Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

level crossing signalpersontorailway electronic technician

A level crossing signalperson already meets 25% of what the railway electronic technician role asks for. The move turns on 17 required skills not yet in the profile.

From level crossing signalperson
25%
Overlap1
To railway electronic technician
6 Skills carried over
17 Required, not held
73.1 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

25%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

73.1/ 100

1 Share of the railway electronic technician role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the level crossing signalperson profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.

Why

Why this move works

A railway electronic technician role treats 6 of its required skills as things a level crossing signalperson already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • enforce railway safety regulations
  • ensure compliance with railway regulation
  • maintain railway signal equipment
  • operate railway control panels
  • operate railway warning systems
  • read railway circuit plans

What stands in the way is 17 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 6 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A railway electronic technician role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a level crossing signalperson background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held maintain railway signal equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • already held operate railway warning systems working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • already held read railway circuit plans information skills
  • already held ensure compliance with railway regulation assisting and caring
  • already held operate railway control panels working with computers
  • already held enforce railway safety regulations assisting and caring

All 6 carried skills, including the 6 the railway electronic technician role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 20 missing skills fall into 8 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 working with machinery and specialised equipment 5 required
  • required, not held operate railway communication systems required
  • required, not held install electronic communication devices on trains required
  • required, not held operate radio equipment required
  • required, not held operate railway vehicles required
  • required, not held use diagnostic tools for electronic repairs required
02 engineering, manufacturing and construction 4 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held electrical systems used in transportation required
  • required, not held electronics principles required
  • required, not held electrical wiring plans required
  • required, not held electronics required
  • optional, not held principles of mechanical engineering optional
03 assisting and caring 2 required
  • required, not held ensure safety of mobile electrical systems required
  • required, not held comply with legal regulations required
04 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 required
  • required, not held follow written instructions required
  • required, not held write routine reports required
05 constructing 2 required
  • required, not held detect malfunctions in train control systems required
  • required, not held test electronic units required
06 information skills 2 required
  • required, not held interpret circuit diagrams required
  • required, not held maintain records of maintenance interventions required

2 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a railway electronic technician role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 6 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held enforce railway safety regulations skill
  • already held ensure compliance with railway regulation skill
  • already held maintain railway signal equipment skill
  • already held operate railway control panels skill
  • already held operate railway warning systems skill
  • already held read railway circuit plans skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 management skills 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held design wayside signalling interlockings optional
08 working with computers 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held have computer literacy optional
3 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held design wayside signalling interlockings optional
  • optional, not held have computer literacy optional
  • optional, not held principles of mechanical engineering optional
22 held skills the railway electronic technician role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role apply signalling control procedures skill
  • not needed by the target role authorise occupancy of rail tracks skill
  • not needed by the target role carry out railway accident investigations skill
  • not needed by the target role communicate verbal instructions skill
  • not needed by the target role compile railway signalling reports skill
  • not needed by the target role cooperate with colleagues skill
  • not needed by the target role execute working instructions skill
  • not needed by the target role follow signalling instructions skill
  • not needed by the target role follow strict level crossing operating procedures skill
  • not needed by the target role level crossing regulations knowledge
  • not needed by the target role liaise with railway stakeholders for accident investigations skill
  • not needed by the target role operate LED-based panel signal boxes skill
  • not needed by the target role operate barriers at level crossings skill
  • not needed by the target role operate railway lever frames skill
  • not needed by the target role operate railway switches skill
  • not needed by the target role operate train signalling equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role plan railway incident mitigation measures skill
  • not needed by the target role railway framework legislation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role signal box parts knowledge
  • not needed by the target role signal boxes knowledge
  • not needed by the target role stay alert skill
  • not needed by the target role test railway signalling equipment skill
5 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • required, not held electrical systems used in transportation required
  • required, not held electronics principles required
  • required, not held electrical wiring plans required
  • required, not held electronics required
  • optional, not held principles of mechanical engineering optional
Index

Other moves recorded from level crossing signalperson

Full index of moves from level crossing signalperson

Note

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.