rolling stock inspectortorailway station manager
A rolling stock inspector already meets 27% of what the railway station manager role asks for. The move turns on 16 required skills not yet in the profile.
This move: 73.7 of 100 · substantial
1 Share of the railway station manager role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the rolling stock inspector 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 6 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A railway station manager role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a rolling stock inspector background worth leading with.
- 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
- already held health and safety measures in transportation services
- already held have computer literacy working with computers
- already held use different communication channels communication, collaboration and creativity
All 6 carried skills, including the 6 the railway station manager role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 17 missing skills fall into 7 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 engage with rail stakeholders required
- required, not held improve rail service delivery required
- required, not held maintain relationship with customers required
- required, not held maintain relationship with suppliers required
- required, not held handle customer complaints required
- required, not held maintain customer service required
- required, not held follow-up actions resulting from railway facilities inspections required
- required, not held track train delays required
- required, not held assess railway operations required
- optional, not held process data from railway control rooms optional
- required, not held comply with legal regulations required
- required, not held handle incidents required
- required, not held coordinate rail services required
- required, not held lead a team required
- required, not held railway framework legislation required
- required, not held maintain computerised records of railway traffic required
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a railway station manager role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 coordinate rail services skill · occupation specific
- 02 engage with rail stakeholders skill · occupation specific
- 03 follow-up actions resulting from railway facilities inspections 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 6 skills that carry over
- already held enforce railway safety regulations skill
- already held have computer literacy skill
- already held health and safety measures in transportation knowledge
- already held rail infrastructure knowledge
- already held use different communication channels skill
- already held work in a rail transport team skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
- required, not held operate railway communication systems required
1 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held process data from railway control rooms optional
23 held skills the railway station manager role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role carry out railway accident investigations 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 detect flaws in rails skill
- not needed by the target role electrical engineering knowledge
- not needed by the target role electrical wiring plans knowledge
- not needed by the target role ensure finished product meet requirements skill
- not needed by the target role ensure maintenance of railway machinery skill
- not needed by the target role ensure safety of mobile electrical systems skill
- not needed by the target role hydraulics knowledge
- not needed by the target role keep up-to-date on manufacturer's policies skill
- not needed by the target role maintain electrical equipment skill
- not needed by the target role operate hydraulic jack lift skill
- not needed by the target role operate rail-flaw-detection machine skill
- not needed by the target role operate railway freight monitoring technologies skill
- not needed by the target role operate railway vehicles skill
- not needed by the target role perform maintenance work on rail tracks skill
- not needed by the target role perform rail track inspections skill
- not needed by the target role rail disruption management knowledge
- not needed by the target role shunt inbound loads skill
- not needed by the target role test the rail-flaw-detection machine skill
- not needed by the target role write rail defect records skill
- not needed by the target role write railway investigation reports skill
1 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 railway framework legislation required
Other moves recorded from rolling stock inspector
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.