rail maintenance techniciantorigger
A rail maintenance technician already meets 31% of what the rigger role asks for. The move turns on 11 required skills not yet in the profile.
31%
66.5/ 100
1 Share of the rigger role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the rail maintenance technician 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 this move works
A rigger role treats 5 of its required skills as things a rail maintenance technician already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- follow health and safety procedures in construction
- inspect construction supplies
- use safety equipment in construction
- work ergonomically
- work in a construction team
What stands in the way is 11 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 9 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A rigger role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a rail maintenance technician background worth leading with.
- already held process incoming construction supplies information skills
- already held inspect construction supplies information skills
- already held work in a construction team communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held use safety equipment in construction assisting and caring
- already held follow health and safety procedures in construction assisting and caring
- already held keep personal administration information skills
All 9 carried skills, including the 5 the rigger role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 20 missing skills fall into 9 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.
- required, not held inspect construction sites required
- required, not held interpret 2D plans required
- required, not held interpret 3D plans required
- required, not held crane load charts required
- required, not held rigging terminology required
- required, not held secure heavy construction equipment required
- optional, not held guide operation of heavy construction equipment optional
- optional, not held operate mobile crane optional
- optional, not held operate tower crane optional
- optional, not held perform minor repairs to equipment optional
- required, not held keep heavy construction equipment in good condition required
- optional, not held set up temporary construction site infrastructure optional
- optional, not held set up tower crane optional
- required, not held follow safety procedures when working at heights required
- optional, not held test soil load bearing capacity optional
- required, not held rig loads required
- optional, not held transport construction supplies optional
3 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a rigger role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 crane load charts knowledge · sector specific
- 02 inspect construction sites skill · sector specific
- 03 interpret 2D plans skill · sector specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 9 skills that carry over
- already held follow health and safety procedures in construction skill
- already held inspect construction supplies skill
- already held use safety equipment in construction skill
- already held work ergonomically skill
- already held work in a construction team skill
- already held electricity knowledge
- already held keep personal administration skill
- already held keep records of work progress skill
- already held process incoming construction supplies skill
The 3 learning areas not shown above
- required, not held react to events in time-critical environments required
- required, not held mechanical tools required
- optional, not held use remote control equipment optional
9 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held guide operation of heavy construction equipment optional
- optional, not held operate mobile crane optional
- optional, not held set up temporary construction site infrastructure optional
- optional, not held test soil load bearing capacity optional
- optional, not held transport construction supplies optional
- optional, not held operate tower crane optional
- optional, not held perform minor repairs to equipment optional
- optional, not held set up tower crane optional
- optional, not held use remote control equipment optional
33 held skills the rigger role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role advise on railway infrastructure repairs skill
- not needed by the target role characteristics of wheel rail interface knowledge
- not needed by the target role check for defects in railcars skill
- not needed by the target role construction product regulation knowledge
- not needed by the target role design wayside signalling interlockings skill
- not needed by the target role detect flaws in rails skill
- not needed by the target role detect rail track malfunctions skill
- not needed by the target role electrical systems used in transportation knowledge
- not needed by the target role electronics principles knowledge
- not needed by the target role ensure implementation of subsidence mitigation measures skill
- not needed by the target role hot wheel detection system knowledge
- not needed by the target role hunting truck detector knowledge
- not needed by the target role inspect rail flaws skill
- not needed by the target role inspect railways visually skill
- not needed by the target role interpret graphical recordings of rail-flaw-detection machine skill
- not needed by the target role liaise with managers skill
- not needed by the target role liaise with rail experts skill
- not needed by the target role maintain records of maintenance interventions skill
- not needed by the target role maintain sensor equipment skill
- not needed by the target role mechanics knowledge
- not needed by the target role mechanics of trains knowledge
- not needed by the target role modern power signalling systems knowledge
- not needed by the target role monitor stationary rail sensors skill
- not needed by the target role railway framework legislation knowledge
- not needed by the target role record test data skill
- not needed by the target role sensors knowledge
- not needed by the target role test sensors skill
- not needed by the target role test the rail-flaw-detection machine skill
- not needed by the target role use tribometer skill
- not needed by the target role weigh in motion system knowledge
- not needed by the target role wheel impact load detector knowledge
- not needed by the target role work trains knowledge
- not needed by the target role write rail defect records skill
3 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held crane load charts required
- required, not held rigging terminology required
- required, not held mechanical tools required
Other moves recorded from rail maintenance technician
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.