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Railroad Conductors and Yardmasters

Transportation and Material Moving Occupations · Job Skills & Competencies · SOC 53-4031 · 20 skills

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These O*NET tasks describe the occupation. They provide context for this SOC mapping, but do not mean every listed Skill performs every task.

  • Signal engineers to begin train runs, stop trains, or change speed, using telecommunications equipment or hand signals.
  • Confer with engineers regarding train routes, timetables, and cargoes, and to discuss alternative routes when there are rail defects or obstructions.
  • Receive information regarding train or rail problems from dispatchers or from electronic monitoring devices.

O*NET task statements are shown in their source language (English). Task data excerpted from the O*NET® 29.1 Database (USDOL/ETA) and used under CC BY 4.0.

Representative sources

A bounded sample of popular skills mapped to this occupation, with at most one Skill from each GitHub repository. The complete mapped list follows.

db-cli
29
Mic92Mic92/mics-skills
Search Deutsche Bahn train connections. Use for train routes, schedules, and travel times in Germany.
railroad-conductor-yardmaster
14
wonsukchoiwonsukchoi/domain-experts
Use when a task needs the judgment of a Railroad Conductor or Yardmaster — building an outbound train's block order from a classification yard, verifying blue-signal protection before authorizing a move onto an occupied track, checking hazmat placarding and buffer-car placement against a train consist, deciding whether a train's operative-brake percentage is legal to depart on, or running a shoving movement with radio/hand-signal point protection.
trains
10
TerrifiedBugTerrifiedBug/nanotars-skills
Query UK National Rail live departure boards, arrivals, delays, and train services. Use when asked about train times, departures, arrivals, delays, platforms, or "when is the next train" for UK railways.
12306
9
kirorabkirorab/12306-skill
Query China Railway 12306 for train schedules, remaining tickets, and station info. Use when user asks about train/高铁/火车 tickets, schedules, or availability within China.

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