49 CFR § 212.233 - Apprentice highway-rail grade crossing inspector.

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title: "49 CFR § 212.233 - Apprentice highway-rail grade crossing inspector."
title_number: 49
title_name: "Transportation"
section_number: "212.233"
section_name: "Apprentice highway-rail grade crossing inspector."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION"
part_number: "212"
part_name: "STATE SAFETY PARTICIPATION REGULATIONS"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "49 U.S.C. 20103, 20105, 20106, and 20113, and 49 CFR 1.89."
regulatory_source: "47 FR 41051, Sept. 16, 1982, unless otherwise noted."
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# 212.233 Apprentice highway-rail grade crossing inspector.

(a) An apprentice grade crossing and trespasser inspector shall be enrolled in a program of training prescribed by the Associate Administrator for Railroad Safety leading to qualification as a grade crossing and trespasser inspector. The apprentice inspector may not participate in investigative and surveillance activities, except as an assistant to a qualified State or FRA inspector while accompanying that qualified inspector.

(b) Prior to being enrolled in the program the apprentice inspector shall demonstrate:

(1) Working basic knowledge of electricity;

(2) The ability to use electrical test equipment in direct current and alternating current circuits; and

(3) A basic knowledge of highway-rail grade crossing inspection and maintenance methods and procedures.

[59 FR 50104, Sept. 30, 1994, as amended at 90 FR 28134, July 1, 2025]