PROFESSIONAL knowledge:
At the concept level:
1. Procedure for filling in the technical documentation of the repair and maintenance within the scope of railway track maintenance.
2. Types of rail defects, reasons for their occurrence, and causes of their development.
3. Methods of detecting rail defects.
4. Structure and operating principle of rail circuits.
5. Specific character of the maintenance of railway tracks and railroad switches equipped with signalling, centralisation, and interlocking.
6. Specific character of the maintenance of railway tracks and railroad switches in electrified and non-electrified areas.
7. Methodology for measuring geometric parameters.
8. Specific character of the maintenance of railway track on classification hump yard.
9. Norms of material reserves.
10. Methodology for the calculation of the norms of material reserves.
11. Procedure for the storage of materials, means of small-scale mechanisation, appliances, and instruments.
12. Specific character of the maintenance of railway tracks and railroad switches in high-speed rail traffic areas.
13. Technological processes of loading – unloading, transportation, and movement.
14. Types and characteristics of railroad switches and railway track junctions.
15. Types and application of oils and lubricants of railroad switches.
16. Types of manual instruments and principles of their application.
17. Railway track machines, their types and application.
18. Methods of calculating the materials for the repair of railway tracks.
19. Types and properties of materials for the repair of railway tracks.
20. Types of geodetic works.
21. Basics of geodesy.
22. Basic methods of testing geodetic measuring instruments.
23. Wood characteristics and ways of processing wood.
24. Concrete and its products.
25. Concrete corrosion and protection against it.
26. Reinforced concrete and its products.
27. Characteristics of metals and alloys, and ways to process them.
28. Types of materials of railway traffic signs and their application.
29. Types of water discharge installations.
At the comprehension level:
1. Rails, their types, and technical requirements.
2. Rail fastenings, their types and technical requirements.
3. Insulated joints, their types and technical requirements.
4. Sleepers, their types and technical requirements.
5. Types of damages to the railway track and its superstructure elements.
6. Causes of damages to railway track superstructure elements.
7. Techniques for repairing railway track superstructure elements, procedure and time-limits for their repair.
8. Assessment of the condition of the railway track, using measurement wagons of the railway track and other track measurement machinery.
9. Operating principles of measuring instruments.
10. Permissible norms for the torques to tighten the nuts of the railway track fastening.
11. Technical rules for the installation, laying, maintenance, and repair of a jointless railway track.
12. Temperature stress in statically indeterminate systems (jointless rails).
13. Rules for the maintenance of jointless railway tracks.
14. Principles of the maintenance of a curved road area.
15. Methods of calculating the curve deflection.
16. Procedure and time-limits for the inspection of the objects of railway management infrastructure.
17. Structure of railway tracks, road superstructure elements, and ballast prism.
18. Technological processes of the maintenance of railway tracks, road superstructure elements, and ballast prisms.
19. Specific character of the maintenance of railway tracks in winter and summer conditions.
20. Cargo securing principles and procedures.
21. Procedures for the maintenance of the railway crossing.
22. Structure of the railway crossing.
23. Geometric parameters of the structure of railroad switches and their elements.
24. Standards for the maintenance of railroad switches and railway track junctions.
25. Types and operating principles of the means of small-scale mechanisation.
26. Railway track maintenance mechanisms, types, and operating principles.
27. Types of welding.
28. Performance of weld-on works.
29. Technological process of the works for the construction of railway tracks.
30. Types of repair of railway tracks.
31. Technological process of the works for the repair of railway tracks.
32. Periodicity of the repair of railway tracks.
33. Organising of the works for repair of the railway track.
34. Work performance procedure while working with track machines.
35. Procedure for the acceptance of the railway track after finishing the repair works.
36. Types of repair of railroad switches.
37. Technological process of the works for the repair of railway switches.
38. Periodicity of the repair of railroad switches.
39. Organising of the works for the repair of railroad switches.
40. Types of damages to railway level-crossings and their causes.
41. Types of repair of railway level-crossings.
42. Technological process of the works for the repair of railway level-crossings.
43. Procedure for the acceptance of railway level-crossings after finishing the repair works.
44. Specialised computer programs to take geodetic measurements.
45. Topographic maps.
46. Coordinate systems.
47. Basics of geodesy.
48. Railway design rules.
49. Basics of railway station design.
50. Types, units, and elements of railway engineering structures.
51. Types of damages to railway engineering structures and their causes.
52. Technological processes of the works for the repair of railway engineering structures.
53. Construction of subgrade.
54. Types of defects and deformations of subgrade.
55. Dimensions of the approximation of the rolling stock and structures.
56. Procedure for the maintenance of water discharge installations.
57. Types of works for the maintenance of subgrade.
58. Specific character of the maintenance of deformable and unstable areas of subgrade.
59. Technological processes of the works for the repair of subgrade.
At the application level:
1. Rules for the technical operation of railway.
2. Structure of railway tracks.
3. Norms of the maintenance of railway tracks and railroad switches.
4. Types of measuring instruments, their functions and application.
5. Non-conformities of rails, railroad switches, their fastenings, and insulation elements with the established requirements and their causes.
6. Permissible norms and types of wear of the elements of rails and railroad switches.
7. Types and operating principles of a rail defect detector.
8. Procedure for detecting rail defects.
9. Permissible norms of the maintenance of the railway track.
10. Determination of the permissible motion speed of the rolling stock depending on the condition of the railway track.
11. Measures in the event of detecting non-conformities with the established requirements for the maintenance of the railway track, rails, railroad switches, their fastenings, and insulation elements.
12. Measures in the event of detecting damages to railway infrastructure.
13. Standards for the maintenance of the geometric parameters of railway tracks and their elements.
14. Procedure for the demarcation of the railway track.
15. Methods of processing the elements of rails and railroad switches.
16. Types of damages and defects of the elements of railroad switches, procedures and time-limits for their repair.
17. Technological processes of the replacement of the elements of railway track superstructure and railroad switches.
18. Procedure for ensuring of rail traffic safety while performing track works.
19. Techniques and ways of clearing snow from railway tracks and railroad switches.
20. Procedure for filling in the technical documentation of the repair and maintenance within the scope of railway track maintenance.
21. Techniques for laying railway tracks.
22. Methods of laying railroad switches.
23. Basic principles of assembling rail-sleeper grids and railroad switches.
24. Basic principles of equipping the railway crossing and passage.
25. Work performance procedure during the technological break in road sections and stations.
26. Procedure for the acceptance of railroad switches after finishing the repair works.
27. Organising of the works for repair of railway crossings.
28. Basic principles of taking geodetic measurements.
29. Basics of technical drawing.
30. Specialised computer programs to process geodetic measurements.
31. Geodetic measurement techniques and rules.
32. Basic principles of processing the data of geodetic measurements.
33. Types of geodetic measuring instruments, their types and application.
34. Technological processes of the works for the repair of railway bridges and their elements.
35. Principles of organising the works for the repair of railway bridges and their elements.
36. Methods of cleaning of the bedding of small bridges.
37. Technological processes of the works for the repair of railway culverts and their elements.
38. Principles of organising the works for the repair of railway culverts and their elements.
39. Types of metal and alloy corrosion, and protection against it.
40. Basics of concreting.
41. Procedure for marking the damages to subgrade.
42. Conditions for the maintenance of railway right-of-way.
43. Measures to limit fire spread.
44. Principles of removing dangerous and fallen trees.
45. Construction of railway traffic signs.
46. Procedure for listing the deformable and unstable locations of subgrade.
GENERAL knowledge:
At the concept level:
1. Ergonomics.
2. Essence of sustainable development.
3. Rights, obligations, and liability of the employer and employee.
4. Basic principles of ethics.
5. Decision-making principles.
6. Professional career development and its importance.
7. Learning strategies.
8. Self-assessment principles.
At the comprehension level:
1. Types of fire-fighting equipment.
2. Types of fire-fighting facilities and devices.
3. Effect of electricity on human body.
4. Determinants of the effect of electric current.
5. Occupational safety signs and warning labels.
6. Types and application of personal and collective protective equipment.
7. Preventive measures to remedy work environment risk factors.
8. Environmental pollution.
9. Waste and its utilisation.
10. Basics of providing first aid.
11. Laws and regulations regarding employment legal relationship.
12. Composition of employment contract and collective agreement.
13. Vocabulary.
14. Grammar and language functions.
15. Time planning techniques.
16. Settling of conflicts.
17. Preconditions for effective communication.
18. Use of information and communication technologies.
At the application level:
1. Fire-fighting procedure.
2. Electrical safety requirements.
3. Principles of labour protection.
4. Environmental protection regulations.
5. Working techniques safe for health and the environment.
6. ABC method.
7. Work procedure regulations and internal laws and regulations.
8. Communication in the official language.
9. Professional terminology.
10. Foreign language.
11. Psychology of interaction.
12. Office computer programs.
13. Career choice.

PROFESSIONAL skills:
1. To inspect railway tracks, railroad switches, railway crossings, and passages.
2. To inspect the elements of railroad switches, rails, sleepers, transfer beams, rail fastenings, and rail connections.
3. To detect the possible traffic safety risks and non-conformities with the established technical requirements.
4. To summarise the detected traffic safety risks, non-conformities, and damages.
5. To analyse the traffic safety risks and non-conformities with the established requirements, and their causes.
6. To take control measurements of railway tracks and railroad switches.
7. To measure the geometric parameters of railway tracks and their elements.
8. To measure the geometric parameters of railroad switches and their elements.
9. To measure the wear of the elements of rails and railroad switches.
10. To measure rail joint gaps.
11. To measure the torque of fastening nuts.
12. To control temperature stress in jointless rail sections.
13. To record the inspection outcomes according to the established procedure.
14. To use measuring devices.
15. To check curve deflections, using chords.
16. To calculate curve deflections, using chords.
17. To take part in the control of the detection of rail defects.
18. To determine the permissible motion speed of the rolling stock depending on the technical condition of the railway track.
19. To inspect rail circuit elements.
20. To report non-conformities according to the established procedure.
21. To report a damage to the infrastructure according to the established procedure.
22. To regulate and level gaps between the rails.
23. To adjust railway tracks according to the longitudinal profile and level.
24. To regulate the geometric parameters of the railway track.
25. To improve the condition of railway tracks in areas with humps.
26. To perform loading – unloading, transportation, and movement works.
27. To demarcate obstacles, dangerous places, and work performance sites.
28. To add and profile ballast in separate places.
29. To perform the grinding of rails.
30. To remedy temperature stress in jointless rail sections.
31. To adjust curves and transition curves according to the calculation.
32. To perform the preventive and repair works of the insulated joint.
33. To perform the maintenance of a railway crossing.
34. To maintain the necessary quantity of material reserves according to the norms.
35. To store the necessary quantity of material reserves according to the norms.
36. To store the means of small-scale mechanisation, appliances, and instruments in compliance with the rules.
37. To maintain the railway track and railroad switches in high-speed rail traffic areas.
38. To regulate the geometric parameters of railroad switches.
39. To fasten bolts and wood screws.
40. To perform the treatment of the elements of railroad switches with lubricants.
41. To grind separate elements of railroad switches.
42. To replace separate rails.
43. To replace separate sleepers and transfer beams.
44. To replace separate railway track fastenings.
45. To replace the damaged elements of a railroad switch.
46. To use small-scale mechanisation devices.
47. To use instruments and mechanisms for the maintenance of the railway track.
48. To organise the repair of the detected damages to the railway track and structures.
49. To organise the control of the detection of rail defects.
50. To prepare the railway track for work in winter conditions.
51. To organise the clearing and removal of snow from railway tracks and railroad switches.
52. To organise rail welding works.
53. To organise the works for the weld-on of rails and railroad switches.
54. To organise the works for the repair of the railway track, using railway track machines.
55. To organise work, using service trains.
56. To organise work with the special railway rolling stock.
57. To calculate the quantity of materials necessary to perform the assigned works.
58. To divide works for the maintenance of the railway track in accordance with the work amount and competence.
59. To take part in the development of the work plan of the railway track foreman and control its execution.
60. To draw up and submit a request for the purchase of the necessary materials.
61. To control the accounting of small-scale mechanisation works and their documentary design.
62. To record the outcomes of the railway track inspection in forms of specific design.
63. To take part in the development of the technological process of the works for the construction of railway tracks.
64. To lay the railway track with separate road superstructure elements.
65. To lay the railway track with rail-sleeper grids.
66. To lay a railroad switch.
67. To assemble a rail-sleeper grid or a railroad switch.
68. To construct and equip railway level-crossings and passages.
69. To manage the works for laying the railway track, railroad switches, and railway crossings.
70. To supervise the works for laying the railway track, railroad switches, and railway crossings.
71. To assess the need for the repair of railway tracks according to the condition of railway tracks.
72. To take part in the planning of repair works.
73. To develop the technological process of the performance of separate works.
74. To replace all rail fastenings within the specified area subject to repair.
75. To replace all sleepers within the specified area subject to repair.
76. To replace all rails or continuous rails within the specified area subject to repair.
77. To reassemble the rail-sleeper grid of the track.
78. To disassemble the rail-sleeper grid of the track.
79. To organise ballast-cleaning works, using machines for cleaning crushed stone.
80. To organise the laying of the rail-sleeper grid, using laying cranes and other track machinery to be used for the laying of the grid.
81. To organise mechanised ballasting works.
82. To manage the works for the repair of the railway track.
83. To monitor the performance of works for the repair of the railway track.
84. To control the condition of the railway track after finishing the repair work.
85. To assess the need for the repair of railroad switches.
86. To take part in the planning of the repair of railroad switches.
87. To develop the technological process of the performance of works for the repair of separate railroad switches.
88. To replace a railroad switch.
89. To make full replacement of the transfer beam under the railroad switch.
90. To organise the works for the repair of a railroad switch, using a railway crane and track machines.
91. To manage the works for the repair of a railroad switch.
92. To monitor the performance of works for the repair of railroad switches.
93. To control the condition of railroad switches after finishing the repair works.
94. To assess the need for the repair of railway crossings.
95. To take part in the planning of the repair of railway crossings.
96. To develop the technological process of the performance of works for the repair of railway crossings.
97. To disassemble the surfacing of a railway crossing and its elements.
98. To assemble the surfacing of a railway crossing and its elements.
99. To organise the use of a crane, motor transport, and track machines during the repair of the railway crossing.
100. To monitor the performance of works for the repair of a railway crossing.
101. To control the condition of railway crossings after finishing the repair works.
102. To install geodetic measuring instruments.
103. To take geodetic measurements of the railway right-of-way and the railway track plan and profile.
104. To link an environmental object with the coordinate system.
105. To make records of measurements.
106. To perform geodetic control.
107. To design longitudinal and transverse profiles.
108. To choose the optimum railway plan and profile.
109. To draw longitudinal and transverse profiles electronically.
110. To draw longitudinal and transverse profiles manually.
111. To process the data of geodetic measurements obtained on-site, using specialised computer programs.
112. To process the data of geodetic measurements obtained on-site manually.
113. To calculate the work amount, using the processed data.
114. To develop topographic maps.
115. To apply the project of the structure and repair of railway tracks.
116. To mark key points on-site in straight lines.
117. To mark key points on-site in curved lines.
118. To mark the key points of a railroad switch on-site.
119. To mark the key points of engineering structures on-site.
120. To mark height points on-site.
121. To take part in the inspection of a railway engineering structure.
122. To inspect the waterproofing of the constructions of the reinforced concrete and concrete span of bridges.
123. To detect deviations in the maintenance of railway engineering structures.
124. To control the fastenings of the units and elements of railway engineering structures.
125. To clear the engineering structures from mud, debris, rust, snow, and ice.
126. To replace separate damaged elements and parts.
127. To replace bridge beams.
128. To paint separate metal elements of the bridge.
129. To clear drifts from the bedding of small bridges.
130. To replace the surfacing of the railway track in engineering structures.
131. To secure the elements of bridge span constructions with bolts.
132. To maintain a non-ballasted bridge deck.
133. To open and close inlets and outlets of culverts.
134. To repair the damaged elements of culverts.
135. To clear drifts from the bedding of culverts.
136. To construct elements from wood material.
137. To construct elements from concrete and reinforced concrete.
138. To construct elements from a metal alloy.
139. To repair the waterproofing of the constructions of the reinforced concrete and concrete span of bridges.
140. To repair the ladder of engineering structures.
141. To perform the masonry injection for the supports of engineering structures and culverts.
142. To install and attach guard edges, guard rails, and protective devices.
143. To assemble the fencing of parapets on bridge span constructions and supports.
144. To perform concreting works.
145. To inspect the subgrade and subgrade securing installations.
146. To recognise the damages to subgrade based on the signs of deformation.
147. To determine the causes of damages to subgrade.
148. To mark the damages to subgrade according to the established procedures.
149. To inspect the railway right-of-way.
150. To control construction and maintenance works on the railway right-of-way.
151. To undertake measures to limit fire spread.
152. To cut shrubs and trees on the railway right-of-way.
153. To cut the grass on the railway right-of-way.
154. To organise the removal of fallen trees and cutting of dangerous trees operatively.
155. To monitor the border of the railway right-of-way.
156. To install railway traffic signs and signal signs.
157. To repair railway traffic signs and signal signs.
158. To construct railway traffic signs.
159. To control the dimensions of the approximation of railway structures.
160. To take measures to correct an oversize location.
161. To mark oversize locations.
162. To inspect the condition of a water discharge installation.
163. To detect the damages to water discharge installations.
164. To maintain water discharge installations in working order.
165. To ensure water discharge from the surfacing of subgrade.
166. To repair the subgrade and its installations in accordance with separately developed projects.
167. To determine the intended measures to improve the performance of subgrade within the scope of the routine repair of railway tracks.
168. To level and add more earth to the subgrade shoulder.
169. To remove subgrade cracks.
170. To list the deformable and unstable location of subgrade.
171. To take measures to repair the deformable and unstable locations of subgrade.
GENERAL skills:
1. To use fire-fighting equipment in accordance with the situation.
2. To handle fire-fighting facilities and devices.
3. To act in the event of fire.
4. To handle electrical equipment and devices.
5. To evaluate an electrical device and detect its damages.
6. To undertake measures to prevent electrical injuries.
7. To apply occupational safety requirements while completing a work task.
8. To identify the potential work environment risks.
9. To organise the workplace in compliance with labour protection requirements.
10. To use personal and collective protective equipment.
11. To recognise and comply with occupational safety signs and the requirements of signals and warning labels.
12. To use work practices safe for health and the environment.
13. To act in an environmentally considerate manner.
14. To assess the risk of environmental pollution.
15. To undertake measures to reduce environmental pollution.
16. To organise collection of waste in accordance with the relevant requirements.
17. To assess the situation.
18. To act in accordance with the ABC method.
19. To respect the duties and rights of the employer and the employee.
20. To comply with the work procedure regulations and internal laws and regulations.
21. To communicate in the official language in compliance with the requirements of laws and regulations.
22. To use professional terminology in the official language.
23. To communicate in one foreign language.
24. To use professional terminology in one foreign language.
25. To carry out work duties in compliance with the basic principles of general and professional ethics.
26. To work in a team.
27. To work individually.
28. To plan the time rationally.
29. To assume responsibility for own work outcome.
30. To resolve conflict situations.
31. To work with a computer.
32. To communicate, using information technologies.
33. To find specific information in internet resources.
34. To use data carriers of information.
35. To use safe computer application programs.
36. To work with office equipment.
37. To evaluate own professional experience.
38. To evaluate the options for the development of own professional activity.
39. To acquire new skills according to labour market needs.
40. To keep up with the current events in the industry, using different sources of information.

PROFESSIONAL competences:
1. Ability to supervise the condition of rails, railroad switches, their fastenings, and insulation elements responsibly and accurately, in compliance with the requirements of laws and regulations and the technical documentation.
2. Ability to maintain railway tracks, road superstructure elements, and ballast prisms responsibly, in compliance with the requirements of laws and regulations and the technical documentation.
3. Ability to maintain railroad switches and railway track junctions responsibly, in compliance with the requirements of laws and regulations and the technical documentation.
4. Ability to replace the damaged elements of railroad switches and the railway track subgrade responsibly and accurately, using small-scale mechanisation devices, manual instruments and mechanisms in compliance with the requirements of the technical documentation.
5. Ability to plan the works for the maintenance of the railway track responsibly, in compliance with laws and regulations and the requirements of the technical documentation.
6. Ability to fill in the technical documentation on the maintenance of railway roads responsibly and accurately, in compliance with the requirements of laws and regulations and the technical documentation.
7. Ability to perform the works for the construction of the railway track, railroad switches, and railway level-crossing responsibly and accurately, in compliance with the requirements of laws and regulations and the technical documentation.
8. Ability to perform the works for the repair of the railway track responsibly and accurately, in compliance with the requirements of laws and regulations and the technical documentation, using small-scale mechanisation devices, manual instruments and mechanisms, as well as railway track machines.
9. Ability to perform the works for the repair of railroad switches responsibly and accurately, in compliance with the requirements of laws and regulations and the technical documentation.
10. Ability to perform the works for the repair of railway crossing responsibly and accurately, in compliance with the requirements of laws and regulations and the technical documentation.
11. Ability to prepare geodetic measuring devices for geodetic measurements, as well as take geodetic measurements responsibly and accurately, in accordance with the technical task.
12. Ability to control the technical condition of a railway engineering structure in compliance with the requirements of laws and regulations and the technical documentation.
13. Ability to maintain railway bridges responsibly, in compliance with the requirements of laws and regulations and the technical documentation.
14. Ability to maintain railway culverts responsibly, in compliance with the requirements of laws and regulations and the technical documentation.
15. Ability to construct separate elements of an engineering structure responsibly, in compliance with the requirements of laws and regulations and the technical documentation.
16. Ability to repair separate elements of an engineering structure responsibly, in compliance with the requirements of laws and regulations and the technical documentation.
17. Ability to monitor the condition of subgrade responsibly, in compliance with the requirements of laws and regulations and the technical documentation.
18. Ability to maintain the railway right-of-way in working order responsibly, in compliance with the requirements of the technical documentation.
19. Ability to maintain railway traffic signs and signal signs responsibly, in compliance with the requirements of laws and regulations and the technical documentation.
20. Ability to maintain water discharge installations responsibly, in compliance with the requirements of laws and regulations and the technical documentation.
21. Ability to maintain the subgrade responsibly, in compliance with the requirements of laws and regulations and the technical documentation.
GENERAL competences:
1. Ability to complete work tasks in compliance with fire and electrical safety requirements.
2. Ability to organise, use, and maintain safe work environment and use machinery and personal protective equipment in compliance with labour protection regulations.
3. Ability to determine the detrimental effect of work environment conditions on health.
4. Ability to complete work tasks, maintaining good health condition and acting in an environmentally considerate manner.
5. Ability to provide first aid and act in extreme situations responsibly.
6. Ability to comply with and establish employment legal relationship, as well as comply with the 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 and use professional terminology in one foreign language, ensuring the completion of work tasks.
9. Ability to plan time independently while completing a task individually or in a team, engage in teamwork effectively, and cooperate in the work team successfully.
10. Ability to choose and use information and communication technologies confidently and safely to complete a work task.
11. Ability to take decisions on planning own career in the chosen professional area.