Fireman and Xxxxxxx Training Sample Clauses

Fireman and Xxxxxxx Training. A.1. Trainees who are entering engine service from other than an operating craft will receive a one-week orientation class prior to the commencement of the initial training class set forth in A.2, this Article. A.2. The initial training class will consist of two weeks classroom time, the successful completion of which will result in a trainee establishing seniority as a fireman and receiving FRA certification as a student engineer. Examinations will be conducted at the end of the initial training class. Trainees who will perform service as hostlers or xxxxxxx helpers (locomotive servicing engineer) will, at the completion of the initial two weeks of classroom training, be allowed 15 days in hostling service, after which each trainee will be given a field skills performance review, the satisfactory completion of which will result in the trainee receiving qualification and certification as a Locomotive Servicing Engineer (xxxxxxx). A.3. A fireman who does not satisfactorily complete the field skills performance review by the completion of 15 days as set forth in A.2., this Article, will enter the second phase of hostling training trips, which will consist of not more than 15 days of additional on-the-job training trips. After completion of the second phase, the fireman will be given a field skills performance review by a Company officer other than the officer who administered the initial field skills performance review, the satisfactory completion of which will result in the fireman receiving qualification and certification as a Locomotive Servicing Engineer (xxxxxxx). A.4. In addition to the two weeks of initial classroom training set forth next above, firemen will receive an additional week of classroom instruction for the purpose of main-line trip preparation immediately prior to the commencement of Phase One engineer training trips.