Railway yard and track maintenance workers

NOC

74200

Yard workers regulate yard traffic, couple and uncouple trains and perform related yard activities. Track maintenance workers operate machines and equipment to lay, maintain and repair railway tracks.

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Full NOC Description

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.

Main Duties

This group performs some or all of the following duties:

Railway yard workers

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
Switch cars according to instructions which indicate the location, disposition and number of cars
Lubricate moving parts of railway cars and locomotives.

Railway track maintenance workers

Operate machines and equipment such as sleeper sliders, anchors, rail lifters, drag drills, drag diggers, rail saws and tie-bar cranes to lay, maintain, repair, and align railway tracks, to transfer, spread, level and tamp ballast around ties and rails and to clear snow from tracks
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.

Also Known As

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

Requirements

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.

Provincial Regulation

Not Provincially Regulated

Employment by Sex

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5.9%

Female

94.1%

Male

Employment by age

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0.0%

15-24

0.0%

25-34

0.0%

35-44

0.0%

45-54

0.0%

55-64

0.0%

65+

Employment by highest level of education

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0.0%

No Certificate, Diploma or Degree

0.0%

High School, Diploma or Equivalent

0.0%

Apprenticeship or Trades Certificate or Diploma

0.0%

College or University Below Bachelor Level

0.0%

University - Bachelor Level or Above

Employment by Industry

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94.1%

Transportation and warehousing

N/A

5.9%

All Other Industries

Employment by Economic Regions

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23.50%

Northeast

35.30%

Southeast

29.40%

Southwest

N/A

Central

N/A

Northwest

Economic Regions

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Annual Average Salary by Economic Regions

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Northeast

$90,000

Southeast

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Southwest

N/A

Central

N/A

Northwest

Economic Regions

Hourly Median Wages by Economic Regions

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Salary

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Employment Outlook

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