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Transit and Railroad Police resume example

A resume for a Transit and Railroad Police needs to show the work itself: protect and police railroad and transit property, employees, or passengers. Day to day that means work like this: prepare reports documenting investigation activities and results; monitor transit areas and conduct security checks to protect railroad properties, patrons, and employees. Recruiters and applicant tracking systems both read for the tasks and tools this role actually involves, so the strongest resume names them in your own experience rather than describing the job in the abstract. Below are the tasks O*NET records for this occupation, the software and tools it uses, the titles it is advertised under, and the skills worth naming if they are genuinely yours.

Also advertised as

The same job is posted under many titles. Searching only your own job title hides most of the openings you could apply to.

  • Patrolman
  • Railroad Police
  • Railroad Police Officer
  • Transit Police Officer
  • Law Enforcement Officer
  • Patrol Man
  • Patrol Officer
  • Police Captain
  • Police Specialist
  • K-9 Officer
  • Canine Officer
  • Field Training Advisor
  • Field Training Agent
  • Officer
  • Patroller
  • Public Transit Specialist
  • Railroad Detective
  • Railroad Safety Specialist

O*NET records 29 titles for this occupation in total.

What this work actually involves

Tasks recorded for this occupation, in O*NET's words. If your experience covers one of these, it belongs on your resume in your own words.

  • Prepare reports documenting investigation activities and results.
  • Monitor transit areas and conduct security checks to protect railroad properties, patrons, and employees.
  • Apprehend or remove trespassers or thieves from railroad property or coordinate with law enforcement agencies in apprehensions and removals.
  • Direct security activities at derailments, fires, floods, or strikes involving railroad property.
  • Patrol railroad yards, cars, stations, or other facilities to protect company property or shipments and to maintain order.
  • Investigate or direct investigations of freight theft, suspicious damage or loss of passengers' valuables, or other crimes on railroad property.
  • Examine credentials of unauthorized persons attempting to enter secured areas.
  • Enforce traffic laws regarding the transit system and reprimand individuals who violate them.
  • Provide training to the public or law enforcement personnel in railroad safety or security.
  • Plan or implement special safety or preventive programs, such as fire or accident prevention.
  • Direct or coordinate the daily activities or training of security staff.
  • Interview neighbors, associates, or former employers of job applicants to verify personal references or to obtain work history data.

Example bullets for this role

Built from this occupation's own tasks. The brackets stay empty on purpose: we will not invent a number for you, and a fabricated metric is the fastest way to lose an interview you had already won.

  • Prepare reports documenting investigation activities and results, for [who or what it served], at [what volume].
  • Monitor transit areas and conduct security checks to protect railroad properties, patrons, and employees, for [who or what it served], at [what volume].
  • Apprehend or remove trespassers or thieves from railroad property or coordinate with law enforcement agencies in apprehensions and removals, for [who or what it served], at [what volume].
  • Direct security activities at derailments, fires, floods, or strikes involving railroad property, for [who or what it served], at [what volume].

Software used in this role

Recorded for this occupation by O*NET. An applicant tracking system matches the exact product name, so write the tool the way the posting writes it.

  • Crime mapping software
  • Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System IAFIS
  • Law enforcement information databases
  • MapInfo Professional
  • MapInfo StreetPro
  • Microsoft Active Server Pages ASP
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft Office software
  • Microsoft Outlook
  • Microsoft PowerPoint
  • Microsoft Word
  • National Crime Information Center (NCIC) database
  • SmugMug Flickr
  • Web browser software

Tools and equipment

The physical equipment this occupation is recorded as using. Worth naming when a posting asks for it by name.

  • 35 millimeter cameras
  • Automated external defibrillators AED
  • Biohazard suits
  • Biological hazard detectors
  • Breathalyzers
  • Cardiopulmonary resuscitation CPR face shields
  • Chemical hazard detectors
  • Crime scene tape measures
  • Digital cameras
  • Digital video cameras
  • Distance measuring wheels
  • Explosive detectors

What this job rates as most important

O*NET rates every skill for importance to this occupation. These are the highest rated, in order.

  1. 01Active Listening
  2. 02Speaking
  3. 03Critical Thinking
  4. 04Complex Problem Solving
  5. 05Monitoring
  6. 06Social Perceptiveness
  7. 07Active Learning
  8. 08Coordination
  9. 09Judgment and Decision Making
  10. 10Writing

Knowledge areas

The subject knowledge this occupation draws on, rated by importance.

  • Public Safety and Security
  • Law and Government
  • English Language
  • Customer and Personal Service
  • Transportation
  • Education and Training
  • Geography
  • Psychology

What qualifications people in this job have

From O*NET's survey of people doing this work. This is what postholders reported, not a requirement any single employer sets.

  • 28%Bachelor's Degree
  • 26%Some College Courses
  • 21%High School Diploma, or the equivalent

What level this role is pitched at

O*NET places this occupation in “Medium Preparation Needed”. Most occupations in this zone require training in vocational schools, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree.

Previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is required for these occupations. For example, an electrician must have completed three or four years of apprenticeship or several years of vocational training, and often must have passed a licensing exam, in order to perform the job.

Common questions

What does a Transit and Railroad Police do?
Protect and police railroad and transit property, employees, or passengers. Day to day that includes work like prepare reports documenting investigation activities and results and Monitor transit areas and conduct security checks to protect railroad properties, patrons, and employees.
What skills should a Transit and Railroad Police put on a resume?
O*NET rates Active Listening, Speaking, Critical Thinking, Complex Problem Solving, and Monitoring among the most important skills for this occupation. Name the ones that are genuinely yours and show where you used them. A resume that lists skills you do not have is weaker than one that lists fewer.
What software should a Transit and Railroad Police list?
Software recorded for this occupation includes Crime mapping software, Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System IAFIS, Law enforcement information databases, MapInfo Professional, and MapInfo StreetPro. Applicant tracking systems match on the exact product name, so write the tool as the posting writes it rather than describing it in general terms.
What other job titles cover Transit and Railroad Police work?
O*NET records 29 titles for this occupation, including Patrolman, Railroad Police, Railroad Police Officer, and Transit Police Officer. Searching only your own job title hides most of the openings you could apply to.
What qualifications does a Transit and Railroad Police need?
In O*NET's survey of people doing this job, 28% reported their level of education as "Bachelor's Degree". That is what current postholders reported, not a requirement any single employer sets.
Will this resume pass an ATS for a Transit and Railroad Police role?
No tool outside an employer can tell you how that employer's system is configured, including ours. What you can control is that the resume parses cleanly, names the work in the words the posting uses, and does not claim anything you cannot back up.

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What this page cannot tell you

  • No tool outside an employer can tell you how that employer’s ATS is configured, including ours.
  • This page makes no claim about pay, demand or how many people hold this job. O*NET does not publish that here and we will not estimate it.
  • Keyword overlap is one input to a resume’s score, not a verdict on you. A resume that names skills you do not have is worse than one that names fewer.

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