{"id":11957,"date":"2023-07-31T23:14:25","date_gmt":"2023-08-01T04:14:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planesintheair.com\/?p=11957"},"modified":"2023-07-31T23:14:26","modified_gmt":"2023-08-01T04:14:26","slug":"csx-and-smart-td-partner-to-deliver-enhanced-conductor-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/?p=11957","title":{"rendered":"CSX and SMART-TD Partner to Deliver Enhanced Conductor Training"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Jacksonville, Florida, July 31, 2023\u202f\u2013 CSX (NASDAQ: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zacks.com\/stock\/quote\/CSX?q=CSX\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CSX<\/a>) and the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers \u2014 Transportation Division (SMART-TD) announced they are partnering to extend CSX\u2019s conductor training program to five weeks from the previous four-week regimen to provide new hires with additional hands-on experience prior to beginning on-the-job training (OJT).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The extra week of training at the CSX Training Center in Atlanta will focus on performing tasks in a field setting to increase trainees\u2019 exposure to railcar switching scenarios, radio communication, securement of equipment, brake tests and other fundamentals of the conductor\u2019s role. Hands-on application of these skills begins in the third week of training, and the additional week will reinforce trainees\u2019 comfort level by providing multiple opportunities to perform the tasks while operating on first and second shifts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CSX developed the extended training program in consultation with the SMART-TD, which represents its train crew employees. After completing their five weeks at the Atlanta Training Center, new conductors begin up to five months of OJT at their hiring location, where they learn the physical characteristics and job assignments of their designated territory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"710\" src=\"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/08ebe99397ab57d622169d99fc9fc2c1-1024x710.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11958\" srcset=\"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/08ebe99397ab57d622169d99fc9fc2c1-1024x710.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/08ebe99397ab57d622169d99fc9fc2c1-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/08ebe99397ab57d622169d99fc9fc2c1-768x532.jpg 768w, https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/08ebe99397ab57d622169d99fc9fc2c1-1536x1065.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/08ebe99397ab57d622169d99fc9fc2c1-600x416.jpg 600w, https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/08ebe99397ab57d622169d99fc9fc2c1.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jacksonville, Florida, July 31, 2023\u202f\u2013 CSX (NASDAQ: CSX) and the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers \u2014 Transportation Division (SMART-TD) announced&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Click on the image above to read the full story!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11959,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5637,4552,13618,8222,5992,5670,2203,4957,5676,10169,10458,1210,10176,1397,4017,10195,10171,868],"tags":[7816,539,6741,2345,535,9158,988,2135,3688,4512,7918,8472,3169,3796,9837,4681,1277,595,1837,2916,1741,3469,1681,199,903,4232,12159,13822,2370,718,412,15474,6302,11564,2633,2169,5982,2902,5240,1212,3318,15475,2082,15473,9618,3438,1646,1970,1658,1549],"class_list":["post-11957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-news","category-cargo-news","category-communications-news","category-consumer-news","category-economic-news","category-economy-news","category-finance-news","category-global-politics","category-international-news","category-news","category-railroad","category-railroad-news","category-stock-news-2","category-stock-news","category-train-news","category-transport","category-transportation","category-transportation-news","tag-7816","tag-air","tag-announced","tag-association","tag-atlanta","tag-brake","tag-business","tag-center","tag-communication","tag-communications","tag-conductor","tag-conductors","tag-csx","tag-customers","tag-designated","tag-develop","tag-division","tag-economy","tag-equipment","tag-experience","tag-florida","tag-georgia","tag-industry","tag-international","tag-jacksonville","tag-job","tag-july","tag-metal","tag-nasdaq","tag-new","tag-news","tag-ojt","tag-opportunities","tag-partnering","tag-products","tag-program","tag-radio","tag-rail","tag-railcar","tag-railroad","tag-scenarios","tag-securement","tag-sheet","tag-smart-td","tag-switching","tag-territory","tag-test","tag-training","tag-transportation","tag-workers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11957","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11957"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11957\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11960,"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11957\/revisions\/11960"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}