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Trainee Train Assistant
Transnet
🏷 Entry-Level
Requirements
- ✓Educational Requirement:
- ✓Grade 12 with pure Mathematics and/or Physical Science.
- ✓Other Requirements:
- ✓Be prepared to undergo periodic medical surveillance and safety behavioural risk assessments during the selection process and every 12 months.
- ✓Physical hearing, vision, mental, and fitness (to be verified through medical tests and related safety behavioural risk assessments).
- ✓The operator shall not allow employees younger than 21 years of age to undertake Train driver or train control duties (SANS 3000, par 6.2.6.8).
- ✓Minimum Trainee Pre-requisite:
- ✓The candidate should be a minimum of 1.6m tall.
- ✓Psychomotor ability (to be assessed through Vienna Testing System (VTS) standards).
- ✓Ability to carry heavy objects.
- ✓Functional Training:
- ✓Be prepared to successfully undergo Train Assistant duties (theoretical and practical) so as to be certified to work independently as a Train Assistant.
- ✓Be willing, prepared, and capable to obtain a Train Assistant duties certificate (theoretical and practical) successfully and be certified to work independently as Train Assistant.
- ✓Other Requirements (repeated):
- ✓Be prepared to undergo periodic medical surveillance and safety behavioural risk assessments during the selection process and every 12 months.
- ✓Physical, hearing, vision, and mental fitness (to be verified through medical tests and related Safety Behavioural Risk Assessment).
About This Role
Location: Postmasburg, South Africa
Assist the Train Driver in the safe and efficient driving/handling of all different types of trains/locomotives consists (airbrake, vacuum, high speed, heavy haul and passengers) to ensure that the customers freight/cargo reaches its destination in good condition, on time, in order to enable the organisation to satisfy the customer needs.
Sign on duty at designated workplace and be allocated duties to be performed for the duration of the shift.
- Determine which locomotive to be prepared.
- Obtain and place equipment on locomotive.
- Check and supplement prescribed equipment.
- Clean working area.
- Assist with starting up of locomotive as prescribed.
- Assist with locomotive brake tests.
- Couple locomotive.
- Sign on duty.
- Despatch locomotive.
Prepare locomotives.
- Determine which locomotive to be prepared.
- Obtain and place equipment on locomotive.
- Check and supplement prescribed equipment.
- Clean working area.
- Assist with starting up of locomotives as prescribed.
- Assist with locomotive brake tests.
Prepare communication equipment.
- Obtain radios/handsets/walkie talkies/telemeters when applicable.
- Check functionality of communication equipment.
Perform the pre-trip preparation of the locomotives and the whole train prior to departure to adhere to roadworthiness and train working rules and safety standards.
- Attach/detach vehicles according to works order in absence of guard personnel.
- Mount telemeters where necessary.
- Complete vehicle list and vacuum form.
- Mount train indicators.
- Examine train.
- Do brake test in conjunction with train driver.
Execute shunting activities in sidings and enroute according to directives to enhance safe working procedures.
- Obtain works order.
- Perform shunting/placing/removing of trucks as per works order.
- Update vehicle list.
- Place and clear load/empty trucks at siding.
Assist the train driver enroute to ensure the safe movement of the train from a required point to the destination, without delays or damage to locomotives, wagons, infrastructure track and other equipment, to ensure predictable service.
- Verbally compare signal positions and display with train driver.
- Observe proceeding trains and patrol locomotives.
- Reset locomotive trip outs.
- Observe safe running of train.
- Protect train during incidents.
- Assist train driver during emergency circumstances.
Comply with safety standards and laid down instructions to ensure that he is well motivated and competent.
Provide accurate feedback timeously to the train driver regarding any incidents and deviations along the route.
Assist in performing various administration duties.
Complete the train journal and submit to the Section Manager at sign-off after every shift to ensure timeous and accurate processing of monthly salary.
Competencies:
Knowledge:
Various communications systems
Depot layout
Locomotive classes
Locomotive equipment
Route/road
Sections/stations and sidings
Signing on duty procedures
Train working rules
Trip report
Yard and siding layout
Knowledge of general TFR policies
Shunting procedures
Locomotive classes and their hauling capacities, constraints on the particular territory
Health and Safety Act 85
First Aid
Basic Conditions of Employment Act (BCEA)
SANS 3004 (Human Factors)
HC Policies and procedures
Train service/ITP
Training workings
Substance Abuse policy and procedures
Skills Required:
Locomotive coupling and uncoupling
Locomotive preparations (Electrical and Diesel)
Observation
Shunting movement
Train handling skills
Time management
Stress handling
Assessment
Literacy
Communication
Judgement
Reasoning
Psychomotor skills (reactions/coordination)
Concentration
Observation
Spatial
Depth perception psychomotor
Numerical
Train/locomotive handling and preparation
Problem solving
Electrical and diesel locomotive driving
Attributes:
Stress handling
Self-management
Safety conscious
Punctual
Willing to work shifts
Results orientated
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Trainee Train Assistant
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