National Occupational Classification for Statistics (NOC-S) 2006

• C - Natural and Applied Sciences and Related Occupations
• C1 - Technical Occupations Related to Natural and Applied Sciences
• C17 - Transportation Officers and Controllers

C175 - Railway Traffic Controllers and Marine Traffic Regulators

Railway traffic controllers co-ordinate passenger and freight train traffic on railways. They are employed by rail transport companies. Marine traffic regulators monitor and regulate coastal and inland marine traffic within assigned waterways. They are employed by port, harbour, canal and lock authorities and by the Canadian Coast Guard.

• Example Titles

  • centralized traffic control (CTC) operator - railway traffic
  • centralized traffic controller - railway traffic
  • chief rail traffic controller
  • chief train dispatcher
  • controller, rail traffic
  • CTC (centralized traffic control) operator - railway traffic
  • dispatcher, trains
  • head train dispatcher
  • locomotive dispatcher
  • marine traffic controller
  • marine traffic regulator
  • operator, train
  • rail traffic controller
  • regulator, marine traffic
  • supervisor, train dispatchers
  • traffic checker, waterways
  • train dispatcher
  • train dispatchers supervisor
  • train operator
  • waterway traffic checker

• Exclusion

  • Subway traffic controllers and light rail urban transportation controllers (See H022 Supervisors, Motor Transport and Other Ground Transit Operators)