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Rail Travel Assistants
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£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
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