---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 214.349"
title: "49"
number: "214.349"
heading: "Training and qualification of watchmen/lookouts."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/214.349"
---

# §214.349. Training and qualification of watchmen/lookouts.

- (a) The training and qualification for roadway workers assigned the duties of watchmen/lookouts shall include, as a minimum, consideration of the following factors:
  - (1) **Detection and recognition of approaching trains.**
  - (2) **Effective warning of roadway workers of the approach of trains.**
  - (3) Determination of the distance along the track at which trains must be visible in order to provide the prescribed warning time.
  - (4) **Rules and procedures of the railroad to be used for train approach warning.**
- (b) Initial and periodic (as specified by [§ 243.201](/cfr/49/243.201.md) of this chapter) qualification of a watchman/lookout shall be evidenced by demonstrated proficiency.

## Notes

### Amendments

[61 FR 65976, Dec. 16, 1996, as amended at 81 FR 37890, June 10, 2016]

### Source

Source: 61 FR 65976, Dec. 16, 1996, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 20102-20103, 20107, 21301-21302, 31304; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note; and 49 CFR 1.89.

### Source

Source: 57 FR 28127, June 24, 1992, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[61 FR 65976, Dec. 16, 1996, as amended at 81 FR 37890, June 10, 2016]