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Rail Travel Assistants

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About this career

£36,947

Median salary

New workers start around £25,865.81. Normal pay is £36,947 per year. Highly experienced workers can earn up to £62,870.65.
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Jobs

Subjects achieved a 100% pass rate, including Maths, Further Maths, Physics, English Literature and Spanish.

Daily Tasks

  • 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

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