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Railroad signal technician skills summary. Below you'll find the most important railroad signal technician skills. We sorted the top railroad signal technician skills based on the percentage of railroad signal technician resumes they appeared on. For example, 70.4% of railroad signal technician resumes contained fra as a skill. <ul> <li>The most common railroad signal technician <a class="alink" href="https://www.zippia.com/advice/hard-skills/">hard skill</a> is fra. 70.4% of railroad signal technicians have this skill on their resume.</li> <li>The second <a href="https://www.zippia.com/advice/hard-skills/">most common hard skill</a> for a railroad signal technician is cdl appearing on 16.4% of resumes. The third most common railroad signal technician skill is dot on 13.3% of resumes.</li> </ul> After you find the railroad signal technician skills you need, you can them to your resume using an <a href="https://www.zippia.com/resume-builder/">AI resume builder</a>.

The most important skills for a railroad signal technician resume and required skills for a railroad signal technician to have include:

Below we've compiled a list of the most critical railroad signal technician skills. We ranked the top skills for railroad signal technicians based on the percentage of resumes they appeared on. For example, 70.4% of railroad signal technician resumes contained fra as a skill. Continue reading to find out what skills a railroad signal technician needs to be successful in the workplace. 

Railroad Signal Technician

a Railroad Signal Technician

A Railroad Signal Technician

<ul><li>Work on a rotating on-call status responding to emergency calls after hours and holidays.</li><li>Installed new traffic signals 
 Repaired and maintained existing traffic signals 
 Performed emergency repairs of signals at all hours when required.</li><li>Performed routine FRA testing and maintenance.</li><li>Operate a bucket truck daily.</li><li>Provide traffic control and pavement marking services for railroad projects 
 Operate and maintain company vehicle</li></ul>

<ul><li>Perform scheduled PMs for equipment and facility.</li><li>Develop and maintain excellent customer service to internal and external customers at all times.</li><li>Supervised facilities maintenance staff including electrical, mechanical, HVAC, carpenters and forklift technicians.</li></ul>

Signal Maintenance Technician

<ul><li>Trouble shot cellular networks, RF antennas; RET cable systems and fiber lines.</li><li>Installed RF jumpers, and fiber optic cables.</li><li>Attended OSHA 10 hr class as well as two tower safety and recue classes.</li><li>Started as top hand for my crew two months after starting here.</li><li>Climbed towers to install many different RF components.</li></ul>

Tower Climber

<ul><li>Maintained territories according to FRA Rules and Regulations environment.</li><li>Provide traffic control and pavement marking services for railroad projects 
 Operate and maintain company vehicle</li><li>Operate heavy equipment such as, dump trucks, Humvees, backhoes, and front loaders.</li><li>Keep company vehicle clean and orderly, informing management of any safety concerns or vehicle problems.</li><li>Stand and safely manage traffic control through active work zones while grasping a stop/slow paddle and utilizing radio communication.</li><li>Load and unload work zone equipment, sometimes weighing up to 40 pounds, to/from the company vehicle.</li></ul>

<ul><li>Diagnosed and became the first line of defense for all HVAC and refrigeration inside the store.</li><li>Picked up/delivered 
equipment to job sites.</li><li>Oversee a 1.5 million dollar parts inventory system.</li><li>Replaced and made repairs to all major components in vehicles.</li></ul>

Rail Signal Mechanic

<ul><li>Obtained CDL class A permit.</li><li>Operated all heavy equipment in a safe and efficient way according to all relevant legislation, policies and procedures.</li><li>Well acclimated to the ISO 9000 production requirements and procedures.</li><li>Operate Heavy Equipment: cranes, side-loaders, forklifts and hostler trucks.</li><li>Inspected crankshaft and moved it down assembly line.</li></ul>

Equipment Operator (Part-Time)

Equipment Operator

<ul><li>Installed new traffic signals 
 Repaired and maintained existing traffic signals 
 Performed emergency repairs of signals at all hours when required.</li><li>Work on a rotating on-call status responding to emergency calls after hours and holidays.</li><li>Respond to service calls by diagnosing the problems and replacing components damaged by vehicles or storms.</li><li>Perform track maintenance, repair, and installation, remove and install ties with tie tongs.</li></ul>

<ul><li>Inspect, test, maintain, or repair grade crossing warning systems, signals and signal equipment.</li><li>Performed Monthly, Quarterly, Biannual, and Annual FRA Test Maintained signal system.</li><li>Test signal circuitry, equipment, and systems for FRA reporting.</li><li>Installed and tested signal equipment.</li></ul>

<ul><li>Completed Tower climbing safety and tower rescue through COMTRAIN.</li><li>Maintain upkeep of company truck an all equipment.Test fibers and RF lines using required equipment an tools.Perform storm damage cell work.</li><li>Followed all safety precautions essential to OSHA regulations.</li><li>Certified for CPR Safety training.</li></ul>

<ul><li>Load and unload work zone equipment, sometimes weighing up to 40 pounds, to/from the company vehicle.</li><li>Maintained territories according to FRA Rules and Regulations environment.</li><li>Provide traffic control and pavement marking services for railroad projects 
 Operate and maintain company vehicle</li><li>Stand and safely manage traffic control through active work zones while grasping a stop/slow paddle and utilizing radio communication.</li></ul>

<ul><li>Work closely with interface teams (Upstream and Downstream) to make sure all the file transfer and communication is happening.</li><li>Duplicate Customer product issues in the Customer Service Lab by replicating the Customer product configuration across hardware and software.</li><li>Educate customers on service features and functionality 
* Install and repair customers internet, phone and cable services</li></ul>

Signal Technician

<ul><li>Install new cell site equipment; remove old equipment- Maintain all logs, photographs, and documentation for all maintenance visits</li><li>Worked on maintenance, mainly on cellular phone towers changing out transmission lines or antennas.</li></ul>

Tower Climber (Part-Time)

<ul><li>Keep company vehicle clean and orderly, informing management of any safety concerns or vehicle problems.</li><li>Operate heavy equipment such as, dump trucks, Humvees, backhoes, and front loaders.</li><li>Provide traffic control and pavement marking services for railroad projects 
 Operate and maintain company vehicle</li><li>Company also helped me obtain my class a cdl and I got promoted to a Forman in just over a year.</li><li>Stand and safely manage traffic control through active work zones while grasping a stop/slow paddle and utilizing radio communication.</li></ul>

<ul><li>Manage daily facility operations and company assets building sustainability, budget, and capital projects.</li><li>Performed monthly preventative maintenance for boilers, return pumps, HVAC units.</li><li>Respond to emergency situations as necessary.</li><li>Specialized in the diagnosing, repair and installation of HVAC systems.</li></ul>

<ul><li>Load and unload packages and cargo containers from aircraft.</li><li>Unload trucks an sort packages an scan them .</li><li>load packages at a efficient and swift pace.</li><li>Scan and load packages per diagrams and driver requests.</li><li>Scan packages and load packages onto trucks for shipment</li></ul>

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