
- 38required or supplementary
Table 2 · A bigger jump
Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.
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train driver is filed under Plant and machine operators and assemblers, ISCO major group 8. The full index lists all ten groups.
How these figures were compiled
Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a train driver 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.