Rail track builders work both on new constructions and on overhaul and rehabilitation projects. They build track installations using different construction techniques, for example as permanent way on ballast, in covered bedding, or on fixed trackway.
Occupational skills
Rail track builders carry out their work on the basis of technical documents and job orders, both independently and in cooperation with others. They plan and coordinate their work, consult and coordinate with others working on the site, set up construction sites and take the measures required for smooth-running operations, for health and safety at work and to protect the environment at the job site. They check their work to ensure error-free execution, document their work, carry out quality assurance measures, calculate job performance data and hand the vacated job site on.
When carrying out the following activities, rail track builders use plant and machinery and measure constructions and elements thereof for proper fit.
Rail track builders
- carry out excavation work, fill in and compress earth, and build embankments,
- build drainage for substructures,
- use site plans and gradient diagrams for track installations,
- carry out measurements relating to rail track construction,
- carry out tasks relating to the permanent way, in particular laying sleepers, laying and fastening track,
- laying ballast, lifting, setting and tamping track and making fish joints,
- mount and lay points,
- build railway crossings,
- maintain track and points,
- carry out flame-cutting and separation-cutting operations,
- carry out related tasks to create sett, slab and asphalt surfaces.
Additionally, rail track builders carry out related tasks in the field of building construction.
