United States
2275- Railway traffic controllers and marine traffic regulators
Canada NOC:
2275
Job Title:
Railway traffic controllers and marine traffic regulators
Job Description:
Railway traffic controllers co-ordinate passenger and freight train traffic on railways. They are employed by rail transport companies. Marine traffic regulators monitor and regulate coastal and inland marine traffic within assigned waterways. They are employed by port, harbour, canal and lock authorities and by the Canadian Coast Guard.
Main Duties:
Railway traffic controllers and marine traffic regulators perform some or all of the following duties:
Railway traffic controllers
Operate and monitor centralized traffic control systems to co-ordinate and follow railway traffic
Chart train movements, calculate arrival and departure times and record rail traffic information
Issue instructions to control the movement of passenger and freight train traffic and on-track mobile maintenance equipment
Receive, record and relay train instructions to train crew by hand or radio telephone
May supervise and train other railway traffic controllers.
Marine traffic regulators
Direct and monitor vessel movements using radar or closed circuit monitors, remote radio systems and other telecommunication equipment
Obtain position, course, speed and estimated arrival time of vessels and monitor vessel progress through traffic zone
Issue clearance instructions to vessels, advise vessels of traffic volumes and weather conditions, and relay information to next marine traffic control sector
Report accidents, distress signals, navigational hazards and other emergencies to authorities
Maintain radio and telephone contact with adjacent marine control sectors and with vessels within area of jurisdiction
Maintain log of vessel movements, size and structure.
Employment Requirements:
Railway traffic controllers usually require completion of secondary school and several years of experience in the railway industry.
Up to 35 weeks of a combination of classroom and on-the-job training is provided for railway traffic controllers.
Railway traffic controllers require a Canadian Rail Operating Rules certificate.
Marine traffic regulators require completion of secondary school and several months of formal traffic regulator training.
Additional Inormation:
There is little mobility between traffic controlling occupations in the railway and marine sectors.
With experience, railway traffic controllers may progress to supervisory positions in rail transport operations.
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Source Of Info:
National Occupation Classification, (2011)
Statistics Canada and Human Resources and Skills Development Canada,
February 2012,
Catalogue no. 12-583-X
