72403 Railway carmen/women

What this occupation covers

Railway carmen/women inspect, troubleshoot, maintain and repair structural and mechanical components of railway freight, passenger and urban transit rail cars. They are employed by railway transport companies and urban transit systems. Apprentices are also included in this unit group.

Official main duties

The NOC profile lists 8 main duties for this code.

• Inspect interior and exterior components of freight, passenger and urban transit rail cars to determine defects and extent of wear and damage
• Repair and install railway car parts such as compressors, air valves, bearings, couplings, air cylinders and piping
• Repair and maintain electrical and electronic controls for propulsion and braking systems
• Repair defective or damaged metal and wood components, using hand and power tools
• Repair and repaint wooden fixtures
• Replace damaged windows and repair upholstery
• Test and adjust parts using testing gauges and other test equipment
• Perform and document routine maintenance.

Do not copy these lines into your reference letter. The letter has to describe what you actually did, in your employer’s words. DUTYPROOF flags wording lifted from the NOC as something to review, and an officer reading a letter that mirrors the NOC reads it the same way.

What DUTYPROOF screens for

This is DUTYPROOF’s screening threshold, not IRCC’s decision. For this NOC, screening requires at least 2 of its 8 official duties to be evidenced in your own words, plus the required letter elements. IRCC asks that you performed the actions in the occupation’s lead statement and a substantial number of its main duties — so treat the duty coverage as the number that matters, not the badge.

Codes this one is confused with

The NOC profile names these itself. Choosing the wrong code of a look-alike pair is the most common way genuine work experience fails to establish eligibility.

• 72401 Heavy-duty equipment mechanics
• 72020 Contractors and supervisors, mechanic trades

Excluded from this code

• Locomotive mechanic (See 72401 Heavy-duty equipment mechanics)
• Railway car repairer foreman/woman (See 72020 Contractors and supervisors, mechanic trades)

Job titles filed under this code

A title on this list does not by itself put your experience in this code — the duties in your letter decide that.

air brake inspector - railway car · apprentice carman/woman - railway · car inspector - railway · car repairer - railway · car repairer apprentice - railway · carman/woman - railway · carman/woman inspector - railway · inspector-carman/woman - railway · rail vehicle mechanic · railcar mechanic apprentice · railway car brake inspector · railway car inspector · railway car wheel and axle inspector · railway carman/woman · railway carman/woman apprentice · railway carman/woman inspector · railway coach repairer · railway equipment inspector · streetcar and subway car mechanic · streetcar mechanic · subway car mechanic

Employment requirements

• Completion of secondary school is usually required.
• Completion of an industry-offered apprenticeship program or three to four years of on-the-job training is usually required.
• Trade certification is available, but voluntary, in Ontario, Manitoba and British Columbia.