Rail-Track Laying and Maintenance Equipment Operators
Tools and Technology
Tools Include:
- Adjustable wrenches (Adjustable hand wrenches)
- Pneumatic drill (Air drills)
- Respirators (Air purifying respirators)
- Pneumatic impact wrenches (Air-powered wrenches)
- Backhoes
- Pry bars (Claw bars)
- Pry bars (Crowbars)
- Dollies
- Dump trucks
- Welders (Electric arc welders)
- Safety harnesses or belts (Fall protection harnesses)
- Forklifts
- Impact wrenches (Gas-powered wrenches)
- Global positioning system receivers (Global positioning system GPS devices)
- Graders (Grading equipment)
- Grease guns
- Files (Hand files)
- Personal digital assistant PDAs or organizers (Handheld computers)
- Hard hats
- All terrain vehicles tracked or wheeled (Hi-rail vehicles)
- Jacks (Hydraulic jacks)
- Pneumatic hammer (Jackhammers)
- Notebook computers (Laptop computers)
- Light trucks or sport utility vehicles (Light pickup trucks)
- Blow torches (Oxyacetylene torches)
- Sprayers (Pesticide sprayers)
- Picks
- Pneumatic hammer (Pneumatic hammers)
- Force or torque sensors (Portable track loading fixtures)
- Power grinders
- Pressure or steam cleaners (Power washers)
- Measuring tapes (Precision tape measures)
- Ear plugs (Protective ear plugs)
- Pipe bending tools (Rail benders)
- Power drills (Rail drills)
- Power grinders (Rail profile grinders)
- Power saws (Rail saws)
- Below the hook device (Rail tongs)
- Bridge cranes (Rail-mounted cranes)
- Safety glasses
- Protective gloves (Safety gloves)
- Shovels
- Pullers (Spike pullers)
- Tampers (Tamping machines)
- Cold chisels (Track chisels)
- Impact wrenches (Track-wrench machines)
- Track bulldozers (Tracked bulldozers)
- Calipers (Vernier calipers)
- Hedge clippers (Weed cutters)
- Welders
Technologies Include:
- Data base user interface and query software
- Data entry software
- Spreadsheet software
- Microsoft Excel
- Time accounting software
- Timekeeping software
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
