Jobs / Construction, installation, and repair / 47-4061.00
Rail-Track Laying and Maintenance Equipment Operators
Lay, repair, and maintain track for standard or narrow-gauge railroad equipment used in regular railroad service or in plant yards, quarries, sand and gravel pits, and mines. Includes ballast cleaning machine operators and railroad bed tamping machine operators.
- US jobs
- 19,580
- Median wage
- $70,070 a year
- Job family
- Construction, installation, and repair
Can agents do the work of rail-track laying and maintenance equipment operators?
We read the evidence for the whole job family, Construction, installation, and repair: Unmeasured (no change in 12 months)
No direct benchmark gives a success rate.
0% of this occupation's work, by O*NET work activities, is measured by a direct benchmark.
- 32%Operate construction or excavation equipmentNot measured
- 17%Maintain tools or equipmentNot measured
- 7%Perform general construction or extraction activitiesNot measured
- 7%Cut materialsNot measured
- 7%Clean tools, equipment, facilities, or work areasNot measured
- 7%Apply protective solutions or coatingsNot measured
- 5%Inspect commercial, industrial, or production systems or equipmentNot measured
- 5%Drill holes in earth or materialsNot measured
Unmeasured territory
No benchmark in this atlas covers this work yet.
Typical tasks
From O*NET 31.0. Core tasks first. Few of these tasks have a benchmark today.
- Repair or adjust track switches, using wrenches and replacement parts.
- Patrol assigned track sections so that damaged or broken track can be located and reported.
- Engage mechanisms that lay tracks or rails to specified gauges.
- Cut rails to specified lengths, using rail saws.
- Operate single- or multiple-head spike driving machines to drive spikes into ties and secure rails.
- Operate track wrenches to tighten or loosen bolts at joints that hold ends of rails together.
- Raise rails, using hydraulic jacks, to allow for tie removal and replacement.
- Lubricate machines, change oil, or fill hydraulic reservoirs to specified levels.
- Drill holes through rails, tie plates, or fishplates for insertion of bolts or spikes, using power drills.
- Drive vehicles that automatically move and lay tracks or rails over sections of track to be constructed, repaired, or maintained.
- Clean tracks or clear ice or snow from tracks or switch boxes.
- Dress and reshape worn or damaged railroad switch points or frogs, using portable power grinders.
Other job titles for this occupation (35)
Machine Operator · Track Equipment Operator (TEO) · Track Inspector · Track Laborer · Track Maintainer · Track Repair Person · Track Repairer · Track Service Person · Track Walker · Trackman · Ballast Cleaning Machine Operator · Portable Grinding Machine Operator · Rail Maintenance Worker · Rail Track Layer · Rail Track Maintainer · Railroad Track Mechanic · Railway Equipment Operator · Section Hand · Section Laborer · Special Equipment Operator · Track Dresser · Track Grinder Operator · Track Layer · Track Laying Equipment Operator · Track Laying Machine Operator · Track Machine Operator · Track Machine Operator Repairer · Track Man · Track Mechanic · Track Moving Machine Operator · Track Repair Worker · Track Service Worker · Track Surfacing Machine Operator · Track Worker · Trackwalker