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Locomotive Firers

SOC 53-4012.00

Monitor locomotive instruments and watch for dragging equipment, obstacles on rights-of-way, and train signals during run. Watch for and relay traffic signals from yard workers to yard engineer in railroad yard.

Zone 2 Transportation and Material Moving

Skills

Knowledge

Job Zone

Green

Top Skills 8

Operation Monitoring

4.0

Monitoring

3.6

Operation and Control

3.6

Active Listening

3.2

Critical Thinking

3.2

Judgment and Decision Making

3.1

Time Management

3.1

Speaking

3.0

Knowledge Areas 8

Transportation

3.7

Public Safety and Security

3.6

Mechanical

3.5

English Language

3.5

Law and Government

2.6

Telecommunications

2.5

Physics

2.4

Education and Training

2.3

Key Tasks

1Observe train signals along routes and verify their meanings for engineers.

2Monitor trains as they go around curves to detect dragging equipment and smoking journal boxes.

3Receive signals from workers in rear of train and relay that information to engineers.

4Observe tracks from left sides of locomotives to detect obstructions on tracks.

5Operate locomotives in emergency situations.

Also Known As

Assistant Engineer Assistant Passenger Locomotive Engineer Diesel Locomotive Firer Diesel Locomotive Firer/Fireman Dinkey Engine Firer Dinkey Engine Firer/Fireman Donkey Engine Firer/Fireman Electric Locomotive Firer/Fireman Engineer Assistant Fireman