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Brakemen/Women Specific Skills
- Check train systems and equipment prior to train run
- Communicate with train crew members to aid in the movement and operation of train
- Receive orders from traffic controllers, observe signals and track conditions and open and close track switches
- Set and release hand brakes and connect air brake hoses to couple and switch passenger or freight cars, making minor repairs to couplings, air hoses and wheel-bearing boxes as required
Additional Skills
- Supervise train crew members
Railway Conductor Specific Skills
- Prepare train run reports
- Receive train orders and explain orders to brakemen/women, locomotive engineer and other crew members
Security and Safety
- Driver's validity licence check
- Criminal record check
- Basic security clearance
Work Site Environment
- Outdoors
- Noisy
Transportation/Travel Information
- Willing to travel
- Valid driver's licence
Work Conditions and Physical Capabilities
- Work under pressure
- Attention to detail
- Ability to distinguish between colours
- Sound discrimination
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Standing for extended periods
Personal Suitability
- Flexibility
- Accurate
- Excellent oral communication
- Dependability
- Judgement
- Reliability