Subway & Streetcar Operators

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Job Outlook:
None
Education: High school diploma or equivalent
Salary
High: $89,180.00
Average: $75,880.00
Hourly
Average: $36.48

What they do:

Operate subway or elevated suburban trains with no separate locomotive, or electric-powered streetcar, to transport passengers. May handle fares.

On the job, you would:

  • Monitor lights indicating obstructions or other trains ahead and watch for car and truck traffic at crossings to stay alert to potential hazards.
  • Operate controls to open and close transit vehicle doors.
  • Drive and control rail-guided public transportation, such as subways, elevated trains, and electric-powered streetcars, trams, or trolleys, to transport passengers.

Personality

A3 Your Strengths Importance

Characteristics of this Career

92% Dependability  -  Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations.
90% Stress Tolerance  -  Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high-stress situations.
88% Self-Control  -  Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations.
86% Attention to Detail  -  Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks.
81% Integrity  -  Job requires being honest and ethical.
77% Cooperation  -  Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude.
75% Adaptability/Flexibility  -  Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace.
75% Independence  -  Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done.
69% Concern for Others  -  Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job.
64% Persistence  -  Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles.
62% Achievement/Effort  -  Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks.
61% Leadership  -  Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction.
61% Initiative  -  Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges.
56% Social Orientation  -  Job requires preferring to work with others rather than alone, and being personally connected with others on the job.
54% Analytical Thinking  -  Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems.
A3 Your Strengths Importance

Strengths

100% Realistic  -  Work involves designing, building, or repairing of equipment, materials, or structures, engaging in physical activity, or working outdoors. Realistic occupations are often associated with engineering, mechanics and electronics, construction, woodworking, transportation, machine operation, agriculture, animal services, physical or manual labor, athletics, or protective services.
72% Conventional  -  Work involves following procedures and regulations to organize information or data, typically in a business setting. Conventional occupations are often associated with office work, accounting, mathematics/statistics, information technology, finance, or human resources.
A3 Your Strengths Importance

Values of the Work Environment

67% Relationships  -  Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to provide service to others and work with co-workers in a friendly non-competitive environment. Corresponding needs are Co-workers, Moral Values and Social Service.
67% Support  -  Occupations that satisfy this work value offer supportive management that stands behind employees. Corresponding needs are Company Policies, Supervision: Human Relations and Supervision: Technical.

Aptitude

A3 Your Strengths Importance

Abilities | Cognitive, Physical, Personality

78% Control Precision  -  The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions.
72% Multilimb Coordination  -  The ability to coordinate two or more limbs (for example, two arms, two legs, or one leg and one arm) while sitting, standing, or lying down. It does not involve performing the activities while the whole body is in motion.
72% Reaction Time  -  The ability to quickly respond (with the hand, finger, or foot) to a signal (sound, light, picture) when it appears.
69% Far Vision  -  The ability to see details at a distance.
69% Problem Sensitivity  -  The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem.
69% Auditory Attention  -  The ability to focus on a single source of sound in the presence of other distracting sounds.
69% Rate Control  -  The ability to time your movements or the movement of a piece of equipment in anticipation of changes in the speed and/or direction of a moving object or scene.
69% Near Vision  -  The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
66% Selective Attention  -  The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted.
66% Arm-Hand Steadiness  -  The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position.
66% Response Orientation  -  The ability to choose quickly between two or more movements in response to two or more different signals (lights, sounds, pictures). It includes the speed with which the correct response is started with the hand, foot, or other body part.
66% Oral Expression  -  The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
66% Perceptual Speed  -  The ability to quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences among sets of letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns. The things to be compared may be presented at the same time or one after the other. This ability also includes comparing a presented object with a remembered object.
66% Deductive Reasoning  -  The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
63% Manual Dexterity  -  The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.
63% Flexibility of Closure  -  The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material.
63% Depth Perception  -  The ability to judge which of several objects is closer or farther away from you, or to judge the distance between you and an object.
60% Speech Clarity  -  The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
60% Oral Comprehension  -  The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
56% Information Ordering  -  The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
56% Time Sharing  -  The ability to shift back and forth between two or more activities or sources of information (such as speech, sounds, touch, or other sources).
A3 Your Strengths Importance

Skills | Cognitive, Physical, Personality

55% Operation and Control  -  Controlling operations of equipment or systems.
54% Operations Monitoring  -  Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.

Job Details

Responsibilities
Drive passenger vehicles.
Drive passenger vehicles.
Monitor vehicle movement or location.
Monitor traffic signals.
Monitor surroundings to detect potential hazards.
Direct emergency management activities.
Drive passenger vehicles.
Report vehicle or equipment malfunctions.
Notify others of emergencies, problems, or hazards.
Provide transportation information to passengers or customers.
Record operational details of travel.
Prepare accident or incident reports.
Provide transportation information to passengers or customers.
Maintain professional knowledge or certifications.
Collect fares or payment from customers.
Record sales or transactions data.
A3 Your Strengths Importance

Attributes & Percentage of Time Spent

100% In an Enclosed Vehicle or Equipment  -  How often does this job require working in a closed vehicle or equipment (e.g., car)?
98% Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls  -  How much does this job require using your hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools or controls?
86% Importance of Being Exact or Accurate  -  How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job?
85% Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions  -  How much does this job require making repetitive motions?
85% Contact With Others  -  How much does this job require the worker to be in contact with others (face-to-face, by telephone, or otherwise) in order to perform it?
84% Deal With External Customers  -  How important is it to work with external customers or the public in this job?
83% Wear Common Protective or Safety Equipment such as Safety Shoes, Glasses, Gloves, Hearing Protection, Hard Hats, or Life Jackets  -  How much does this job require wearing common protective or safety equipment such as safety shoes, glasses, gloves, hard hats or life jackets?
83% Frequency of Decision Making  -  How frequently is the worker required to make decisions that affect other people, the financial resources, and/or the image and reputation of the organization?
81% Deal With Unpleasant or Angry People  -  How frequently does the worker have to deal with unpleasant, angry, or discourteous individuals as part of the job requirements?
81% Spend Time Sitting  -  How much does this job require sitting?
80% Responsible for Others' Health and Safety  -  How much responsibility is there for the health and safety of others in this job?
80% Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results  -  What results do your decisions usually have on other people or the image or reputation or financial resources of your employer?
79% Consequence of Error  -  How serious would the result usually be if the worker made a mistake that was not readily correctable?
76% Outdoors, Exposed to Weather  -  How often does this job require working outdoors, exposed to all weather conditions?
75% Importance of Repeating Same Tasks  -  How important is repeating the same physical activities (e.g., key entry) or mental activities (e.g., checking entries in a ledger) over and over, without stopping, to performing this job?
75% Work With Work Group or Team  -  How important is it to work with others in a group or team in this job?
71% Exposed to Contaminants  -  How often does this job require working exposed to contaminants (such as pollutants, gases, dust or odors)?
71% Time Pressure  -  How often does this job require the worker to meet strict deadlines?
70% Exposed to Hazardous Conditions  -  How often does this job require exposure to hazardous conditions?
68% Pace Determined by Speed of Equipment  -  How important is it to this job that the pace is determined by the speed of equipment or machinery? (This does not refer to keeping busy at all times on this job.)
68% Sounds, Noise Levels Are Distracting or Uncomfortable  -  How often does this job require working exposed to sounds and noise levels that are distracting or uncomfortable?
66% Very Hot or Cold Temperatures  -  How often does this job require working in very hot (above 90 F degrees) or very cold (below 32 F degrees) temperatures?
63% Extremely Bright or Inadequate Lighting  -  How often does this job require working in extremely bright or inadequate lighting conditions?
62% Physical Proximity  -  To what extent does this job require the worker to perform job tasks in close physical proximity to other people?
62% Frequency of Conflict Situations  -  How often are there conflict situations the employee has to face in this job?
62% Face-to-Face Discussions  -  How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job?
56% Deal With Physically Aggressive People  -  How frequently does this job require the worker to deal with physical aggression of violent individuals?
88% Duration of Typical Work Week  -  Number of hours typically worked in one week.
A3 Your Strengths Importance

Tasks & Values

91% Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment  -  Running, maneuvering, navigating, or driving vehicles or mechanized equipment, such as forklifts, passenger vehicles, aircraft, or watercraft.
88% Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events  -  Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
86% Getting Information  -  Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
85% Performing for or Working Directly with the Public  -  Performing for people or dealing directly with the public. This includes serving customers in restaurants and stores, and receiving clients or guests.
79% Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials  -  Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects.
75% Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates  -  Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
73% Making Decisions and Solving Problems  -  Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
71% Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings  -  Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems.
69% Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards  -  Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.
68% Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge  -  Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.
67% Controlling Machines and Processes  -  Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (not including computers or vehicles).
61% Performing General Physical Activities  -  Performing physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling materials.
58% Processing Information  -  Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data.
56% Communicating with People Outside the Organization  -  Communicating with people outside the organization, representing the organization to customers, the public, government, and other external sources. This information can be exchanged in person, in writing, or by telephone or e-mail.
54% Repairing and Maintaining Electronic Equipment  -  Servicing, repairing, calibrating, regulating, fine-tuning, or testing machines, devices, and equipment that operate primarily on the basis of electrical or electronic (not mechanical) principles.
53% Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment  -  Servicing, repairing, adjusting, and testing machines, devices, moving parts, and equipment that operate primarily on the basis of mechanical (not electronic) principles.
52% Assisting and Caring for Others  -  Providing personal assistance, medical attention, emotional support, or other personal care to others such as coworkers, customers, or patients.
51% Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People  -  Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people.

Getting Started

Education:
87%
High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED)
9%
Post-Secondary Certificate - awarded for training completed after high school (for example, in agriculture or natural resources, computer services, personal or culinary services, engineering technologies, healthcare, construction trades, mechanic and repair technologies, or precision production)

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