Job Description:

• 1) Prepares railroad freight cars for loading with grain, ores, packaged goods, and other items: Opens side drop or hopper-bottom doors of cars.

• 2) Sweeps, scrapes, and shovels rubbish from floors.

• 3) Hammers down or removes protruding nails from floors and sides.

• 4) Closes car doors and hammers wooden wedges through latches to secure them.

• 5) May line interior of cars and doors with paper or cardboard.

• 6) May repair holes in floors and sides by nailing boards over them.

• 7) May mix caulking compound and caulk cracks in cars, using handtools.

• 8) May patch holes in roofs with asphalt coating.

• 9) May wash interior and exterior of cars, using water hose, disinfectants, brushes, and brooms.

• 10) May seal doors of loaded cars.

• 11) May move cars on track, using capstan winch or car bar.

• 12) May spray cars with insecticides to destroy insects and rodents.

• 13) May record data, such as car number, condition of car for shipment, and date fumigated.