WFD Survey (Form 240)

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Workforce Development (WFD) Survey

WFD Survey (Form 240)

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Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) Workforce Development (WFD) Survey

The FRA-WFD is a survey tool for personnel managers, human resource professionals and workforce development professionals across railroad companies, academia, labor unions and industry related associations. The tool is designed to ensure that the FRA is knowledgeable of railroad industry workforce related issues to better provide a highly skilled workforce and improve safety. By completing this survey, respondents will help the FRA understand current workforce issues, identify priorities for workforce development efforts, and identify training that improves the collective ability of the railroad workforce in meeting today’s and future railroad requirements.

FRA-WFD Overview

It is critical that systems and processes to recruit, train and retain a railroad industry workforce are developed, shared and implemented to support the ever changing needs of the industry. As the workforce ages and new technologies are introduced, the ability to sustain a safe and capable workforce is disrupted. Railroad companies, associations, unions and academia often struggle to address the challenges of this dynamic environment. The input provided through this survey will assist the FRA in aligning strategies, policies and support to the industry to meet their needs.

The FRA-WFD survey will allow respondents to provide input to assess the general state of the railroad workforce and provide specific insight to the critical factors necessary to sustain a robust workforce development strategy. Survey questions are grouped by major workforce themes (e.g., aging, diversity, training and the adoption of new technologies). Many questions include space for additional comments to share more information and details. The survey team encourages you to include your thoughts and welcomes this feedback. When concluded, this survey will enable FRA to identify strategies to address workforce challenges and improve collaboration across the railroad industry to align efforts and achieve greater results.

The results of the survey will be compiled and shared in a published report of the survey analysis to be released later in 2017.

Welcome and Introduction

Welcome to the FRA Workforce Development Survey. If you have been invited to complete this survey, you support the railroad industry workforce in some capacity. This includes representation from across railroad companies large and small, passenger and freight. Also included are members of academia, labor unions and industry related associations. Based on this experience, your input is critical to assess the status of the railroad workforce.

This survey will take approximately 20 minutes to complete. The information you provide will be used by FRA to assess the status of the railroad workforce and determine priorities for addressing workforce development challenges and improve collaboration across the industry. The results will be compiled and published for review in 2017.

Please be assured that your responses will be completely anonymous.

Please select the group that best identifies the type of railroad industry organization you represent or belong to.

____ Academia

____ Labor Union

____ Rail Association

____ Class I Passenger

____ Class I Freight

____ Short Line and Regional

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Academia Questions

General Workforce Considerations

The current pool of qualified students that are considering a career in the rail industry appears adequate to meet industry needs.

Strongly Agree – Agree - Not Sure – Disagree - Strongly Disagree - Choose not to respond