Position title

Swamper

Description

Railway and motor transport labourers perform a variety of tasks to assist track maintenance workers and railway yard workers, or motor transport operators. They are employed by railway transport companies and motor transport companies.

Responsibilities

Job duties

Here are some of the main activities and tasks that Railway and motor transport labourers have to perform, and some of the physical demands they involve:

Railway labourers
Transport tools and equipment on push or hand car and perform other duties to assist railway track maintenance workers to lay, maintain and repair railway tracks
Cut vegetation growth from railway tracks using scythes and mowers
Check freight cars for physical damage and cleanliness.
Motor transport labourers
Assist truck and delivery drivers to load and unload vehicles
Perform labouring duties in warehouses.

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