Railroad Brake, Signal, and Switch Operators and Locomotive Firers

Transportation and Material Moving Occupations · Job Skills & Competencies · SOC 53-4022 · 1 skills

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Observe train signals along routes and verify their meanings for engineers.
Signal locomotive engineers to start or stop trains when coupling or uncoupling cars, using hand signals, lanterns, or radio communication.
Pull or push track switches to reroute cars.

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Use when a task needs the judgment of a Railroad Brake, Signal, and Switch Operator or Locomotive Firer — computing how many hand brakes must be applied to a standing cut given its grade and tonnage, verifying a hand-thrown switch is physically locked (not just lined) before a move, placing or checking a derail protecting a main track, running the effectiveness test on a securement before leaving equipment unattended, or executing hand-signal/radio point protection for a blind shoving move.

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