Railway infrastructure inspector

Code 3112.9

Railway infrastructure inspectors are responsible for checking the conditions of railways. They monitor compliance to health and safety standards and inspect the infrastructure to detect damage or flaws. They analyse and report on their findings to ensure railway conditions are maintained at a safe level.

Essential skills

Knowledge

  • Técnicas de control de calidad
  • health and safety measures in transportation
  • quality assurance procedures

Skills and competences

  • ensure safe operation of railway during repairs
  • comply with legal regulations
  • identify hazards in the workplace
  • assess railway operations
  • enforce railway safety regulations
  • perform inspection analysis
  • conduct environmental surveys
  • undertake inspections
  • monitor work site

Transversal competences

  • write inspection reports

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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