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Train dispatcher
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Train dispatchers ensure the safe and efficient dispatch of the train services. The safety of customers is their main priority. When carrying out train dispatch duties, they check the traffic signals and communicate promptly with train drivers and conductors that it is safe for the train to pull away.
Tasks
Tasks include -
(a) Taking charge of and safeguarding freight train during run;
(b) Controlling flow of railway traffic over section of line by operating signals and switches from control panel or signal box;
(c) Switching and coupling rolling stock in railway yards and sidings in accordance with orders about loading, unloading and make-up of trains;
(d) Making up trains for hauling by locomotive or cable and directing their movement along haulage ways in a mine or quarry;
(e) Checking train systems and equipment such as air conditioning and heating systems, brakes and brake hoses prior to train run.
Knowledge
No skills and knowledge of the occupation have been found. Only skills and knowledge relevant and requested by companies in their job offers are displayed.
Digital competencies
- Developing solutions
- Collaborating and liaising
- Communicating with colleagues and clients
- Monitoring operational activities
- Operating rail vehicles
Digital competencies
- Managing, gathering and storing digital data
Personal competencies
- Demonstrating willingness to learn
- Maintaining a positive attitude
- Communicating
- Following ethical code of conduct
Professional groups of the occupation
Plant and machine operators, and assemblers
Drivers and mobile plant operators
Locomotive engine drivers and related workers
Railway brake, signal and switch operators
Other occupations of the professional group
Do you want to know what the hiring rate for this occupation is in the market?
Contracts and job seekers in the last year in Barcelonès
Railway brake, signal and switch operators
44
Number of contracts in Barcelonès
67,69%
Percentage of contracts in Catalonia
-6,38% Interannual variation of contracts in Barcelonès
29,55%
Permanent contracts over total contracts in Barcelonès
22,73%
Part-time contracts
1,42% Turnover index
2
Average of job seekers in Barcelonès
12%
Interannual variation of job seekers in Barcelonès
Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia
The market for this profile is hiring
Contracts in u00e8 over the past year by sex and age
Contracts by gender in Barcelonès.
Drivers and mobile plant operators
92%
8%
Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia
Contracts by age groups.
Drivers and mobile plant operators
Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia
What vacancies are published in the professional family?
Vacancies published by professional family and type of contract in Barcelonès over the past year
Locomotive engine drivers and related workers
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Data source: Data generated from the analysis of Lightcast data and the Observatory of Work and Productive Model of the Government of Catalonia.
What experience is required for the vacancies? Which sectors are looking for this occupation?
Railway brake, signal and switch operators
Data source: Own elaboration based on the data of vacancies extracted by Lightcast.
The vacancies published are for working in:
Job vacancies posted by county
Data source: Own elaboration based on the data of vacancies extracted by Lightcast.
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