Rail Travel Assistants
About this career
£37,370
Median salary
New workers start around £25,273.15. Normal pay is £37,370 per year. Highly experienced workers can earn up to £65,669.42.
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Jobs
Subjects achieved a 100% pass rate, including Maths, Further Maths, Physics, English Literature and Spanish.
About this career
- Inspects and issues tickets on trains, deals with passenger enquiries, and takes charge of goods being transported on train.
- Checks control panel operation before start of journey, operates train door controls and signals to driver to start or stop train.
- Attends to the safety, welfare and comfort of passengers on trains and manages train crew.
- Assists passengers with special needs to board and leave trains.
- Loads and unloads mail, goods and luggage, operates lifts and hoists and drives small trucks.
- Helps with passenger enquiries and makes announcements over a public address system at stations.
- Examines and collects tickets at the ticket barrier of a railway station.
Skills Employers Are Looking For
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Skills
Job postings
Active Listening
60
Critical Thinking
59
Reading Comprehension
59
Learning Strategies
55
Writing
53
Monitoring
51
Speaking
45
Active Learning
43
Mathematics
42
Science
22
Courses
Travel and Tourism
- Course code: CTT3
- Level: 3
- Qualification: Certificate, Diploma
- Awarding body: Northern Council for Further Education (NCFE), Northern Council for Further Education (NCFE)
- Duration: One or two years
- Course type: Full-time
Resort Rep and Cabin Crew
- Course code: DACC
- Level: 2
- Qualification: Diploma
- Duration: One year
- Course type: Full-time
Travel and Tourism
- Course code: TTF
- Level: 2
- Qualification: NCFE Diploma
- Duration: One year
- Course type: Full-time