Rolling stock assembler jobs in Finland
Rolling stock assemblers use hand tools, power tools and other equipment such as lifting equipment or robots to construct, fit and install prefabricated parts to manufacture rolling stock subassemblies and body structures. They read and interpret blueprints. They operate control systems to determine functional performance of the assemblies and adjust accordingly.
Rolling stock assembler – how much is the pay in Finland?
What the trade paid in 2024
| Median | 17.04 €/h |
|---|---|
| Bottom tenth | 13.21 €/h |
| Top tenth | 22.81 €/h |
| Employees | 12,558 |
Pay by sex, 2024
| Sex | Median | Employees |
|---|---|---|
| Women | 15.85 €/h | 2,250 |
| Men | 17.32 €/h | 10,308 |
Rolling stock assembler - Which skills are essential?
Inspect rolling stock, components and systems to ensure compliance with standards and specifications.
Use various techniques to ensure the product quality is respecting the quality standards and specifications. Oversee defects, packaging and sendbacks of products to different production departments.
Align and arrange steel and metal parts in order to assemble complete products; use the appropriate hand tools and gauges.
The engineering processes that combine electrical and mechanical engineering in the application of electromechanics in devices that need electricity to create mechanical movement or devices that create electricity by mechanical movement.
Identify operating problems, decide what to do about it and report accordingly.
Align and lay out components in order to put them together correctly according to blueprints and technical plans.
Operate power driven pumps. Use hand tools or power tools. Use vehicle repair tools or safety equipment.
Wear relevant and necessary protective gear, such as protective goggles or other eye protection, hard hats, safety gloves.
Read and comprehend standard blueprints, machine, and process drawings.
Ensure that the necessary equipment is provided, ready and available for use before start of procedures.
The national and international requirements, specifications and guidelines to ensure that products, services and processes are of good quality and fit for purpose.
Possess basic knowledge of the mechanics involved in trains, understand the technicalities and participate in discussions on related topics in order to solve problems related to the mechanics.
Read the technical drawings of a product made by the engineer in order to suggest improvements, make models of the product or operate it.
Fasten components together according to blueprints and technical plans in order to create subassemblies or finished products.
Understand and use technical documentation in the overall technical process.
Adhere to standards of hygiene and safety established by respective authorities.
Theoretical and practical applications of the science studying the action of displacements and forces on physical bodies to the development of machinery and mechanical devices.
Rolling stock assembler - Which skills are useful but not essential?
Understand the dynamics of locomotive brake applications.
Prepare metal or other material workpieces for joining processes by cleaning the workpieces, checking their measurements with the technical plan and marking on the pieces where they'll be joined.
Apply and work with a variety of techniques in the process of arc welding, such as shielded metal arc welding, gas metal arc welding, submerged arc welding and flux-cored arc welding.
Apply preparatory treatment, through mechanical or chemical processes, to the workpiece preceding the main operation.
Use welding equipment to melt and join together pieces of metal or steel; wear protective eyewear during the working process.
Record data which has been identified specifically during preceding tests in order to verify that outputs of the test produce specific results or to review the reaction of the subject under exceptional or unusual input.
Manipulate the properties, shape and size of metal.
Apply and work with a variety of techniques in the process of welding metal workpieces under pressure exercised by electrodes, such as projection welding, radius style electrodes spot welding and eccentric electrodes spot welding.
Install equipment which is dependent on electric currents or electromagnetic fields in order to work, or equipment to generate, transfer or measure such currents and fields. This equipment includes switchboards, electric motors, generators or direct current systems.
Oversee train equipment maintenance and rail security.
Connect the metal frame, to which the axes and wheels are attached, to the railway vehicle bodies by way of an articulated joint called the pivot.
The systematic approach to the development and maintenance of engineering systems.
Use equipment to test performance and operation of machinery.
The control and protection system that ensures trains run safely, a standard European system that allows crossing of borders in safety.
Manufacture products on a moving assembly line. Work in a team where everyone has an assigned task.
Install systems and components that use pneumatics to create mechanical movements such as air brakes, pneumatic cylinders, air compressors and other systems.
Inspect and mark parts of the workpiece to indicate how they will fit into the finished product.
Apply a chemical cleaning agent, such as ammonium chloride, rosin, hydrochloric acid, zinc chloride, borax, and others, that removes the oxidation from metals being joined during soldering, brazing, and welding processes.
The functioning of electronic circuit boards, processors, chips, and computer hardware and software, including programming and applications. Apply this knowledge to ensure electronic equipment runs smoothly.
Use oil to lubricate the wheels of rolling stock.
Operate cutting and measuring instruments in order to cut/shape pieces of metal into given dimensions.
Conduct experimental, environmental and operational tests on models, prototypes or on the systems and equipment itself in order to test their strength and capabilities under normal and extreme conditions.
The property of metals to conduct heat.
Transport heavy objects using lifting equipment such as cranes, forklifts etc.
Collaborate with engineers to ensure common understanding and discuss product design, development and improvement.
Understand the principles of electricity and electrical power circuits, as well as the associated risks.
Maintain records of the progress of the work including time, defects, malfunctions, etc.
Set up and programme an automotive robot working on machine processes and substituting or collaboratively supporting human labour, such as the six-axis automotive robot.
Use soldering equipment, such as a soldering gun, a soldering torch or a gas-powered iron, to melt and join together pieces of metal or steel.
Plan, deploy, troubleshoot and test low voltage wiring.