What qualifications are needed to work for the railroad.?

Question

In anything other then maintenance or repair.

Answer 1

no criminal back ground

reference and education is fine.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

A high school diploma is all that's required. It's all on the job training. Railroading is a different dimension when performing the job. Hard to explain here. That's why education beyond high school isn't required. There's nothing out there that can prepare you. However, the larger railroads, or Class 1 Lines, often test for mechanical aptitude. They want employees that can figure things out for themselves. I've been railroading for 11 years and love it. If you live in a large city, ask at the local job service about your intentions. RRs usually use local and state job services / centers. Good luck.

Answer 4

First and most importantly. You need to understand the dangers of railroading. Railroad equipment and power are unforgiving when you make a mistake. Some railway's require a course be taken at Col ledge before they consider you as a candidate. You must then pass a rules course(80%) before you get near any equipment. If hired, YOU WILL know someone who has been severly hurt or killed in the years you work. Should you be the type of person who becomes complacent easily, consider an alternate source of income. Should be determined,professional and ready for equipment movement at anytime anywhere, the railroad is always in need of people.

Answer 5

If you are interested in working in the transportation department and hold at least a high school diploma, such as becoming a conductor or engineer, you will first need to become certified as a conductor by completing a course at a school approved by the railroad (i.e., a Class I).

If you are interested in a management position and hold a college degree you can enroll in their management trainee program or if you are interested in something else altogether just check their career pages to see what is posted and available.  Below are their websites, excluding Canadian National and Canadian Pacific.

Answer 6

If you can:

1. Handle a water pistol without getting yourself wet;

2. Chew bubble gum and walk at the same time;

3. Program your Tivo;

4. Navigate an employment application, and;

5. Tell the difference between red and green;

then you're ready to go.

It also helps to be a vampire, since they don't care much for daylight and in as much as railroaders don't see much of it, either.

If you're not a vampire, that's OK too.  But, after being hired and start working, if you develop a fear of garlic, and don't see yourself in the mirror when next brushing your fangs, it's time for a couple of days off.

Answer 7

That Hoghead dude gives the craziest answers. I love it!!

     Although it makes no sence.. It answers the question!

Answer 8

You need to be either related to someone in a postion there that can hire you or put in a good word for you or be sleeping with that person.

Answer 9

If you can breathe, read, write, walk & talk you are in with a chance.  The better you are at these the further you may get.   My father was a railway clerk looking after staff (you'd probably say he was in Human Resources now) and then later in freight accounting even though he dropped out of high school at 15.  

Man we lived next door to at one time was a railway bridge engineer.

Degree in civil, electrical or mechanical engineering would be good for design areas.   Diplomas in related stuff would be good too.