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Job Activities

Learn about the most important job activities for Railroad Brake, Signal, and Switch Operators. Also, find out how proficient you have to be in each job activity.
Importance*More Info
1.Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Material86
2.Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events84
3.Performing General Physical Activities83
4.Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings79
5.Getting Information78
6.Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards73
7.Documenting/Recording Information69
Handling and Moving Objects69
9.Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates67
10.Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge64
* Importance out of 100

Score Key
  Importance for success in this profession
  Level of proficiency needed

Job Activity Scores

Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Material
Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects.
86
68
Check that doors to building are lockedInspect equipment in a chemical processing plantInspect a nuclear reactor
Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events
Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
84
75
Test an automobile transmissionJudge the acceptability of food productsDetermine the reaction of a virus to a new drug
Performing General Physical Activities
Performing physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling of materials.
83
82
Walk between work stations in a small officePaint the outside of a houseClimb up and down poles to install electricity
Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings
Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems.
79
74
Check to see if baking bread is doneTest electrical circuitsCheck the status of a patient in critical medical care
Getting Information
Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
78
66
Follow a standard blueprintReview a budgetStudy international tax laws
Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards
Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.
73
69
Review forms for completenessEvaluate a complicated insurance claim for compliance with policy termsMake a ruling in court on a complicated motion
Documenting/Recording Information
Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form.
69
54
Record the weights of trucks that use the highwaysDocument the results of a crime scene investigationMaintain information about the use of orbiting satellites for private industry communications
Handling and Moving Objects
Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things.
69
74
Change settings on copy machinesArrange books in a libraryLoad boxes on an assembly line
Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
67
58
Write brief notes to othersReport the results of a sales meeting to a supervisorCreate a videotaped presentation of a company's internal policies
Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge
Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.
64
58
Keep up with price changes in a small retail storeKeep current on changes in maintenance procedures for repairing sports carsLearn information related to a complex and rapidly changing technology