Definition: Types of employment

Category: Transport

The main categories of employment being considered are:

- General administration including central and regional management staff (e.g. finance, legal, personnel etc.) and boards of directors.
The management staff of specialist departments (operations and traffic, traction and rolling stock, ways and works) are excluded but are taken into account in the statistics specific to each of these services.

- Operations and traffic
Station staff (excluding staff operating control and safety systems), train crews (excluding tractive units’ crews) and associated central and regional offices. Includes tourism and advertising.

- Traction and rolling stock
Tractive units’ crews, workshop, inspection staff and associated central and regional offices.

- Permanent way development and maintenance

- Permanent way maintenance and supervision staff (including staff - operating control and safety systems)

- Other operations
Passenger and goods road services, shipping services, electric power plants, hotel staff etc.

(Fourth version of the Transport Glossary)



The main categories of employment being considered are:

- General administration
Note: Includes central and regional management staff (e.g. finance, legal, personnel etc.) and boards of directors.
The management staff of specialist departments (operations and traffic, traction and rolling stock, ways and works) are excluded but are taken into account in the statistics specific to each of these services.

- Operations and traffic
Note: Station staff, train crews (excluding locomotive crews) and associated central and regional offices. Includes tourism and advertising.

- Traction and rolling stock
Note: Locomotive crews, workshop, inspection staff and associated central and regional offices.

- Way and works
Note: Permanent way maintenance and supervision staff.

- Other operation
Note: Passenger and goods road services, shipping services, electric power plants, hotel staff etc.

(Third version of the Transport Glossary) http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ramon/other_documents/transport_glossary_4_ed/index.cfm?TargetUrl=DSP_TRANSPORT_GLOSSARY_4_ED Eurostat, ECMT, UN/ECE, "Glossary for Transport Statistics", 3rd Edition, Luxembourg 2003