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

• Motor Operator
• Streetcar Operator

• Attend meetings on driver and passenger safety in order to learn ways in which job performance might be affected.
• Collect fares from passengers, and issue change and transfers.
• Complete reports, including shift summaries and incident or accident reports.
• Direct emergency evacuation procedures.
• Drive and control rail-guided public transportation, such as subways, elevated trains, and electric-powered streetcars, trams, or trolleys, in order to transport passengers.
• Greet passengers, provide information, and answer questions concerning fares, schedules, transfers, and routings.
• Make announcements to passengers, such as notifications of upcoming stops or schedule delays.
• 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.
• Record transactions and coin receptor readings in order to verify the amount of money collected.
• Regulate vehicle speed and the time spent at each stop, in order to maintain schedules.
• Report delays, mechanical problems, and emergencies to supervisors or dispatchers, using radios.

• answer customer or public inquiries
• collect payment
• maintain production or work records
• monitor variables affecting route activities
• operate highway passenger vehicles
• operate locomotives, dinkey engines, or other rail vehicles
• perform safety inspections in transportation setting
• transport passengers or cargo
• understand technical operating, service or repair manuals
• use two-way radio or mobile phone