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well.. first you'd have to go to the amtrak jobs section on amtrak.com.. last i checked there were a couple of listings
do you have any specific questions?
BLOND37
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boing i knew that
what sort of qualifications? i mean how hard or how much trainging do you need to punch a ticket and say hi..(joke)
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http://amtrak.teamrewards.net/TR_PublicWeb/index.jsp
you're right.. they were there (last time i looked), but aren't now
just have to keep watch.
last i recall, they mentioned high school diploma or equivalent and customer service experience, and the ability to lift 50 lbs
there might be more, but i think that it is
BLOND37
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and what would they be called - train attendants?
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wayman
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NO!
These are not the same thing at all. An assistant conductor is part of the train crew; a train attendant is part of the service crew. Very different jobs.
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right now LA crew base is hiring for 15 new train and service attendant jobs. You will be hire and train in both crafts. Most jobs only stay up for 1 week. They usually hire for the summer season as they are neeeded. The jobs are posted and updated every day .
Joel N. Weber II
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Among other things, the train attendant will ride the train for the entire length of its run (I think the union contract says they get four hours of sleep each night), whereas an assistant conductor is limited to 12 hours of service, and will normally be scheduled for shorter shifts if the train doesn't get delayed, so that if the train does get a little bit delayed, he/she can keep working without exceeding the 12 hours and hopefully reach the location where he/she was scheduled to end his/her shift so they don't have to send another crew to the train in the middle of nowhere.NO!
The infamous train 194 doesn't have any coach attendants; I believe it just has an engineer, conductor, and assistant conductor(s) who handle parts of the route, and an attendant in the cafe car who I believe rides the train all the way from Newport News to Boston. I believe Boston and New Haven are both crew bases.
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