Additional classes offered by ARC-Tech
are as follows.
*Minimum class sizes are required.
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Four
hour FRA 214 Roadway Worker On-Track Safety for Contractors
Learning: This course will meet the
FRA on-track safety requirements for roadway workers training. The course has
been developed by ARC-Tech
and can be customized to meet any of
your roadway worker training needs. The class is instructor led to allow any
questions or concerns with the on-track safety rules to be discussed.
Target Population:
Any employee, or contractor
to the railroad who is or might be a roadway worker.
Prerequisite:
none
Locations:
ARC-Tech Training
Center
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Learning:
To increase students
overall knowledge of the technical skills needed to perform their job safely
and economically. Emphasis is placed on track geometry parameters, and equal
time is spent on the maintenance and construction of the track structure and
the inspection requirements of the FRA 213 TSS manual. This course covers the
entire track structure, and is a must for any foreman, or potential foreman.
This course can be divided into two separate four day classes.
Target:
Any foreman or Asst.
foreman or any employee contemplating working a foreman's job.
Prerequisite:
None
Location:
ARC-Tech Training
Center
Students need:
FRA 213 TSS manual,
on-track safety manual, safety rule book, 2nd week only - hard hat, safety eye
wear, whistle, safety
footwear, clothing for field trip appropriate for the
time of year.
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Four
day Roadmaster course
- Learning:
To reinforce construction,
maintenance and FRA 213 TSS inspection limits criteria. This course also looks
at any changes in policies and procedures relating to both the railroad and
the FRA. Emphasis is placed on turnouts, track geometry, and can be customized
to meet the needs of your railroad.
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- Target:
All Roadmaster, supervisors
and asst. supervisors (basic and Production), and potential Roadmaster or
supervisors.
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- Prerequisite:
None
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- Location:
ARC-Tech Training
Center
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- Students to
bring:
FRA 213 TSS manual,
on-track safety manual, safety rule book, copy of your railroads engineering maintenance
policy manual.
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- Five day track inspection course
Learning:
To increase the
participants knowledge and skills relating to track inspections. This course
combines intensive FRA 213 TSS classroom training along with actual field
demonstration and testing. Emphasis is placed not only on the detection of
track defects, but also on the application of appropriate remedial actions to
compensate for the defects. A major portion of the course is spent on track
geometry, and the proper completion of the required inspection reports.
- Target:
Track inspectors who
have never attended, or have not attended in the last five years. Any foreman
who inspects track on vacation relief, or part time basis. Any Foreman
contemplating bidding an inspectors position.
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- Prerequisite:
Student should have
attended eight day foreman training.
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- Location:
ARC-Tech Training
Center
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- Students to
bring:
Hard-Hat, safety eye wear,
gloves, safety footwear, tape measure, whistle, clothing for field work
appropriate to time of the year, FRA 213 TSS manual, on-track safety manual,
safety rule book.
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- Four
Hour signal basic track requirements
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- Learning:
To increase signal
department employees knowledge of the requirements of working on or about the
track and its structure as per FRA TSS 213.7C and qualify employees to
visually supervise trains over certain broken rails and pullaparts. This
training meets the requirements of the FRA for visually supervising movements
over broken rails and pullaparts, and includes a qualification exam.
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- Target:
Any signal department, or
non 213.7A or 213.7B qualified track department employee whose job requires
them to work on or about the track or its structure.
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- Prerequisite:
At least one year MW or
signal experience.
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- Location:
ARC-Tech Training
Center
- To be held at locations
determined by AllenRailroad.Com
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- One
day boom truck seminar
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- Learning:
Participants will be given
an overview of boom truck courses given for track, bridge and building, and
signal employees. This seminar is class room only, and is designed to keep
supervision informed on current information being given to the field forces in
regards to hoisting equipment. This class will cover requirements of OSHA/ANSI
mobile crane inspection parameters, for both "Stick boom", and
"Knuckle boom" equipped vehicles.
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- Target:
All engineering Department
supervision
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- Prerequisite:
None
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- Location:
ARC-Tech Training
Center
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Learning:
This course covers
operating rules found in the latest edition of the general code of operating
rules applicable to railroad engineering department employees, or contractors
to railroads who wish to better understand the operating rules. The course has
been designed by ARC-Tech
and can be customized to meet the specific
operating rules training requirements of any railroad. The course is
presented as a power point program, and is instructor led to answer any
questions that may arise.
Target:
Any engineering department
employee of a railroad or contractor to a railroad, who is interested in
becoming qualified on the operating rules.
Location:
ARC-Tech Training
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- Three
day B&B Boom truck course
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- Learning:
Participants will
understand the basics of wire rope, slings, boom angles and radius of
operation, and the maintenance, inspection and safe operation of the different
types of hoisting equipment, including knuckle booms and personnel buckets,
used in the B&B department. This course meets the OSHA/ANSI requirements
for mobile crane training. Time is spent both in the classroom and in the
field with "hands on" training, using one of your B&B Department
Boom Trucks.
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- Target:
All bridge and building
department employees who operate, or may operate, any hoisting equipment.
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- Prerequisite:
None.
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- Location: ARC-Tech Training
Center
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- Students to bring:
Safety rule book, drivers license/CDL, hard-hat, safety eye wear, safety footwear, and clothing for
field trip appropriate
for the time of year.
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- Three
day signal boom truck course
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- Learning:
Participants will
understand basics of wire rope and synthetic load line, slings, boom angles
and radius of operation and the maintenance inspection and safe operation of
different types of hoisting equipment used in the signal department. This
course meets the OSHA/ANSI requirements for mobile crane training. Time is
spent both in the classroom and in the field with "hands on"
training, using one of your signal department boom trucks.
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- Target:
All communication and
signal department employees who operate, or may operate, any type of hoisting
equipment.
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- Prerequisite:
None
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- Location:
ARC-Tech Training
Center
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- Students to
bring:
Safety rule book, drivers license/CDL, hard-hat, safety eye wear, safety footwear, and clothing for
field trip appropriate
for the time of the year.
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Three
day track boom truck course
Learning:
Participants will
understand basics of wire rope, slings, boom angles and radius of operation
and the maintenance, inspection and safe operation of different types of
hoisting equipment used by track department employees. This course meets the
OSHA/ANSI requirements for mobile crane training. Time is spent both in the
classroom and in the field with "hands on" training, by operating
and inspecting one of your track department boom trucks.
Target:
All employees who operate,
or may operate, any type of hoisting equipment.
Prerequisite:
None
Location:
ARC-Tech Training
Center
Students to
bring:
Safety rule book, drivers license/CDL, hard-hat, safety eye wear, safety footwear, and clothing for
field trip appropriate
for the time of the year.
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Two
day private industry track inspection seminar
Learning:
To increase the
participants overall knowledge of the track structure and to help them better
identify problem areas on their track before and accident occurs. This course
is designed to be given to a railroads customers who have their own track
facilities. The course has been shown to be effective in reducing derailments
in private industries, which in turn lessens the chance of an injury to your
operating employee, and the loss of use and damage to your equipment, while
creating good "public Relations" with your customers.
Target:
Any customer with rail
facilities that your equipment operates in.
Prerequisite:
none
Location:
ARC-Tech Training
Center
Students to
bring:
Hard-hat, safety eye wear,
safety footwear, and clothing for field trip appropriate for the time of the
year.
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Two
or Three day track inspection review course
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- Learning:
To keep present track
inspectors up to date on changes in procedure and to keep current on FRA 213
inspection practices. When conducted as a two day course it will not have any
field work, classroom only. Three day course includes all two day material,
plus third day field trip and field testing.
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- Target:
All working track
inspectors and relief and part time inspectors who have attended the four
day track inspection course, and any foreman interested in becoming a
track inspector.
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- Prerequisite:
Should have attended the
four day track inspection course.
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- Location:
ARC-Tech Training
Center
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- Students to
bring: FRA 213 TSS, On-Track
safety manual, safety rule book. If conducted as a three day course hard-hat,
safety eye wear,
gloves, safety footwear, tape measure, whistle and clothing
for field trip appropriate for the time of the year.
