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🇬🇧 UKSOC 8234· Transport and Mobile Machine Drivers and Operatives

Rail transport operatives

Rail transport operatives assist drivers in the operation of passenger and goods trains, drive locomotive engines in coal mines, guide wagons and coaches in marshalling yards and sidings to make up trains, operate signals and points to control the movement of rail traffic, and monitor the operation of surface and underground railways.

Protection masterRailway workerShunterSignalman (railways)Transport supervisor (railways)
£56,925
median salary
£42,745 – £70,746
10,700
currently employed
15,348
projected 2035
Stable
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