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The graph below is a comparison of salary data for 10 jobs in Olathe, Kansas, as provided by the free SalaryExpert® Salary Report and Salary Calculator. If you are a professional who requires compensation survey data for your work please consult ERI Economic Research Institute's Salary Assessor.

Yard Coupler:
Switches railroad cars within yard of railroad, industrial plant, quarry, construction project, or similar location to load and unload cars or to make up and break up trains

receives oral or written instructions from conductor, yard indicating which cars are to... [+] More

Yard Coupler:
Switches railroad cars within yard of railroad, industrial plant, quarry, construction project, or similar location to load and unload cars or to make up and break up trains

receives oral or written instructions from conductor, yard indicating which cars are to be switched and track assignment. Raises coupling lever to uncouple cars. Signals switch tender to throw track switches and yard engineer to move cars, using lantern or arm signals. Climbs ladder to top of car and turns handwheel to set brakes or to control speed of car when it has been shunted. Connects airhose to cars when making up trains, using wrench. Throws track switches where no switch tender is stationed to shunt cars to different sections of yard. May talk to conductor, yard or yard engineer via radiophone to give or receive switching information. May climb onto moving cars to set handbrakes and be designated car rider. When employed by establishment other than railroad, may be designated industrial-yard brake coupler; or according to locomotive involved as brake coupler, dinkey. (Source: eDOT Job Description) [-] Less

A renter's cost of living for someone making $36,146 in Olathe, Kansas is 100.9% of the US National Average. For more information, or to compare cost of living data between two cities, click here.

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Industrial Yard Brake Coupler, Yard Foreman, Conductor Yard, Brake Coupler Dinkey, Brake Coupler Road Freight, Livestock Yard Attendant, Yard Clerk, Yard Engineer

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