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7531 – Railway yard and track maintenance workers
Railway yard workers regulate yard traffic, couple and uncouple trains and perform related yard activities. Railway track maintenance workers operate machines and equipment to lay, maintain and repair railway tracks. They are employed by railway transport companies.
Profile
Example titles
- Ballast regulator operator - railway
- Car controller - railway
- Control tower operator - railway
- Machine operator - railway
- Rail saw operator
- Railway equipment operator
- Railway track patroller
- Railway trackman/woman
- Section worker - railway
- Signal tower operator - railway
- Spike machine operator - railway
- Switch tender - railway yard
- Tie tamper operator - railway
- Towerman/woman - railway transport
- Yard coupler - railway
- Yard worker - railway
Inclusions
- Motor vehicle operator - pole yard
Main duties
This group performs some or all of the following duties:
- Operate control panel switches from railway yard tower to set traffic signals and to activate train switches that regulate railway traffic in railway yards
- Operate car retarders, turntables and track switches to align locomotives and cars as required for coupling, uncoupling or servicing
- Operate machines and equipment to lay, maintain and repair railway tracks, align tracks, transfer, spread, level and tamp ballast around ties and rails and to clear snow from tracks
- Switch cars according to instructions which indicate the location, disposition and number of cars
- Lubricate moving parts of railway cars and locomotives
- Clean and make minor repairs to machines and equipment
- Patrol assigned track sections to identify and report damaged or broken track
- Perform other track maintenance duties as directed.
Employment requirements
- Some secondary school education is usually required.
- Experience as a railway labourer is required.
- On-the-job training is provided
- Railway yard workers require a Canadian Rail Operating Rules certificate.
Additional information
- Progression to a position such as brakeman is possible with experience.
Exclusions
- Contractors and supervisors, heavy equipment operator crews (7302)
- Railway and motor transport labourers (7622)
- Railway conductors and brakemen/women (7362)
- Supervisors of railway yard and track maintenance workers (in 7304 Supervisors, railway transport operations)
Breakdown summary
- Broad occupational category
- 7 – Trades, transport and equipment operators and related occupations
- Skill level
- C – Occupations usually require secondary school and/or occupation-specific training.
- Major group
- 75 – Transport and heavy equipment operation and related maintenance occupations
- Minor group
- 753 – Other transport equipment operators and related maintenance workers
- Associated Career Handbook profiles
- 7531.1 – Railway yard workers 7531.2 – Railway track maintenance workers
- Version
- NOC 2016 Version 1.3