Shunter
Code 8312.3
Shunters move shunting units with or without wagons or groups of wagons in order to build trains. They manage the driving of locomotives and are involved in switching wagons, making or splitting up trains in shunting yards or sidings. They operate according to the technical features, such as controlling movement via a remote control device.
Essential skills
Knowledge
- physical characteristics of railways
- rail infrastructure
- railway framework legislation
- mechanics of trains
- dangers of marshalling activity
- principles of mechanical engineering
- train operating procedures
Skills and competences
- check train engines
- drive vehicles
- comply with railway safety standards
- shunt outbound loads
- shunt rolling stock in marshalling yards
- assess railway operations
- enforce railway safety regulations
- deal with challenging work conditions
- read railway circuit plans
- operate railway switches
- operate radio equipment
- operate switching locomotives
- operate railway vehicles
- operate railway control panels
- operate railway warning systems
- operate railway communication systems
- test the braking force of trains
- perform wagon coupling
- perform maintenance on locomotives
- perform rail track inspections
- perform routine maintenance on railway engines
- follow switching instructions in rail operations
- control train movement
- shunt inbound loads
- use hand signal for transport procedures
Transversal competences
- oversee operational safety on trains
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This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission and the Mapha Taxonomy developed by OTIC SOFOFA (CC BY 4.0), in an adapted version. Group codes come from the ILO's ISCO-08. See sources and licences