Will “Light Rail Operator” be Automated?

Core Skills & Abilities

• Make announcements to passengers, such as notifications of upcoming stops or schedule delays.

• Greet passengers, provide information, and answer questions concerning fares, schedules, transfers, and routings.

• Complete reports, including shift summaries and incident or accident reports.

• Monitor lights indicating obstructions or other trains ahead and watch for car and truck traffic at crossings to stay alert to potential hazards.

• Attend meetings on driver and passenger safety to learn ways in which job performance might be affected.

• Direct emergency evacuation procedures.

• Regulate vehicle speed and the time spent at each stop to maintain schedules.

• Report delays, mechanical problems, and emergencies to supervisors or dispatchers, using radios.

• Drive and control rail-guided public transportation, such as subways, elevated trains, and electric-powered streetcars, trams, or trolleys, to transport passengers.

• Operate controls to open and close transit vehicle doors.