Railroad brake, signal, and switch operators need to:

Communicate

• Understand spoken information.
• Listen to others and ask questions.
• Speak clearly so listeners can understand.
• Understand written information.
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• Read and understand work-related materials.

Reason and Problem Solve

• Notice when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong.
• Concentrate and not be distracted while performing a task.
• Analyze ideas and use logic to determine their strengths and weaknesses.
• Judge the costs and benefits of a possible action.
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• Follow guidelines to arrange objects or actions in a certain order.
• Combine several pieces of information and draw conclusions.
• Use reasoning to discover answers to problems.

Manage Oneself, People, Time, and Things

• Check how well one is learning or doing something.
• Manage the time of self and others.

Work with Things

• Watch gauges, dials, and output to make sure a machine is working properly.
• Operate and control equipment.

Perceive and Visualize

• Quickly and accurately compare letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns.