Have you decided to study in the future as an assistant engineer or as an engineer? Then this article is for you. Here, comprehensive information is given about who is taken into this sphere, what types of rolling stock are.
We will analyze the main points regarding the profession of "assistant to the driver":
- training;
- professional selection;
- medical board;
- types of locomotives;
- field of activity;
- responsibilities;
- Errors
- average salary;
- schedule.
Let us dwell on each point and consider everything in detail. But still, let's start with what kind of profession it is and whether they will take you.
Medical board
Why did we suddenly decide to start with her? And because it will be so: first you will be sent to a clinic for her passage. Below we give the most common diseases, due to which, unfortunately, they are not taken as assistant drivers. About ten years ago, an assistant driver was trained at a railway college. At present, the educational system is completely different. But even then, before the young man passed the entrance exams, he passed the medical commission. Currently, in almost any depot of the newly arranged future assistant, the driver is preliminarily sent to the clinic. So which doctors are the main ones? Let's list:
- therapist;
- ENT;
- oculist;
- cardiologist;
- neurologist;
- surgeon.
Not all specialists are listed. In addition, you will be sent to the district clinic for a card, to a neuropsychiatric and narcological clinic. It is very important that you are not registered there.
The therapist listens to you, asks if there are complaints about anything. Next, you will measure blood pressure. It should be normal. In no case do not take any medications to simulate a good condition. Remember that accidents with transport workers happen precisely for this reason: silence about the disease.
At Laura you have to check your hearing, nose, throat, mouth. Slightly lowered hearing in one ear is already the basis for writing in the conclusion: "Not good." Therefore, if you have problems in this area, or at least regular tinnitus, you will not be allowed into the assistant drivers.
Your vision should be one hundred percent. There should be no deviations in color perception. An optometrist checks your eyes very carefully. If you wear contact lenses or undergo laser correction, you cannot hide it. In any case, you will not pass a medical examination.
A cardiologist should only see perfect cardiometry on an ECG without any abnormalities.
The surgeon examines you to make sure that you have all your limbs intact and that there are no disturbances in your posture. Coordination of movements is also important.
Professional selection
Congratulations if you have passed the medical board! Do you think that now you can count on the future position of "assistant driver"? Training is not for you tomorrow, believe me. You still need to go through professional selection. If you have successfully completed all the doctors, then the psychologist, unfortunately, can lose.
You will be put behind a monitor; you must be able to find the point that has just appeared on the screen with dexterity. If you have an excellent reaction and increased attention, then you will succeed, it is important not to be distracted.
You may need to go through other types of testing. It all depends on the enterprise: metro or Russian Railways. And also a large role is played by the appearance of the locomotive.
Field of activity
Choose in advance where you want to work: in the subway or on the railway. Although it is planned in the near future on the Moscow metro to completely abandon the two-person job, that is, an assistant driver is not needed. Training is currently being conducted with a bias that you will then work only as a machinist. In other subways, it is possible that while they work in two people, but not everywhere.
On the railway, in contrast, both are required. The assistant to the driver of the Russian Railways train takes place at the training and production center and directly at the driver, to whom he is assigned.
Types of locomotives, electric trains and training features
In the subway there are electric trains, motor vehicles and railcars (utility trains). For whom to learn, choose for yourself. You need to contact the electric depot, which is closest to your home.
There are more types of locomotives on Russian Railways:
- motor-car rolling stock (commuter trains);
- electric locomotive (passenger or freight);
- diesel locomotive (passenger, freight, trunk / shunting);
- economic trains and recovery equipment.
Almost all (except shunting) work is carried out in two persons.
Electric train
The training for the assistant train driver takes about 3-4 months. During this time, he must learn all the basics regarding duties, the structure of cars, learn about possible malfunctions and how to determine them.
Electric locomotive
Do not want to work on trains, are you more attracted to an electric locomotive? Then you need to go not to the motorcar (locomotive) depot, but to the depot. Training an assistant electric locomotive driver is much easier. It is worth noting that many railway universities and technical schools send students (volunteers) to work on Russian Railways for summer practice. Time will be spent only on passing a medical examination. Then, if you go through it (and the psychologist too), they put you in an understudy. That is, there will be three of you in the cab: the driver, the assistant driver and you. Your task is to observe, ask questions on the topic, to learn. If you successfully pass the exam / test to the instructor, then you are allowed to work.
Locomotive
Approximately the same training system on a diesel locomotive. But I want to warn you that working on this type of locomotive is much more harmful, since there is an emission from diesel fuel into the atmosphere. Many diesel locomotives, who have worked for a decade, suffer from diseases of the lungs and upper respiratory tract. The assistant locomotive driver is trained in the same way as the electric locomotive.
Responsibilities and Mistakes
It doesn’t matter what type of locomotive you choose, metro or Russian Railways, you must learn the three most important books:
- PTE (technical operation rules).
- ISI (signaling instruction).
- IDP (instruction for the movement of trains and shunting).
You can be asked any question from these books. Therefore, on the first day of work, get them and start reading, studying. In principle, training for an assistant engineer (Russian Railways) comes down to three tasks:
- treasured books: PTE, ISI, IDP;
- the basics on the device and repair of the locomotive (including the coupling and the release);
- attentiveness.
Your task during the movement of the train is to monitor the free path, traffic lights, speed. You must control the actions of the driver, including checking: does he exceed the speed where this is not necessary. In emergency situations, the assistant must break the stop valve if the driver does not take any measures.
Errors of the assistant drivers: the Russian "maybe" and "nothing will happen." Unfortunately, due to the abstraction of locomotive crews, major accidents occur on Russian Railways. Often on-duty duty switch posts mistakenly translate the arrows off the route. Assistant's task: to monitor how the arrow is located.
Salary and work schedule
The average salary of an assistant engineer on Russian Railways is about 20,000 rubles. Everything will depend on the region, work experience. On the Moscow road, payment is much higher.
As for the schedule, the main drivers and assistants are not stable. They are given a regulated inter-shift break (from 16 hours), as well as a monthly norm of hours. The next time they call, the locomotive crew may not know. Therefore, if you are a free person in every sense, then feel free to choose this profession. It is worth recalling in conclusion: the assistant driver of the Russian Railways train takes place at the training center, while he receives a scholarship.
So you and I have studied the profession of assistant driver, considered all the nuances. And you just have to answer your questions: do I have good health and do I have a desire?