ANZSCO 899917

Railways Assistants

Overview

EMPLOYED

2,900

PART-TIME SHARE

13%

FEMALE SHARE

28%

MEDIAN WEEKLY EARNINGS

N/A

MEDIAN AGE

47

ANNUAL EMPLOYMENT GROWTH

N/A

About this data

Summary

Railways' Assistants assist with operating and maintaining facilities at railway stations by updating platform indicators showing train times and destinations, collecting and checking passenger tickets, giving signals for train departures, and cleaning station facilities.

Tasks

  • Answers questions from passengers
  • Assists passengers with large luggage, pushchairs and prams
  • Helps people with special needs, such as wheelchair users
  • Check tickets and makes sure people are in the correct place to catch their train
  • May give signalling instructions to train drivers and may clean the station and platform area
  • May assist in the ticket selling office and provide travel information to passengers

ANZSCO Classification

Details

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    Hours worked

    Source: ABS, 2021 Census of Population and Housing based on place of usual residence.
    Note: those who were classified as "Employed, away from work" at the time of the 2021 Census (accounting for approx. 8% of total employment), have been excluded from the "Average full-time hours worked per week" denominator.
    Hours worked Railways Assistants All Occupations
    Share of workers who work full-time hours 87% 64%
    Average full-time hours worked per week 42 hours 44 hours

    Industries

    Railways Assistants work in industries like:

    Source: ABS, 2021 Census of Population and Housing based on place of usual residence.
    Note: industries that comprise less than 5% of an occupation have been suppressed.

    States and territories

    New South Wales

    49.8%

    Victoria

    17.0%

    Queensland

    32.6%

    South Australia

    0.1%

    Tasmania

    0.0%

    Northern Territory

    0.0%

    Australian Capital Territory

    0.0%

    Source: ABS, 2021 Census of Population and Housing based on place of usual residence.

    Age and gender

    Age and Gender Profile
    Source: ABS, 2021 Census of Population and Housing based on place of usual residence.
    Age and Gender Railways Assistants All Occupations
    Median age 47 years 40 years
    Female share of employment 28% 49%
    Source: ABS, 2021 Census of Population and Housing based on place of usual residence.
    Age Profile (% Share) All Occupations Railways Assistants
    15–19 5.2 0.1
    20–24 9.1 4.6
    25–34 22.7 16.7
    35–44 22.3 21.9
    45–54 20.4 26.5
    55–59 8.8 12.9
    60–64 6.5 12.2
    65 and Over 4.9 5.3

    Education

    Source: ABS, 2021 Census of Population and Housing based on place of usual residence. Highest qualification completed by workers in this job (in any field of study).
    Qualifications needed by new workers might be different from the qualifications of workers already in the job.
    Note: the sum of the educational attainment categories may not add up to 100% due to the exclusion of non-descriptive categories such as not stated responses.
    Highest Level of Educational Attainment (% Share) All Occupations Railways Assistants
    Post Graduate/Graduate Diploma or Graduate Certificate 12.2 6.6
    Bachelor degree 23.2 13.7
    Advanced Diploma/Diploma 11.1 11.6
    Certificate III/IV 19.5 25.1
    Year 12 15.9 20.7
    Year 11 4.0 4.1
    Year 10 and below 9.7 13.7
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