European Qualifications Framework (EQF) has 8 levels (1 – the lowest, 8 – the highest).
Levels reflect the complexity level of acquired knowledge, skills and competences (learning outcomes).
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PROFESSIONAL knowledge:
At the concept level:
1. Railway signals and signal signs. Basics of the structure and operation of railway infrastructure and the rolling stock. Work organisation at stations in winter conditions.
2. Procedure for developing a train formation plan.
3. Types of freight wagons.
At the comprehension level:
1. Technological process of the railway station.
2. Deed of technical action.
3. Types of means of signalling and communication. Use of means of signalling and communication.
4. Regulatory documents regarding railway transport in ensuring train movement.
5. Basics of technical drawing.
6. Basic principles of passing-through of trains.
7. Procedure for securing the rolling stock.
8. Train formation plan.
9. Procedure for coding train indices and stations.
10. Technology for the disassembly of the trainset on the classification hump yard.
11. Rules of procedure for the conversations on the hump yard. Specific features and basics of the operation of railway infrastructure and the rolling stock on the classification hump yard.
12. Geographic location of the station. Procedure for establishing technical breaks.
13. Procedure for coding train indices and stations.
14. Procedure for organising shunting services at the intermediate station.
15. Freight carriage with transport packets.
16. Special rules of freight carriage.
17. Cargo classification.
18. Types of hazardous cargoes.
19. Types of cargo damages.
20. Procedure for the arrangement and securing of a cargo.
21. Cargo and commercial stations. Cargo arrival and unloading operations.
22. Types of payment documentation.
23. Organisation of hand-over and transfer of freight wagons.
At the application level:
1. Types of work logbooks.
2. Train movement control systems. Procedures for filling in the technical documentation regarding train movement.
3. Document management principles.
4. Rules of procedure for conversations.
5. Specialised computer programs.
6. Development of a train movement timetable. Principles of controlling the operation of the railway station.
7. Procedure for the train dispatching sequence.
8. Procedure for suspending trains.
9. Operation of the equipment and devices of the train movement control system. Form of electronic logbooks and procedure for filling them in.
10. Organisation of shunting services.
11. Procedure for organising shunting services on the classification hump yard.
12. Procedure for filling in the electronic logbook.
13. Procedure for coding train indices and stations.
14. Train movement regulation systems.
15. Train movement safety devices.
16. Procedures for organising train movement during the repair of railway infrastructure at the station.
17. Train movement during the repair of railway infrastructure. Types and operating principles of means of communication.
18. Types of damages to train movement centralisation, signalling, and interlocking devices and communications.
19. Ensuring of safety of movement in the event of malfunction of centralisation, signalling, and interlocking devices and communications.
20. Procedure for receiving trains at the station.
21. Procedure for dispatching trains at a section.
22. Procedure for providing assistance in the event of train damages.
23. Procedure for filling in documentation to receive assistance in the event of train damages.
24. Procedure for action in the event of an impact on the road.
25. Procedure for action in the event of wheel flats or weld-ons.
26. Procedure for action in the event of damages to the current collector.
27. Procedure for action in the event of a broken rail.
28. Procedure for action in the event of activation of devices for the control of the overheating of axle boxes.
29. Procedure for action in the event of spontaneous movement of the rolling stock. Procedure for action upon receiving information about an item susceptible to explosion. Procedure for action in the event of a cargo leak or spillage.
30. Procedure for action in the event of a railway accident.
31. Types of freight carriage documentation.
32. Organisation of hand-over and transfer of freight wagons.
33. Drawing up of payment documentation.
34. Types of cargo receipt and unloading documentation.
35. Preparation of cargo receipt and unloading documentation.
GENERAL knowledge:
At the concept level:
1. Essence of sustainable development.
2. Laws and regulations regarding employment legal relationship.
3. Basics of ethics.
4. Laws and regulations regarding business activity.
5. Types of commercial activity.
At the comprehension level:
1. Ergonomics.
2. Working conditions and human health as a precondition for life quality.
3. Types of fire-fighting equipment.
4. Types of fire-fighting facilities and devices.
5. Effect of electricity on human body. Determinants of the effect of electric current.
6. Basics of providing first aid.
7. Environmental pollution.
8. Waste and its utilisation.
9. Rights, obligations, and liability of the employer and employee.
10. Composition of employment contract and collective agreement.
11. Diversity of language and communication in different contexts.
12. Diversity of language and communication in different contexts.
13. Time planning techniques.
14. Settling of conflicts. Preconditions for effective communication.
15. Decision-making principles. Professional career development and its importance.
16. Learning strategies.
17. Self-assessment principles.
At the application level:
1. Occupational safety signs, signals, and warning labels.
2. Types and application of personal and collective protective equipment. Work environment risk factors and preventive measures to remedy them.
3. Laws and regulations regarding labour protection.
4. Fire safety regulations.
5. Fire-fighting procedure.
6. Electrical safety requirements.
7. Electrical injuries and action in the event of electrical injuries.
8. ABC method.
9. Work practices safe for health and the environment.
10. Environmental protection regulations.
11. Work procedure regulations and internal laws and regulations.
12. Grammar and language functions.
13. Professional terminology in the official language.
14. Vocabulary and usage of foreign language.
15. Professional terminology in foreign language.
16. Communication in one foreign language.
17. Intercultural interaction.
18. Psychology of interaction.
19. Organisation of the work of the company.
20. Principles of using information and communication technologies. Office equipment.
21. Office computer programs for the completion of work tasks.
22. Computer security programs.
23. Career choice.
PROFESSIONAL skills:
1. To dispatch the train at a railway track section.
2. To receive the train from the track section.
3. To use train movement control systems.
4. To fill in the train movement logbook.
5. To close train movement at a railway track section.
6. To restore train movement at a railway track section.
7. To comply with the requirements of the deed of technical action of the station.
8. To switch from one type of signalling and communication device to another.
9. To ensure the operation of the station in the winter period.
10. To organise train movement in accordance with the established procedure.
11. To organise train movement at sections.
12. To organise timely receiving of trains, their dispatching at stations, and passing the station.
13. To give instructions on train movement to station operators.
14. To give instructions on train movement to traction vehicle drivers (train drivers).
15. To dispatch trains in accordance with the train movement timetable and formation plan.
16. To control the operation of the station.
17. To make entries on train movement in the filled in train movement timetable.
18. To ensure the passing-through of trains.
19. To organise train dispatching in an optimum sequence.
20. To take into account the reception options of the designation station.
21. To take into account the technical breaks at sections.
22. To control the compliance with the train formation plan.
23. To determine the suspension of trains at stations.
24. To organise shunting services.
25. To get acquainted with the plan of shunting services at the station.
26. To inform the persons involved in the provision of shunting services about the plan of shunting services.
27. To give instructions for the provision of shunting services.
28. To prepare a shunting route, using automated systems.
29. To control the securing of the rolling stock with skids.
30. To monitor the occupancy of railway tracks and railroad switches by the rolling stock in accordance with the indications of control devices and equipment and the received communications.
31. To monitor the operation of control devices and equipment, and communication devices.
32. To document the performed works.
33. To apply shunting signals.
34. To comply with the requirements of the train formation plan.
35. To use train designation station codes.
36. To organise the preparation of shunting routes.
37. To ensure the disassembly of trainsets.
38. To control the trainset classification process.
39. To give instructions for the provision of shunting services.
40. To organise shunting services on the hump yard.
41. To prepare shunting routes on the hump yard.
42. To comply with the rules of procedure for the conversations on the hump yard.
43. To monitor the operation of control devices and equipment, and communication devices on the classification hump yard.
44. To enter data on hill performance in the electronic logbook.
45. To organise shunting services at the intermediate station.
46. To prepare a shunting route at the intermediate station.
47. To give instructions on the provision of shunting services to the shunting operator.
48. To provide information on shunting services to the train dispatcher.
49. To secure the rolling stock according to the established procedure.
50. To comply with the rules of procedure for the conversations at the intermediate station.
51. To monitor the operation of control devices and equipment, and communication devices at the intermediate station.
52. To release the rolling stock from access roads.
53. To manage train movement, using the automatic interlocking system.
54. To manage train movement, using the semi-automatic interlocking system.
55. To manage train movement, using means of telephone communication.
56. To manage train movement, using the electronic wand system.
57. To manage train movement, using the dispatching centralisation system.
58. To control the operation of train movement safety devices.
59. To manage the work of employees involved in train movement during technological breaks.
60. To manage train movement at the station during the repair of railway infrastructure.
61. To manage train movement at a non-closed section during the repair of railway infrastructure.
62. To manage train movement at a closed section during the repair of railway infrastructure.
63. To issue authorisations to organise train movement during the repair of railway infrastructure.
64. To use means of communication.
65. To recognise the damages to centralisation, signalling, and interlocking devices and communications.
66. To inform the train driver about the movement conditions.
67. To record train movement conditions in the respective documentation.
68. To receive and dispatch trains at a red traffic light.
69. To inform employees about the repair of damages.
70. To repair the damages to centralisation, signalling, and interlocking devices and communications within the scope of own competence.
71. To undertake appropriate measures while receiving and dispatching trains, complying with the requirements for movement safety.
72. To organise train movement in the event of damages to centralisation, signalling, and interlocking devices and communications at a railway section.
73. To inform the employees involved in the provision of assistance about the train damages.
74. To act in accordance with the received instructions.
75. To fill in the necessary documentation to receive assistance in the event of train damages.
76. To organise the dispatching of the accident-relief train.
77. To manage train movement upon receiving information about an impact on the road.
78. To manage train movement upon receiving information about a wheel flat or weld-on.
79. To manage train movement upon receiving information about a damage to the current collector.
80. To manage train movement upon receiving information about a broken rail.
81. To manage train movement upon receiving information about the activation of devices for the control of the overheating of axle boxes.
82. To manage train movement upon receiving information about spontaneous movement of the rolling stock.
83. To manage train movement upon receiving information about an item susceptible to explosion.
84. To manage train movement upon receiving information about a cargo leak or spillage.
85. To manage train movement upon receiving information about a railway accident.
86. To make sure the cargo is loaded correctly.
87. To make sure the cargo is secured correctly.
88. To recognise cargo damages.
89. To organise cargo reloading from a damaged wagon.
90. To fill in the freight carriage documentation.
91. To receive freight wagons for loading.
92. To receive freight wagons for dispatching.
93. To draw up payment documentation on freight carriage.
94. To draw up payment documentation on the downtime of wagons.
95. To fill in freight documentation at the terminal.
96. To draw up the list of hand-over and transfer of wagons.
GENERAL skills:
1. To apply occupational safety requirements while completing work tasks.
2. To identify the potential work environment risks.
3. To organise the workplace in compliance with labour protection requirements and effect on health.
4. To use personal and collective protective equipment.
5. To recognise and comply with occupational safety signs and the requirements of signals and warning labels.
6. To respond to safety signals.
7. To use fire-fighting equipment in accordance with the situation.
8. To handle fire-fighting facilities and devices.
9. To act in the event of fire responsibly.
10. To handle electrical equipment and devices responsibly, in compliance with electrical safety requirements.
11. To evaluate an electrical device and detect its damages.
12. To undertake measures to prevent electrical injuries.
13. To assess the situation.
14. To act in accordance with the ABC method.
15. To use work practices safe for health and the environment.
16. To act in an environmentally considerate manner.
17. To assess the risk of environmental pollution.
18. To undertake measures to reduce environmental pollution.
19. To organise collection of waste in accordance with the relevant requirements.
20. To apply the Labour Law and other laws and regulations regarding employment legal relationship.
21. To respect the duties and rights of the employer and the employee.
22. To comply with the work procedure regulations and internal laws and regulations.
23. To communicate in the official language in compliance with the requirements of laws and regulations.
24. To use professional terminology in the official language.
25. To communicate in one foreign language.
26. To use professional terminology in one foreign language.
27. To carry out work duties in compliance with the basic principles of general and professional ethics.
28. To collaborate with persons involved in the completion of the work task.
29. To work in a team and individually.
30. To plan the time rationally.
31. To assume responsibility for own work outcome.
32. To solve conflict situations.
33. To comprehend the mission of the company.
34. To be aware of own role within the structural unit of companies.
35. To complete own tasks, focusing on the achievement of the common goal of the company.
36. To work with a computer.
37. To communicate by using information and communication technologies.
38. To find specific information in internet resources.
39. To use data carriers of information.
40. To use secure computer-aided programs.
41. To work with office equipment.
42. To evaluate professional experience.
43. To evaluate the options for the development of own professional activity.
44. To acquire new skills according to labour market needs.
45. To keep up with the current events in the industry, using different sources of information.
PROFESSIONAL competences:
1. Ability to responsibly organise train movement at the railway station in compliance with the requirements set by laws and regulations and the technical documentation.
2. Ability to responsibly and accurately ensure train movement at a railway section in compliance with the requirements set by laws and regulations and the technical documentation.
3. Ability to responsibly organise train movement at sections in general in compliance with the requirements set by laws and regulations and the technical documentation.
4. Ability to responsibly organise shunting services at train formation stations in compliance with the requirements of laws and regulations and the technical documentation.
5. Ability to responsibly organise shunting services on the wagon classification hump yard in compliance with the requirements of laws and regulations and the technical documentation.
6. Ability to responsibly organise shunting services at intermediate stations in compliance with the requirements of laws and regulations and the technical documentation.
7. Ability to responsibly organise train movement, using means of signalling and communication.
8. Ability to responsibly organise train movement during the repair of railway infrastructure in compliance with the requirements set by laws and regulations and the technical documentation.
9. Ability to responsibly organise train movement in the event of damages to centralisation, signalling, and interlocking devices and communications in compliance with the requirements set by laws and regulations and the technical documentation.
10. Ability to responsibly, accurately, and operatively ensure the provision of assistance in the event of train damages in compliance with the requirements of laws and regulations and the technical documentation.
11. Ability to responsibly and accurately organise train movement in the event of a damage to the rolling stock in compliance with the requirements of laws and regulations and the technical documentation.
12. Ability to responsibly perform the commercial inspection of wagons in compliance with the requirements set by laws and regulations and the technical documentation.
13. Ability to receive payments for freight carriage in accordance with freight rates.
14. Ability to responsibly prepare the documentation for cargo receipt and unloading operations in compliance with the requirements of laws and regulations and the technical documentation.
GENERAL competences:
1. Ability to organise, use, and maintain safe work environment, using personal protective work equipment in compliance with labour protection regulations.
2. Ability to determine the detrimental effect of work environment conditions on health.
3. Ability to complete work tasks in compliance with electrical and fire safety requirements.
4. Ability to provide first aid and responsibly act in extreme situations.
5. Ability to complete work tasks, maintaining good health condition and acting in an environmentally considerate manner.
6. Ability to comply with the norms of employment legal relationship and internal work procedure regulations of the company.
7. Ability to express and interpret concepts, thoughts, facts, and opinion in the official language both orally and in writing, and use professional terminology while completing work tasks.
8. Ability to communicate in one foreign language and use professional terminology while ensuring the completion of work tasks.
9. Ability to collaborate, following the basic principles of professional interaction.
10. Ability to complete work tasks in accordance with the work organisation principles of the company, focusing on the achievement of the common goal.
11. Ability to confidently and safely choose and use information and communication technologies to complete a work task.
12. Ability to take reasoned decisions on planning own career in the chosen professional area.
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Transport services (104)
Detailed field: (ISCED 2013)Transport services (1041)
EducationSecondary education
Qualification typeVocational
Full or partialFull qualification
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Last changes: 25.10.2024
Posted: 28.08.2016