WORK PROCESS SCHEDULE
ELECTRICIAN, LOCOMOTIVE
O*NET/SOC CODE: 49-2093.00 RAPIDS CODE: 0162
DESCRIPTION: Installs and maintains electrical wiring and equipment, such as motors, generators, air‑conditioning units, electrical outlets, and lighting fixtures of railroad locomotives and cars, streetcars, and subway coaches: Measures, cuts, threads, bends, assembles, and installs conduits that connect to control panels and junction boxes, using hacksaw, pipe benders, pipe‑threading tools, and other handtools. Splices wires with knife or cutting pliers and solders connections to fixtures, outlets, and equipment. Tests circuit connections, using electrical test equipment. Installs and tests electrical equipment, such as air‑conditioning, heating, and ignition systems, generator brushes, and commutators. Installs and repairs headlights in locomotives and streetcars. Repairs electrical equipment, such as panel lighting, circuit breakers, junction boxes, voltage regulators, and reverse current relays. May recharge storage batteries. May rewind armatures.
ON-THE-JOB TRAINING:
APPROXIMATE MONTHS
A. Locomotive shop; headlight and cab wiring
4
B. Electric shop bench work; headlights, markers switches, jumpers, etc.
3
C. Shop electric truck repairs
1
D. Cab signal equipment: Decoding relays, amplifiers dynameters, receiver coils, etc.
4
E. Passenger car shops: General repairs to motors, generators regulators, wiring, etc.
5
F. Air conditioning — passenger cars
1
G. Inside and outside wiring: Repairs to yard lights transformers, pole-line feeders, oil switches, etc.
4
H. Battery repairs
2
I. Armature winding
6
J. Installation and repairs to plant equipment: Cranes rheostats, starters, shop lighting, etc.
6
K. Diesel Locomotive shop: Testing circuits, adjusting relays, servicing batteries and general maintenance
12
TOTAL HOURS
48
