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O*NET detailed work activityReceive information or instructions for performing work assignments
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Part of Communicate with others about operational plans or activities, under the O*NET work activity group Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates. Individual tasks below can carry a different label when their own wording calls for it (0 AI-ready, 15 AI-assist, 1 stays human).
Tasks built on this activity
- Interpret train orders, signals, or railroad rules and regulations that govern the operation of locomotives.
- Attend preflight briefings concerning weather, altitudes, routes, emergency procedures, crew coordination, lengths of flights, food and beverage services offered, and numbers of passengers.
- Receive instructions from dispatchers regarding trains' routes, timetables, and cargoes.
- Follow supervisors' instructions as to which parts to restore or replace and how much time the job should take.
- Receive oral or written instructions from yardmasters or yard conductors indicating track assignments and cars to be switched.
- Receive, relay, and act upon instructions and inquiries from train operations and customer service center personnel.
- Receive written or oral instructions regarding material movement or excavation.
- Receive information regarding train or rail problems from dispatchers or from electronic monitoring devices.
- Report to taxicab services or garages to receive vehicle assignments.
Tasks where it is part of the work
- Receive starting signals from conductors and use controls such as throttles or air brakes to drive electric, diesel-electric, steam, or gas turbine-electric locomotives.
- Read maps and follow written or verbal geographic directions.
- Read maps and follow written and verbal geographic directions.
- Read work orders or receive oral instructions to determine work assignments or material or equipment needs.
- Read operating schedules or instructions or receive verbal orders to determine amounts to be pumped.
- Read switching instructions and daily car schedules to determine work to be performed, or receive orders from yard conductors.
- Read maps and follow written and verbal geographic directions.