(a) An apprentice highway-rail grade crossing inspector shall be enrolled in a program of training prescribed by the Associate Administrator for Safety leading to qualification as a highway-rail grade crossing inspector. The apprentice inspector may not participate in investigative and surveillance activities, except as an assistant to a qualified State or FRA inspector while accompanying that qualified inspector.
(b) Prior to being enrolled in the program the apprentice inspector shall demonstrate:
(1) Working basic knowledge of electricity;
(2) The ability to use electrical test equipment in direct current and alternating current circuits; and
(3) A basic knowledge of highway-rail grade crossing inspection and maintenance methods and procedures.
[59 FR 50104, Sept. 30, 1994]
authority: 49 U.S.C. 20103,
20106,
20105,
and. 202, 205, 206, and 208, of the Federal Railroad Safety Act of 1970, as amended (
45 U.S.C. 431,
434,
435,
and; and
49 CFR 1.49
source: 47 FR 41051, Sept. 16, 1982, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 49 CFR 212.233