SOC 8234 Rail transport operatives: Skilled Worker Eligibility and Going Rate | ImmigrationGPT
SOC 2020 code 8234 · Process, plant and machine operatives
Rail transport operatives
Whether this occupation can be sponsored for a Skilled Worker visa, its going rate, the job titles filed under the code, and the licensed sponsors advertising these jobs.
Skilled Worker rules for SOC 8234
Not eligible
Rail transport operatives (SOC 8234) is not an eligible occupation for the Skilled Worker visa, so it cannot be sponsored on that route.
Going rate
None
Major group
8
Annual salaries for a 37.5-hour week, from Appendix Skilled Occupations (updated 3 Aug 2026).
Appendix Skilled Occupations gives no going rate for this occupation.
The ONS coding index files 105 job titles under this code. A note in brackets is the setting the title applies to: the same title can sit under another code elsewhere. The code on a certificate of sponsorship follows the job’s duties, so check them with CASCOT or the employer.
Area railway supervisor
Area supervisor (railway signalling)
Ballast guard
Brakesman
(transport: railways)
Cable examiner's mate (railways)
Capstan foreman
Cartage inspector (railways)
Controller (railways)
Crossing attendant (railways)
Crossing gate keeper (railways)
Crossing keeper
Depot assistant (railways)
Deputy chief controller (railways)
Diesel driver (coal mine)
Diesel engine driver (coal mine)
District inspector (transport: railways)
Driver (coal mine: above ground)
Driver (train)
Engine fireman (locomotive)
Engine stoker (railways)
Ferryman (railways)
Fire dropper (railways)
Fireman (boiler, locomotive)
Flagman
Foreman (railways)
Gate keeper (railways)
Gate keeper and pointsman
Gatekeeper and pointsman
Gateman (coal mine)
Gateman (railways)
Goods foreman (railways)
Goods guard
Goods inspector (railways)
Guards inspector (railways)
Head office inspector (railways)
Inspector (transport: railways)
Lampman (railways)
Latcher (railways)
Level crossing keeper
Loco fireman
Loco guard
Locomotive controller
Locomotive fireman
Locomotive foreman
Locomotive latcher
Locomotive man (coal mine)
Look-out man (railways)
Mineral inspector (railways)
Motor man (railways)
Movement assistant (railways)
Movements assistant (railways)
Movements supervisor (railways)
Operating inspector (railways)
Parcel foreman (railways)
Parcels foreman (railways)
Parcels inspector (railways)
Point attendant
Points operator (railways)
Pointsman
Protection master
Railman
Railway inspector
Railway signalman
Railway worker
Railwayman
Railways goods worker
Relief signalman
Running foreman (railways)
Secondman (railways)
Section controller (railways)
Shed fireman
Shed foreman (transport: railways)
Shed worker (railways)
Shedman (railways)
Sheeter (railways)
Shunter
Shunter attendant
Shunting inspector
Signal operator (railways)
Signaller
Signalling supervisor (railways)
Signalman (railways)
Signalman's inspector
Stower (railways)
Sub-inspector (railways)
Surface driver (coal mine)
Surface man (railways)
Switch attendant (coal mine)
Switch keeper
Traffic allocator
Traffic attendant (coal mine)
Traffic inspector (railways)
Train attendant (coal mine)
Train controller
Train foreman
Train inspector
Trainman (railways)
Trainsman's relief controller
Transport foreman (railways)
Transport supervisor (railways)
Wagon latcher (steelworks)
Wagon sheeter
Yard foreman (railways)
Yard inspector
Yardsman (blast furnace)
Sponsors advertising rail transport operatives jobs
We have not read an advert we could place in this code since October 2025. We read visa sponsorship adverts from Reed and Adzuna every 4 hours.
From Appendix Skilled Occupations and the Temporary Shortage List (GOV.UK), the ONS SOC 2020 coding index, and job adverts we read and match to the Home Office register. We place an advert in a code from its title, so some adverts may be in the wrong code. Whether a person can be sponsored also depends on their own circumstances. This page is information, not immigration advice. Profile built 7 Oct 2026.
Questions about SOC 8234
Can rail transport operatives be sponsored for a Skilled Worker visa?
Rail transport operatives (SOC 8234) is not an eligible occupation for the Skilled Worker visa, so it cannot be sponsored on that route.
What is the going rate for SOC 8234?
Appendix Skilled Occupations gives no going rate for this occupation.
Which job titles come under SOC code 8234?
The ONS coding index files 105 job titles under 8234, including area railway supervisor, area supervisor, ballast guard, brakesman, cable examiner's mate, capstan foreman, cartage inspector, controller. The employer chooses the code on the certificate of sponsorship from the job's duties, not its title.