Railway and Rail Yard Employment Skills RAIL 1001

Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

Module 1: Railyard Employees' Duties

• Describe the role and responsibilities of a rail yard employee.
• Identify and assess knowledge, skills, and attributes required of a rail yard employee in an Industrial or supplier environment.

Module 2: Safety Culture

• Identify safety roles, rights, responsibilities, and processes to help protect employees, equipment, material, and the environment.

Module 3: Movements and Equipment Inspections

• Apply the procedures for inspecting movements and equipment, according to the Canadian Rail Operating Rules (CROR) and General Operating Instructions (GOI), where required.
• Perform equipment pre-trip inspections.
• Safely perform operational movements of equipment.

Module 4: Crew Resource Management

• Explain Crew Resource Management (CRM) origins and use.
• Use CRM principles to enhance job safety.
• Use CRM principles to enhance crew performance
• Use CRM principles to communicate assertively.

Module 5: Rail Lab and GOI

• Perform rail movements and activities safely within an industrial rail yard.
• Demonstrate the correct procedures to entrain and detrain stationary and moving equipment.
• Safely cross over stationary equipment.
• Perform rail car switching using standard and semi-automatic switches.
• Describe the functions of automatic switches.
• Perform coupling and decoupling on rail cars.
• Apply common CROR hand signals in a rail yard operation.
• Use and care for radios in an industrial rail yard.
• Describe and inspect the pneumatic components of the freight car air brake system.
• Perform common rail yard employee tasks to acceptable BC regulated standards.

Module 6: Switching and Marshalling

• Demonstrate the use of a switching plan.
• Identify the use of the Canadian Rail Operating Rules (CROR) and other rail yard documents relative to their switching operations.
• Describe the importance of marshalling equipment.

Module 7: Canadian Rail Operating Rules for Non-main Track

• Describe and apply the "Canadian Rail Operating Rules for Non-main Track" pertaining to non-main track territory throughout all of the course modules.
• Describe a selection of CTC Rules (including sample signals) and the application of these rules within industrial rail yards.

Module 8: Transportation of Dangerous Goods

• Describe training requirements, classifications, and carrier responsibilities when working with dangerous goods.
• Identify placard information and location on railcars.
• Describe shipping documentation, its location during transit, and importance.
• Describe the operation of a dangerous goods train.
• Describe the inspection of cars carrying dangerous goods.
• Describe the emergency response related to dangerous goods train.

Effective as of Spring/Summer 2018