Brakeman - (Rail Operations)
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). Use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits, and
for prose. Do NOT repeat the job title as a heading. Do NOT put Job ID / requisition numbers as headings — fold minor metadata into a short
or drop it. Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. IMPORTANT: include a section ONLY when the posting has real, specific content for it — never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text (e.g. "commensurate with experience", "not specified", "N/A", "varies", "TBD") and never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them. Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones.
We need to parse the posting.
Content:
- Under the supervision and direction of the Rail Operations Supervisor, the Brakeman performs brake and switching operations as a member of a rail operations crew.
- Responsibilities: list of duties (multiple sentences). We'll need to extract each duty as bullet list.
- Qualifications: list of qualifications (including high school graduate, online container inspection, forklift license, drug test, background screening, TIER-1 investigation, CAC, REAL ID driver's license). Also desired qualifications: attendance and award of 88U MOS preferred, previous rail ops experience preferred.
- Physical Demands & Work Environment: list of physical demands and environmental factors.
- Pay & Benefits: "SCA and KO approved $30.84/HR + $5.09/HR Health and Welfare. This position is contingent upon contract award and funding. Applicants selected may be hired offered but cannot begin work until funding has been confirmed."
- Also there is mention of "Will be required to occasionally work an uncommon tour of duty including nights, weekends, and holidays at Fort Sill, OK and other remote sites such as Arkansas, Colorado, Texas, and Kansas." That's schedule info.
- Also "Other duties as assigned."
- Also "Job ID 2026-25861 Work Type On-Site Company Description ..." We need to fold minor metadata into short
or drop it. The company description is substantive? It includes mission etc. Might be considered boilerplate? It's not EEO/legal but it's company description. The instruction: Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. Company description may be considered not boilerplate but maybe we keep? It's not required but could be kept as prose. However we need to avoid duplication. The company description appears twice? At end: "Company Description Work Where it Matters Akima Facilities Operations (AFO), an Akima company, is not just another federal facilities contractor...." Then later "Job ID:25861-en-us". Probably we can include a short paragraph about company but not required. The instruction: Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. So we could have sections: Responsibilities, Qualifications, Physical Demands & Work Environment, Pay & Benefits, Schedule (maybe as part of Pay & Benefits? Actually schedule is separate but we could incorporate schedule into a section if we have content. The posting mentions schedule: "Will be required to occasionally work an uncommon tour of duty including nights, weekends, and holidays at Fort Sill, OK and other remote sites such as Arkansas, Colorado, Texas, and Kansas." That's schedule info. So we could have a Schedule section.
But we need to use headings from the list: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We can choose which to use. We have Responsibilities, Qualifications, Physical Demands & Work Environment (maybe under Requirements? Could be Requirements). Could also have Skills (maybe not). Pay and Benefits separate? The instruction says use headings e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. So we can have sections: Responsibilities, Qualifications, Physical Demands & Work Environment (maybe under Requirements?), Pay, Benefits, Schedule. However we need to avoid thin sections. Could combine Pay and Benefits into one section? But they are separate headings allowed. The posting includes both pay and benefits together: "$30.84/HR + $5.09/HR Health and Welfare." That's pay plus benefit. Could treat as Pay section with benefit included. Or we could have Benefits section with health and welfare. But we need to not create sections if content is placeholder. Here we have actual pay and benefit info, so we can include Pay section (maybe also Benefits). But we could combine into one Pay section that includes both pay and benefit. The instruction: "never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them." It does state pay and benefit, so we can create Pay section (maybe also Benefits). But we could just have Pay section that includes the benefit info. That's fine.
Schedule: we have schedule info, so we can create Schedule section.
Physical Demands & Work Environment: not in the list of headings but we could treat as Requirements (maybe). The heading "Requirements" is allowed. Could put physical demands under Requirements. But we also have Qualifications separate. So we could have Requirements section for physical demands and work environment. That seems appropriate.
Thus sections: Responsibilities, Qualifications, Requirements (physical demands & work environment), Pay (including benefit), Schedule.
We need to output only HTML fragment, no /, no markdown fences.
We need to use
for each section heading. Use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. Use
for prose.
We need to preserve all substantive information, not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to include each duty as a bullet. Also each qualification bullet. Also each physical demand bullet. Also schedule bullet? Could be prose.
We need to drop duplicated lines, boilerplate, etc. Remove Job ID lines, maybe keep as short p? The instruction: "Do NOT put Job ID / requisition numbers as headings — fold minor metadata into a short
or drop it." So we can either drop them or include a short p. Probably drop them to keep thin sections minimal. We'll drop Job ID and Work Type etc.
Company description: Could be considered not boilerplate but it's somewhat generic. Might be okay to include as a short p under maybe About the role? But we don't have About the role section. Could we add About the role section with a brief description? The posting starts with "Under the supervision and direction of the Rail Operations Supervisor, the Brakeman performs brake and switching operations as a member of a rail operations crew." That's essentially a role summary. That could be About the role. But we already have Responsibilities section. The instruction says prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. So we could combine the role summary into Responsibilities section as a introductory paragraph before the list. That's acceptable.
Thus structure:
Responsibilities
Under the supervision and direction of the Rail Operations Supervisor, the Brakeman performs brake and switching operations as a member of a rail operations crew.
- Relays signals for train movement by use of hand signals, lanterns, flags, and hand-held radios.
- Mounts railroad car and sets brakes and places blocks or chocks against wheels.
- Stops motor traffic when train is crossing roads or highways.
- Couples or uncouples cars by means of standard car couplings such as cables, links and pins, hooks and chains.
- Line switches to move rail cars and locomotives onto different tracks.
- Checks car numbers to ensure movement of specific cars.
- Operates handbrakes before detaching cars from locomotive.
- Assists in making emergency repairs to brake equipment on locomotives and railcars.
- Ensure safety rules are observed as outlined in the General Code of Operating Rules (GCOR) and ABTH.
- Instructs and inspects personnel on SDDC TEA MI 55-19, Tiedown Instructions for Rail Movements.
- Performs organizational maintenance on locomotives as directed.
- Performs preventive maintenance on track switches and grade crossings as required, for example the cleaning of leaves and other debris from switch points, oiling and greasing of switches and removing dirt and gravel from grade crossings.
- Will be required to occasionally work an uncommon tour of duty including nights, weekends, and holidays at Fort Sill, OK and other remote sites such as Arkansas, Colorado, Texas, and Kansas.
- Other duties as assigned.
But note the schedule bullet about nights weekends etc could be moved to Schedule section. Might be better to separate schedule. However the instruction says prefer few sections; but we already have Schedule section. So we could move that bullet to Schedule section and remove from Responsibilities.
Thus Responsibilities list excludes schedule bullet.
Now Qualifications section:
Qualifications
- High School graduate or equivalent.
- Must be able to complete online Container Inspection for Commercial and Military Intermodal Containers, MIL HDBK 138A.
- Must be able to obtain Forklift license for all equipment (4K to 50K).
- Ability to pass Pre-Employment Drug Test and Background Screening.
- Ability to receive a favorable TIER-1 investigation result, obtain and maintain a CAC.
- Applicant must possess a REAL ID-compliant, state-issued driver’s license.
Then desired qualifications: "Attendance and award of 88U military occupational specialty preferred. Previous Rail Operations Experience preferred." Could be included as bullet under Qualifications as desired. We'll add.
Thus Qualifications list includes both required and desired.
Now Requirements section (physical demands & work environment):
Requirements
- Lifting and Carrying: Frequently lifting, pushing, pulling, or carrying heavy objects, sometimes up to 83 pounds.
- Mobility and Balance: Extensive walking (up to 10 kilometers a day), climbing up/down, bending, kneeling, crouching, and crawling.
- Strength and Endurance: Using muscles for long periods, including working in cramped or awkward spaces.
- Manual Task Operations: Operating manual switches, tying down handbrakes, and changing air hoses or gaskets.
- Environmental Factors: Working in extreme hot or cold temperatures, in all weather conditions, and with exposure to loud noise or vibration.
- Safety and Sensory Needs: Must possess good, sometimes aided, vision (including color distinction) and hearing, as well as the ability to climb on and off moving or stationary equipment.
Now Pay section:
Pay
SCA and KO approved $30.84/HR + $5.09/HR Health and Welfare.
We could also mention contingency: "This position is contingent upon contract award and funding. Applicants selected may be hired offered but cannot begin work until funding has been confirmed." That's more about hiring contingency; could be included as prose under Pay or maybe a separate note. It's substantive. We'll add as a second paragraph.
Thus Pay section: SCA and KO approved $30.84/HR + $5.09/HR Health and Welfare.
This position is contingent upon contract award
for prose. Do NOT repeat the job title as a heading. Do NOT put Job ID / requisition numbers as headings — fold minor metadata into a short
or drop it. Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. IMPORTANT: include a section ONLY when the posting has real, specific content for it — never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text (e.g. "commensurate with experience", "not specified", "N/A", "varies", "TBD") and never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them. Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. We need to parse the posting. Content: - Under the supervision and direction of the Rail Operations Supervisor, the Brakeman performs brake and switching operations as a member of a rail operations crew. - Responsibilities: list of duties (multiple sentences). We'll need to extract each duty as bullet list. - Qualifications: list of qualifications (including high school graduate, online container inspection, forklift license, drug test, background screening, TIER-1 investigation, CAC, REAL ID driver's license). Also desired qualifications: attendance and award of 88U MOS preferred, previous rail ops experience preferred. - Physical Demands & Work Environment: list of physical demands and environmental factors. - Pay & Benefits: "SCA and KO approved $30.84/HR + $5.09/HR Health and Welfare. This position is contingent upon contract award and funding. Applicants selected may be hired offered but cannot begin work until funding has been confirmed." - Also there is mention of "Will be required to occasionally work an uncommon tour of duty including nights, weekends, and holidays at Fort Sill, OK and other remote sites such as Arkansas, Colorado, Texas, and Kansas." That's schedule info. - Also "Other duties as assigned." - Also "Job ID 2026-25861 Work Type On-Site Company Description ..." We need to fold minor metadata into short
or drop it. The company description is substantive? It includes mission etc. Might be considered boilerplate? It's not EEO/legal but it's company description. The instruction: Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. Company description may be considered not boilerplate but maybe we keep? It's not required but could be kept as prose. However we need to avoid duplication. The company description appears twice? At end: "Company Description Work Where it Matters Akima Facilities Operations (AFO), an Akima company, is not just another federal facilities contractor...." Then later "Job ID:25861-en-us". Probably we can include a short paragraph about company but not required. The instruction: Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. So we could have sections: Responsibilities, Qualifications, Physical Demands & Work Environment, Pay & Benefits, Schedule (maybe as part of Pay & Benefits? Actually schedule is separate but we could incorporate schedule into a section if we have content. The posting mentions schedule: "Will be required to occasionally work an uncommon tour of duty including nights, weekends, and holidays at Fort Sill, OK and other remote sites such as Arkansas, Colorado, Texas, and Kansas." That's schedule info. So we could have a Schedule section. But we need to use headings from the list: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We can choose which to use. We have Responsibilities, Qualifications, Physical Demands & Work Environment (maybe under Requirements? Could be Requirements). Could also have Skills (maybe not). Pay and Benefits separate? The instruction says use headings e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. So we can have sections: Responsibilities, Qualifications, Physical Demands & Work Environment (maybe under Requirements?), Pay, Benefits, Schedule. However we need to avoid thin sections. Could combine Pay and Benefits into one section? But they are separate headings allowed. The posting includes both pay and benefits together: "$30.84/HR + $5.09/HR Health and Welfare." That's pay plus benefit. Could treat as Pay section with benefit included. Or we could have Benefits section with health and welfare. But we need to not create sections if content is placeholder. Here we have actual pay and benefit info, so we can include Pay section (maybe also Benefits). But we could combine into one Pay section that includes both pay and benefit. The instruction: "never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them." It does state pay and benefit, so we can create Pay section (maybe also Benefits). But we could just have Pay section that includes the benefit info. That's fine. Schedule: we have schedule info, so we can create Schedule section. Physical Demands & Work Environment: not in the list of headings but we could treat as Requirements (maybe). The heading "Requirements" is allowed. Could put physical demands under Requirements. But we also have Qualifications separate. So we could have Requirements section for physical demands and work environment. That seems appropriate. Thus sections: Responsibilities, Qualifications, Requirements (physical demands & work environment), Pay (including benefit), Schedule. We need to output only HTML fragment, no /, no markdown fences. We need to use
for each section heading. Use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. Use
for prose.
We need to preserve all substantive information, not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to include each duty as a bullet. Also each qualification bullet. Also each physical demand bullet. Also schedule bullet? Could be prose.
We need to drop duplicated lines, boilerplate, etc. Remove Job ID lines, maybe keep as short p? The instruction: "Do NOT put Job ID / requisition numbers as headings — fold minor metadata into a short
or drop it." So we can either drop them or include a short p. Probably drop them to keep thin sections minimal. We'll drop Job ID and Work Type etc.
Company description: Could be considered not boilerplate but it's somewhat generic. Might be okay to include as a short p under maybe About the role? But we don't have About the role section. Could we add About the role section with a brief description? The posting starts with "Under the supervision and direction of the Rail Operations Supervisor, the Brakeman performs brake and switching operations as a member of a rail operations crew." That's essentially a role summary. That could be About the role. But we already have Responsibilities section. The instruction says prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. So we could combine the role summary into Responsibilities section as a introductory paragraph before the list. That's acceptable.
Thus structure:
Responsibilities
Under the supervision and direction of the Rail Operations Supervisor, the Brakeman performs brake and switching operations as a member of a rail operations crew.
- Relays signals for train movement by use of hand signals, lanterns, flags, and hand-held radios.
- Mounts railroad car and sets brakes and places blocks or chocks against wheels.
- Stops motor traffic when train is crossing roads or highways.
- Couples or uncouples cars by means of standard car couplings such as cables, links and pins, hooks and chains.
- Line switches to move rail cars and locomotives onto different tracks.
- Checks car numbers to ensure movement of specific cars.
- Operates handbrakes before detaching cars from locomotive.
- Assists in making emergency repairs to brake equipment on locomotives and railcars.
- Ensure safety rules are observed as outlined in the General Code of Operating Rules (GCOR) and ABTH.
- Instructs and inspects personnel on SDDC TEA MI 55-19, Tiedown Instructions for Rail Movements.
- Performs organizational maintenance on locomotives as directed.
- Performs preventive maintenance on track switches and grade crossings as required, for example the cleaning of leaves and other debris from switch points, oiling and greasing of switches and removing dirt and gravel from grade crossings.
- Will be required to occasionally work an uncommon tour of duty including nights, weekends, and holidays at Fort Sill, OK and other remote sites such as Arkansas, Colorado, Texas, and Kansas.
- Other duties as assigned.
But note the schedule bullet about nights weekends etc could be moved to Schedule section. Might be better to separate schedule. However the instruction says prefer few sections; but we already have Schedule section. So we could move that bullet to Schedule section and remove from Responsibilities.
Thus Responsibilities list excludes schedule bullet.
Now Qualifications section:
Qualifications
- High School graduate or equivalent.
- Must be able to complete online Container Inspection for Commercial and Military Intermodal Containers, MIL HDBK 138A.
- Must be able to obtain Forklift license for all equipment (4K to 50K).
- Ability to pass Pre-Employment Drug Test and Background Screening.
- Ability to receive a favorable TIER-1 investigation result, obtain and maintain a CAC.
- Applicant must possess a REAL ID-compliant, state-issued driver’s license.
Then desired qualifications: "Attendance and award of 88U military occupational specialty preferred. Previous Rail Operations Experience preferred." Could be included as bullet under Qualifications as desired. We'll add.
Thus Qualifications list includes both required and desired.
Now Requirements section (physical demands & work environment):
Requirements
- Lifting and Carrying: Frequently lifting, pushing, pulling, or carrying heavy objects, sometimes up to 83 pounds.
- Mobility and Balance: Extensive walking (up to 10 kilometers a day), climbing up/down, bending, kneeling, crouching, and crawling.
- Strength and Endurance: Using muscles for long periods, including working in cramped or awkward spaces.
- Manual Task Operations: Operating manual switches, tying down handbrakes, and changing air hoses or gaskets.
- Environmental Factors: Working in extreme hot or cold temperatures, in all weather conditions, and with exposure to loud noise or vibration.
- Safety and Sensory Needs: Must possess good, sometimes aided, vision (including color distinction) and hearing, as well as the ability to climb on and off moving or stationary equipment.
Now Pay section:
Pay
SCA and KO approved $30.84/HR + $5.09/HR Health and Welfare.
We could also mention contingency: "This position is contingent upon contract award and funding. Applicants selected may be hired offered but cannot begin work until funding has been confirmed." That's more about hiring contingency; could be included as prose under Pay or maybe a separate note. It's substantive. We'll add as a second paragraph.
Thus Pay section: SCA and KO approved $30.84/HR + $5.09/HR Health and Welfare.
This position is contingent upon contract award
for prose. We need to preserve all substantive information, not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to include each duty as a bullet. Also each qualification bullet. Also each physical demand bullet. Also schedule bullet? Could be prose. We need to drop duplicated lines, boilerplate, etc. Remove Job ID lines, maybe keep as short p? The instruction: "Do NOT put Job ID / requisition numbers as headings — fold minor metadata into a short
or drop it." So we can either drop them or include a short p. Probably drop them to keep thin sections minimal. We'll drop Job ID and Work Type etc. Company description: Could be considered not boilerplate but it's somewhat generic. Might be okay to include as a short p under maybe About the role? But we don't have About the role section. Could we add About the role section with a brief description? The posting starts with "Under the supervision and direction of the Rail Operations Supervisor, the Brakeman performs brake and switching operations as a member of a rail operations crew." That's essentially a role summary. That could be About the role. But we already have Responsibilities section. The instruction says prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. So we could combine the role summary into Responsibilities section as a introductory paragraph before the list. That's acceptable. Thus structure:
Responsibilities
Under the supervision and direction of the Rail Operations Supervisor, the Brakeman performs brake and switching operations as a member of a rail operations crew.
- Relays signals for train movement by use of hand signals, lanterns, flags, and hand-held radios.
- Mounts railroad car and sets brakes and places blocks or chocks against wheels.
- Stops motor traffic when train is crossing roads or highways.
- Couples or uncouples cars by means of standard car couplings such as cables, links and pins, hooks and chains.
- Line switches to move rail cars and locomotives onto different tracks.
- Checks car numbers to ensure movement of specific cars.
- Operates handbrakes before detaching cars from locomotive.
- Assists in making emergency repairs to brake equipment on locomotives and railcars.
- Ensure safety rules are observed as outlined in the General Code of Operating Rules (GCOR) and ABTH.
- Instructs and inspects personnel on SDDC TEA MI 55-19, Tiedown Instructions for Rail Movements.
- Performs organizational maintenance on locomotives as directed.
- Performs preventive maintenance on track switches and grade crossings as required, for example the cleaning of leaves and other debris from switch points, oiling and greasing of switches and removing dirt and gravel from grade crossings.
- Will be required to occasionally work an uncommon tour of duty including nights, weekends, and holidays at Fort Sill, OK and other remote sites such as Arkansas, Colorado, Texas, and Kansas.
- Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
- High School graduate or equivalent.
- Must be able to complete online Container Inspection for Commercial and Military Intermodal Containers, MIL HDBK 138A.
- Must be able to obtain Forklift license for all equipment (4K to 50K).
- Ability to pass Pre-Employment Drug Test and Background Screening.
- Ability to receive a favorable TIER-1 investigation result, obtain and maintain a CAC.
- Applicant must possess a REAL ID-compliant, state-issued driver’s license.
Requirements
- Lifting and Carrying: Frequently lifting, pushing, pulling, or carrying heavy objects, sometimes up to 83 pounds.
- Mobility and Balance: Extensive walking (up to 10 kilometers a day), climbing up/down, bending, kneeling, crouching, and crawling.
- Strength and Endurance: Using muscles for long periods, including working in cramped or awkward spaces.
- Manual Task Operations: Operating manual switches, tying down handbrakes, and changing air hoses or gaskets.
- Environmental Factors: Working in extreme hot or cold temperatures, in all weather conditions, and with exposure to loud noise or vibration.
- Safety and Sensory Needs: Must possess good, sometimes aided, vision (including color distinction) and hearing, as well as the ability to climb on and off moving or stationary equipment.
Pay
SCA and KO approved $30.84/HR + $5.09/HR Health and Welfare.
We could also mention contingency: "This position is contingent upon contract award and funding. Applicants selected may be hired offered but cannot begin work until funding has been confirmed." That's more about hiring contingency; could be included as prose under Pay or maybe a separate note. It's substantive. We'll add as a second paragraph. Thus Pay section:SCA and KO approved $30.84/HR + $5.09/HR Health and Welfare.
This position is contingent upon contract award