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Employment Percentage
-89.68253968
SOC ID
33-3052
SOC Title
Transit and Railroad Police
ONET ID
33-3052.00
ONET Concat ID
33305200
Median Salary
67442.57
Ed Level High School
20.57
Ed Level Certificate
13.78
Ed Level Some College
25.93
Ed Level Associates
5.39
Ed Level Bachelors
28.41
Ed Level Masters
5.93
Ed Level Doctors
0
Typical Ed Level
a Bachelor's degree
Career Description
Protect and police railroad and transit property, employees, or passengers.
Core Tasks
  • Prepare reports documenting investigation activities and results.
  • Monitor transit areas and conduct security checks to protect railroad properties, patrons, and employees.
  • Apprehend or remove trespassers or thieves from railroad property or coordinate with law enforcement agencies in apprehensions and removals.
  • Patrol railroad yards, cars, stations, or other facilities to protect company property or shipments and to maintain order.
  • Investigate or direct investigations of freight theft, suspicious damage or loss of passengers' valuables, or other crimes on railroad property.
  • Direct security activities at derailments, fires, floods, or strikes involving railroad property.
  • Examine credentials of unauthorized persons attempting to enter secured areas.
  • Enforce traffic laws regarding the transit system and reprimand individuals who violate them.
  • Provide training to the public or law enforcement personnel in railroad safety or security.
  • Plan or implement special safety or preventive programs, such as fire or accident prevention.
Start Annual Earnings
40450.06
Top Annual Earnings
90879.34
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