G Dawg wrote:What is involved in the recertification of the conductor medical exam?What do you mean by recertification? Were you out of service/furloughed? When I think of recertification it's the reissuing of a locomotive engineers FRA certification card. Conductors are new to FRA certification. Mostly it's about vision & hearing test. If a person was out of service/furloughed then a drug test is also necessary. It's usually not a full physical like pre-employment.
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by COEN77
by G Dawg
Just wondering if it is as strict as when first hired, cause I have noticed my hearing has changed a little from the job. So they check again for all that vision, depth perception, color vision, etc? or just vision and hearing and its over?
by COEN77
They'll do the typical vision testing read the lines, check for color. Hearing test the bar isn't as high as you think. If I was able to pass every 3 years for FRA recertification then it isn't that high. The entire medical usually took about 20-30 minutes. Which railroad? That might a difference I can only go by CSX standards.