railway electronic techniciantoshunter
A railway electronic technician already meets 24% of what the shunter role asks for. The move turns on 25 required skills not yet in the profile.
24%
81.5/ 100
1 Share of the shunter role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the railway electronic 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 shunter role treats 8 of its required skills as things a railway electronic technician already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- enforce railway safety regulations
- operate radio equipment
- operate railway communication systems
- operate railway control panels
- operate railway vehicles
- operate railway warning systems
What stands in the way is 25 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 shunter role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a railway electronic technician background worth leading with.
- already held operate railway warning systems working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held read railway circuit plans information skills
- already held operate railway control panels working with computers
- already held operate railway vehicles working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held operate railway communication systems working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held enforce railway safety regulations assisting and caring
All 9 carried skills, including the 8 the shunter role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 30 missing skills fall into 10 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 perform wagon coupling required
- required, not held control train movement required
- required, not held operate railway switches required
- required, not held operate switching locomotives required
- required, not held perform maintenance on locomotives required
- required, not held shunt inbound loads required
- required, not held shunt outbound loads required
- required, not held shunt rolling stock in marshalling yards required
- required, not held drive vehicles required
- required, not held test the braking force of trains required
- required, not held assess railway operations required
- required, not held check train engines required
- optional, not held compare shipment contents with waybill optional
- optional, not held keep written records of cargo optional
- required, not held comply with railway safety standards required
- required, not held oversee operational safety on trains required
- required, not held deal with challenging work conditions required
- required, not held rail infrastructure required
- required, not held mechanics of trains required
- optional, not held electrical engineering optional
- required, not held use hand signal for transport procedures required
- required, not held follow switching instructions in rail operations required
- required, not held perform rail track inspections required
- required, not held perform routine maintenance on railway engines required
4 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a shunter role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 perform wagon coupling skill · occupation specific
- 02 test the braking force of trains skill · occupation specific
- 03 use hand signal for transport procedures skill · occupation 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 enforce railway safety regulations skill
- already held operate radio equipment skill
- already held operate railway communication systems skill
- already held operate railway control panels skill
- already held operate railway vehicles skill
- already held operate railway warning systems skill
- already held principles of mechanical engineering knowledge
- already held read railway circuit plans skill
- already held electrical wiring plans knowledge
The 4 learning areas not shown above
- required, not held dangers of marshalling activity required
- required, not held train operating procedures required
- required, not held railway framework legislation required
- required, not held physical characteristics of railways required
- optional, not held assist in the movement of heavy loads optional
- optional, not held load animals for transportation optional
5 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held compare shipment contents with waybill optional
- optional, not held assist in the movement of heavy loads optional
- optional, not held keep written records of cargo optional
- optional, not held electrical engineering optional
- optional, not held load animals for transportation optional
17 held skills the shunter role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role comply with legal regulations skill
- not needed by the target role design wayside signalling interlockings skill
- not needed by the target role detect malfunctions in train control systems skill
- not needed by the target role electrical systems used in transportation knowledge
- not needed by the target role electronics knowledge
- not needed by the target role electronics principles knowledge
- not needed by the target role ensure compliance with railway regulation skill
- not needed by the target role ensure safety of mobile electrical systems skill
- not needed by the target role follow written instructions skill
- not needed by the target role have computer literacy skill
- not needed by the target role install electronic communication devices on trains skill
- not needed by the target role interpret circuit diagrams skill
- not needed by the target role maintain railway signal equipment skill
- not needed by the target role maintain records of maintenance interventions skill
- not needed by the target role test electronic units skill
- not needed by the target role use diagnostic tools for electronic repairs skill
- not needed by the target role write routine reports 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.
- required, not held dangers of marshalling activity required
- required, not held physical characteristics of railways required
- required, not held rail infrastructure required
- required, not held railway framework legislation required
- required, not held train operating procedures required
- required, not held mechanics of trains required
- optional, not held electrical engineering optional
Other moves recorded from railway electronic 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.