How do they match: Signal and Track Switch Repairers

  • Gate Technician

  • Install, inspect, test, maintain, or repair electric gate crossings, signals, signal equipment, track switches, section lines, or intercommunications systems within a railroad system.

  • Inspect and test operation, mechanical parts, and circuitry of gate crossings, signals, and signal equipment such as interlocks and hotbox detectors.
  • Inspect electrical units of railroad grade crossing gates and repair loose bolts and defective electrical connections and parts.
  • Lubricate moving parts on gate-crossing mechanisms and swinging signals.
  • Test air lines and air cylinders on pneumatically operated gates.
  • Tighten loose bolts, using wrenches, and test circuits and connections by opening and closing gates.