railway station managertorail operations manager
A railway station manager already meets 35% of what the rail operations manager role asks for. The move turns on 13 required skills not yet in the profile.
This move: 66.2 of 100 · substantial
1 Share of the rail operations manager role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the railway station manager 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.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 9 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A rail operations manager role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a railway station manager background worth leading with.
- already held maintain computerised records of railway traffic working with computers
- already held process data from railway control rooms information skills
- already held railway framework legislation business, administration and law
- already held work in a rail transport team communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held enforce railway safety regulations assisting and caring
- already held rail infrastructure engineering, manufacturing and construction
All 9 carried skills, including the 7 the rail operations manager role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 17 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.
- required, not held plan railway incident mitigation measures required
- required, not held develop staff required
- required, not held manage budgets required
- required, not held manage staff required
- optional, not held design wayside signalling interlockings optional
- required, not held rail project financing required
- required, not held project management required
- required, not held rail disruption management required
- required, not held assess performance of rail operations required
- required, not held perform rail operations risk management required
- optional, not held operate railway freight monitoring technologies optional
- required, not held modern power signalling systems required
- required, not held train planning required
- required, not held ensure client orientation required
- required, not held physical characteristics of railways required
2 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a rail operations manager role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 rail project financing knowledge · occupation specific
- 02 assess performance of rail operations skill · sector specific
- 03 modern power signalling systems knowledge · 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 comply with legal regulations skill
- already held enforce railway safety regulations skill
- already held health and safety measures in transportation knowledge
- already held maintain computerised records of railway traffic skill
- already held process data from railway control rooms skill
- already held rail infrastructure knowledge
- already held railway framework legislation knowledge
- already held have computer literacy skill
- already held work in a rail transport team skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held ensure implementation of subsidence mitigation measures optional
- optional, not held shunt inbound loads optional
4 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held design wayside signalling interlockings optional
- optional, not held ensure implementation of subsidence mitigation measures optional
- optional, not held operate railway freight monitoring technologies optional
- optional, not held shunt inbound loads optional
14 held skills the rail operations manager role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role assess railway operations skill
- not needed by the target role coordinate rail services skill
- not needed by the target role engage with rail stakeholders skill
- not needed by the target role follow-up actions resulting from railway facilities inspections skill
- not needed by the target role handle customer complaints skill
- not needed by the target role handle incidents skill
- not needed by the target role improve rail service delivery skill
- not needed by the target role lead a team skill
- not needed by the target role maintain customer service skill
- not needed by the target role maintain relationship with customers skill
- not needed by the target role maintain relationship with suppliers skill
- not needed by the target role operate railway communication systems skill
- not needed by the target role track train delays skill
- not needed by the target role use different communication channels skill
6 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 rail project financing required
- required, not held modern power signalling systems required
- required, not held physical characteristics of railways required
- required, not held project management required
- required, not held rail disruption management required
- required, not held train planning required
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.