Railway traffic controllers and marine traffic regulators

Example job titles

• chief rail traffic controller
• marine traffic regulator
• rail traffic controller
• train operator

Main duties

• This group performs some or all of the following duties:
• Railway traffic controllers
• Operate and monitor centralized traffic control systems to coordinate 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

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.

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