Signal & Track Switch Repairers

Description

Install, inspect, test, maintain, or repair electric gate crossings, signals, signal equipment, track switches, section lines, or intercommunications systems within a railroad system.

Category

Installlation, Maintenance & Repair

SOC Code

49-9097

Job Tasks

High risk job tasks associated with this job:

• Braze using cadmium-based solder
• Decompose chlorinated solvents by UV light or heat from welding
• Heat or machine manganese alloys
• Heat, machine, or spray lead products
• Machine or weld on cadmium-alloyed or cadmium-plated steel
• Use cemented carbide materials or tools
• Use manganese-containing welding rods
• Use solder containing colophony, zinc chloride, ethanolamine, or ammonium chloride flux
• Weld mild steel