Job description Railway Inspector in Canada
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Find out what work is like for a railway inspector in Canada. This work description is applicable to all Engineering inspectors and regulatory officers (NOC 22231).

Engineering inspectors and regulatory officers

Description

Engineering inspectors and regulatory officers inspect transportation vehicles such as aircraft, watercraft, automobiles and trucks and weighing and measuring devices such as scales and meters as well as industrial instruments, processes and equipment for conformity to government and industry standards and regulations. They are employed by government agencies and in the private sector.

Job duties

Here are some of the main activities and tasks that Engineering inspectors and regulatory officers have to perform, and some of the physical demands they involve:

  • Motor vehicles defects investigators
  • Conduct motor vehicle and motor vehicle component defect investigations, examinations, tests and defect-related accident investigations
  • Provide expert advice and testimony on specific motor vehicle performance problems or defects
  • Recommend improvements in vehicle inspection and licensing procedures and vehicle safety standards.
  • Railway accident investigation officers
  • Collect and analyze data from train derailments, collisions, and other accidents to determine the causes
  • Inspect and evaluate railway property, structures, rolling stock, signals, track structure and train handling characteristics to ensure compliance to operating standards.
  • Airworthiness inspectors
  • Conduct initial and regular inspections of establishments and individuals holding or applying for air carrier operating certificates and establishments engaged in aircraft maintenance, repair or modification
  • Inspect aircraft, advise of any deficiencies and detain aircraft suspected of being unairworthy or unsafe.
  • Inspectors, weights and measures
  • Conduct inspections and tests of a variety of mechanical and electronic weighing and measuring devices and systems
  • Prepare draft investigative reports of findings
  • Recommend corrective or enforcement action.
  • Oil and gas drilling rig inspectors
  • Conduct onshore and offshore inspections of drilling and well servicing equipment and processes to ensure compliance with regulations and policies and to recommend improvements and corrective action.

Physical demands

Physical demands are the physical activities that the job requires the worker to do. Physical demands are selected according to the likeliness that workers will have to perform them for at least half of the time they spend at work.

Work environment

The work environment refers to the physical setting in which people work. The characteristics and conditions of the work environment are selected according to the likeliness that workers will be exposed to them at least once a week.

Physical proximity from others

Physical proximity from others refers to the physical distance between individuals in the workplace. The likeliness that the job requires to perform tasks while being physically close to other people is rated on a scale with 3 levels: "Somewhat close", "Close" and "Very close".

Related job titles

Here are some other related job titles that are found in the same occupational category (NOC 22231), and a list of similar occupations:

  • air carrier maintenance inspector
  • air transport inspector
  • airworthiness inspector
  • electricity and gas meter inspector
  • elevator inspector
  • engineering inspector
  • engineering regulatory officer
  • insurance loss prevention inspector
  • marine damage surveyor
  • motor vehicle defects investigator
  • railway accident investigation officer
  • weights and measures inspector

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Sources Occupational and Skills Information System & National Occupational Classification

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