Rail maintenance technician
Code 3112.1.10
Rail maintenance technicians execute routine inspections of railway tracks, powerlines, signage stations, switches, and other railway infrastructure. They are also sent out to repair defects quickly, safely, and at any time of the day or night.
Essential skills
Knowledge
- characteristics of wheel rail interface
- electricity
- mechanics
- mechanics of trains
- sensors
Skills and competences
- advise on railway infrastructure repairs
- monitor stationary rail sensors
- detect rail track malfunctions
- inspect construction supplies
- inspect rail flaws
- interpret graphical recordings of rail-flaw-detection machine
- maintain sensor equipment
- test sensors
- inspect railways visually
- write rail defect records
- record test data
- follow health and safety procedures in construction
- use safety equipment in construction
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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