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7432 – Railway Track Maintenance Workers
Railway track maintenance workers operate machines and equipment to lay, maintain and repair railway tracks. They are employed by railway transport companies.
Profile
Index of titles Example job titles
- Aligner-tamper operator - railway
- Anchor-applicator operator - railway
- Automatic anchor-applicator operator - railway
- Ballast regulator operator - railway
- Ballast-equalizer operator - railway
- Ballast-leveller operator - railway
- Equipment operator, railway
- Fitter tracks - railway
- Gandy dancer - railway
- Grinder operator, rails - railway
- Grinder, rails - railway
- Inspector, railway lines
- Lag bolter operator - railway
- Machine operator - railway
- Maintenance equipment operator, railway track
- Maintenance of way employee - railway
- Maintenance of way inspector - railway
- Mechanical tamper operator - railway
- Operator, mechanical tamper - railway
- Operator, railway equipment
- Operator, railway tie injector
- Operator, track liner - railway
- Operator, track maintenance machine - railway
- Operator, track-surfacing machine - railway
- Patroller, railway track
- Rail grinder - railway
- Rail sander
- Rail saw operator
- Rail saw operator - railway
- Rail-aligner operator - railway
- Rail-grinder operator - railway
- Rail-lifter operator - railway
- Railway line inspector
- Railway maintenance equipment operator
- Railway tie inspector
- Railway track inspector
- Railway track maintenance equipment operator
- Railway track maintenance worker
- Railway track repairer
- Railway track tamper operator
- Railway-tie-injector operator
- Section worker - railway
- Snowblower operator - railway
- Spike machine operator - railway
- Spike puller machine operator - railway
- Spike-driver operator - railway
- Spiker operator - railway
- Spiking machine operator - railway
- Tamper operator - railway
- Tamper operator, railway tracks
- Tamper-aligner operator - railway
- Tamping machine operator - railway
- Tie axe unit operator - railway
- Tie crane operator - railway
- Tie inspector, railway
- Tie plate jack operator - railway
- Tie saw operator - railway
- Tie shear operator - railway
- Tie tamper operator - railway
- Tie-bed-scarifier operator - railway
- Tie-cutter operator - railway
- Tie-cutting machine operator - railway
- Tie-end-remover operator - railway
- Tie-injector operator - railway
- Tie-placer operator - railway
- Tie-plate-placer operator - railway
- Track broom machine operator - railway
- Track dresser - railway
- Track fitter - railway
- Track inspector, railway
- Track layer - railway
- Track maintenance equipment operator, railway
- Track maintenance worker - railway
- Track patroller, railway
- Track repairer, railway
- Track repairman/woman - railway
- Track tamper - railway
- Track-liner operator - railway
- Track-maintenance-machine operator - railway
- Track-surfacing machine operator - railway
- Trackman/woman, railway
- Trackmobile operator - railway
- Trackwalker - railway
- Ballast regulator operator - railway
- Equipment operator, railway
- Machine operator - railway
- Rail saw operator
- Section worker - railway
- Spike machine operator - railway
- Tie tamper operator - railway
- Track patroller, railway
- Trackman/woman, railway
Main duties
This group performs some or all of the following duties:
Railway track maintenance workers perform some or all of the following duties:
- Operate machines and equipment such as tie cutters, tie injectors, tie anchors, rail lifters, spike drivers, spike pullers, rail saws and tie cranes to lay, maintain and repair railway tracks
- Operate machines and equipment to align 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
- Shovel ice and snow from track switch boxes
- Perform other track maintenance duties as directed.
Employment requirements
- Some secondary school education is usually required.
- On-the-job training is provided.
Additional information
Exclusions
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
- 74 – Intermediate Occupations in Transport, Equipment Operation, Installation and Maintenance
- Minor group
- 743 – Other Transport Equipment Operators and Related Workers
- Version
- NOC 2006 Version 1.0