Translation help

RobertaKing2

Please translate the occupation of Johann Hytrek, on about the 4th line:

I read hilfs????

Thank you.

https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/4097498:60749?_phsrc=RGM338&_phstart=successSource&gsfn=anna&gsln=hytrek&ml_rpos=1&queryId=b2a29fe96b13b634a018d25b24be57d4

Robert Seal_1

Hello @RobertaKing2,

The occupation written in this record is: Hilfsbremser.

A "Bremser" is a brakeman on a railroad train. A "Hilfsbremser" is an assistant brakeman.