Rail Travel Assistants
Wages
New workers start around £26,218. Normal pay is £39,174 per year.
Highly experienced workers can earn up to £66,882.
Available jobs
In the past year there were 15,905 vacancies for this type of job
Projected job growth over the next 8 years
Related courses
People work towards these careers by taking these courses at college and uni.
What they do most days?
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.
Hard Skills
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Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.
Soft Skills
Soft skills can be self-taught and usually do not necessitate a certain completed level of education.
Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.