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Intro
Railway and motor transport labourers perform a variety of tasks to assist track maintenance workers and railway yard workers, or motor transport operators. They are employed by railway transport companies and motor transport companies.
With experience, railway labourers may progress to railway track maintenance workers or railway yard workers.
Main Duties
Railway labourers perform some or all of the following duties:
- Transport tools and equipment on push or hand car and perform other duties to assist railway track maintenance workers to lay, maintain and repair railway tracks
- Cut vegetation growth from railway tracks using scythes and mowers
- Check freight cars for physical damage and cleanliness.
Motor transport labourers perform some or all of the following duties:
- Assist truck and delivery drivers to load and unload vehicles
- Perform labouring duties in warehouses.
Employment Requirements
- Some secondary school education is usually required.
All Titles
- car checker – railway transport
- car checker, railway
- car weigher – railway
- carman/woman helper – railwaycarman helper – railway, carwoman helper – railway
- cold-storage checker – transport
- crossing attendant – railwaycrossing gateman – railway transport, crossing gatewoman – railway transport, gateman – railway transport, gatewoman – railway transport
- crossing gateman/woman – railway transport
- deliverer helper
- delivery truck driver helper
- delivery truck helper
- driver helper
- engineer’s assistant
- freight car checker – railway
- freight car weigher
- fuel and sand operator – railway transport
- fuel truck driver helper
- furniture mover helper
- gateman/woman – railway transport
- helper, carman/woman
- helper, delivery truck
- labourer, section – railway
- labourer, yard – railway transport
- motor transport labourer
- mover helper
- moving van helper
- rail lubricator
- railway car decal applier
- railway car weigher
- railway labourer
- railway track labourer
- railway track maintenance labourer
- railway yard labourer
- route driver helper
- section labourer – railway
- siding checker-messenger – railway transport
- signal gang helper
- swamper – truck transport
- track greaser – railway
- track labourer, railway
- track sweeper – railway
- truck driver helper
- weigher, freight cars
- weigher, railway car
Exclusions
- Material handlers (7452)
- Rail car oilers and greasers (See 7531 Railway yard and track maintenance workers)