Locomotive Engineers
Transportation and Material MovingAI Impact Assessment
This job may see some changes due to AI, but human skills remain important.
Locomotive Engineers with an AI automation risk score of 50%. Analysis includes 14 core tasks.
Safer Career Paths
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Human-centered work and decision ownership.
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0% AI Risk
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Human-centered work and decision ownership.
Key Tasks
Monitor train loading procedures to ensure that freight or rolling stock are loaded or unloaded without damage.
Check to ensure that brake examination tests are conducted at shunting stations.
Call out train signals to assistants to verify meanings.
Interpret train orders
Confer with conductors or traffic control center personnel via radiophones to issue or receive information concerning stops
Receive starting signals from conductors and use controls such as throttles or air brakes to drive electric
Monitor gauges or meters that measure speed
Observe tracks to detect obstructions.
Upskilling Courses
Data Sources
Analysis based on O*NET data