The article lists the normative documents regarding the qualification characteristics of the professions of railway transport workers, starting from 1999, which have lost their validity, until 2016, where we are talking about the Order of the Ministry of Infrastructure No. 181 dated 05/20/2016, which is currently a guide to the qualification characteristics of the professions employees, Issue 66 Railway transport and metro, part 1 "Managers, professionals, specialists and technical employees", agreed with the Ministry of Labor and Social Policy of Ukraine. The composition of this order and the specifics of the job duties of employees depending on the specific conditions and situations of today in comparison with the established qualification characteristics of the professions are revealed. The organizational structure of locomotive depot production management and the main functions of depot management are considered, namely: operative management of operation and repair of locomotives, technical management of production, quality control of work and products, technical and economic planning, financing and accounting, repair and energy maintenance of equipment, material – technical support, personnel management, administrative and economic services, etc. The functional responsibilities of the depot chief, chief engineer, deputy depot chief for operation, depot duty officer, and locomotive depot foreman are given. Operational management of the operation of locomotives, which is headed by the deputy head of the depot for operation, is considered, the drivers are subordinate to him – instructors, and the locomotive crews are subordinate to him, and the apparatus of duty officers at the depot, who have orderlies, operators and technicians under their command. Operational management of locomotive repair is also considered, which is entrusted to the deputy head of the repair depot, to whom senior foremen and foremen of repair stations and departments are subordinate. It was determined that for successful production and educational work, the manager needs to accurately fulfill his functional duties, skillfully use his rights and clearly imagine his responsibility for the work performed.
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