Transport
Railway signaller
Key facts
This job is hiring in the United States; its exposure to AI is medium. AI exposure: very low according to the ILO, moderate according to the BLS. Employment change in the United States by 2035: +1.8% (BLS).
The job
Railway brake, signal and switch operators (ISCO 8312). Railway brakers, signallers and shunters take charge of and safeguard railway freight trains during runs, control the movement of railway traffic by operating signals, switch rolling stock and make up trains in railway yards, make up trains for hauling in mines and control their movement.
Page built from official classifications (ILO, ESCO); figures cover all the jobs grouped here.
59 job titles linked to this page
Titles from the European ESCO classification. They are also used for search.
- brake coupler
- engine dispatcher
- foreman shunter
- foreman shunter/forewoman shunter
- foreman/forewoman shunter
- forewoman shunter
- level crossing attendant
- level crossing signaller
- level crossing signalman
- level crossing signalperson
- level crossing signalwoman
- operator shunter
- platform assistant
- platform dispatch assistant
- rail pointsman
- rail pointswoman
- rail setter
- rail shunter
- rail signal maintainer
- rail signalling fitter
- rail switchman
- rail switchmen
- rail switchperson
- rail switchwoman
- rail switchwomen
- railroad signal maintainer
- railway bender
- railway brake technician
- railway dispatcher
- railway grinder
- railway pointsman
- railway pointswoman
- railway switch operator
- railway switchman
- railway switchwoman
- railway track maintainer
- railway track technician
- shunter
- shunter assistant
- shunter attendant
- shunter driver
- shunting assistant
- shunting attendant
- shunting foreman
- shunting forewoman
- shunting supervisor
- signalman
- switch operator
- switch tender
- track foreman
- track grinder
- track oiler
- track repairer
- track service person
- track signal repairer
- track worker
- train dispatch controller
- train dispatcher
- train preparer
Training
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Gauges
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Sources
- AI exposure categories and employment projections, 2025-2035 (XLSX file)Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States · August 2026 · official statistics
- Generative AI and Jobs: a refined global index of occupational exposureInternational Labour Organization and NASK · May 2025 · large survey
- ESCO, European classification of skills, competences, qualifications and occupations (job titles and O*NET crosswalk)European Commission · version 1.2 · official statistics
- Jobs in 2030: projections by occupational family (summary table)Dares and France Stratégie · March 2022 · official statistics
- Labour needs survey (BMO) 2026France Travail · 2026 · large survey
- EURES report on labour shortages and surpluses 2025, annexEuropean Labour Authority · June 2026 · official statistics
Checked on 27 October 2026.