shuntertorailway electronic technician
A shunter already meets 35% of what the railway electronic technician role asks for. The move turns on 15 required skills not yet in the profile.
35%
65.8/ 100
1 Share of the railway electronic technician role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the shunter 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 railway electronic technician role treats 8 of its required skills as things a shunter already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- electrical wiring plans
- enforce railway safety regulations
- operate radio equipment
- operate railway communication systems
- operate railway control panels
- operate railway vehicles
What stands in the way is 15 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 railway electronic technician role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a shunter 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 railway electronic technician 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 ensure compliance with railway regulation required
- required, not held ensure safety of mobile electrical systems required
- required, not held comply with legal regulations required
- required, not held electrical systems used in transportation required
- required, not held electronics principles required
- required, not held electronics required
- required, not held maintain railway signal equipment required
- required, not held install electronic communication devices on trains required
- required, not held use diagnostic tools for electronic repairs required
- required, not held follow written instructions required
- required, not held write routine reports required
- required, not held detect malfunctions in train control systems required
- required, not held test electronic units 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 · 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.
- 01 detect malfunctions in train control systems skill · sector specific
- 02 electrical systems used in transportation knowledge · sector specific
- 03 electronics principles 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 electrical wiring plans knowledge
- 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 read railway circuit plans skill
- already held principles of mechanical engineering knowledge
The 2 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held design wayside signalling interlockings optional
- optional, not held have computer literacy optional
2 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held design wayside signalling interlockings optional
- optional, not held have computer literacy optional
30 held skills the railway electronic technician role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role assess railway operations skill
- not needed by the target role assist in the movement of heavy loads skill
- not needed by the target role check train engines skill
- not needed by the target role compare shipment contents with waybill skill
- not needed by the target role comply with railway safety standards skill
- not needed by the target role control train movement skill
- not needed by the target role dangers of marshalling activity knowledge
- not needed by the target role deal with challenging work conditions skill
- not needed by the target role drive vehicles skill
- not needed by the target role electrical engineering knowledge
- not needed by the target role follow switching instructions in rail operations skill
- not needed by the target role keep written records of cargo skill
- not needed by the target role load animals for transportation skill
- not needed by the target role mechanics of trains knowledge
- not needed by the target role operate railway switches skill
- not needed by the target role operate switching locomotives skill
- not needed by the target role oversee operational safety on trains skill
- not needed by the target role perform maintenance on locomotives skill
- not needed by the target role perform rail track inspections skill
- not needed by the target role perform routine maintenance on railway engines skill
- not needed by the target role perform wagon coupling skill
- not needed by the target role physical characteristics of railways knowledge
- not needed by the target role rail infrastructure knowledge
- not needed by the target role railway framework legislation knowledge
- not needed by the target role shunt inbound loads skill
- not needed by the target role shunt outbound loads skill
- not needed by the target role shunt rolling stock in marshalling yards skill
- not needed by the target role test the braking force of trains skill
- not needed by the target role train operating procedures knowledge
- not needed by the target role use hand signal for transport procedures 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 electrical systems used in transportation required
- required, not held electronics principles required
- required, not held electronics 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.