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Railway Track Maintenance Workers (7432)

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Nature of work

Railway track maintenance workers operate machines and equipment to lay, maintain and repair railway tracks. They are employed by railway transport companies.

Fields of interest

  • Making or building things, constructing, doing repairs, and performing installations
  • Working in transportation and maintenance

Main 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.

Main characteristics of the occupation

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Railway Track Maintenance Workers (7432)

Employment requirements

  • * Some secondary school education is usually required.
  • * On-the-job training is provided.

Skill type

  • Trades, transport and equipment operators and related occupations

Skill level

  • Intermediate

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Professional associations

  • Comité sectoriel de main-d'œuvre dans l'industrie ferroviaire au Québec
  • 2, Place du Commerce, Bureau 218
  • Île des Soeurs, QC
  • H3E1A1
  • Phone: 514-287-0811
  • Fax: 514-766-4269
  • Email: info@csmorail.com