(Rail CRC)

Post Graduate Course in Railway Signalling

Post Graduate Program
in Railway Engineering

The Co-operative Research Centre for Railway Engineering and Technologies (Rail CRC) has developed a post graduate program in Railway Signalling.IRSE members played a major role in the development of the program content.

The program has been developed to fill a need for competent railway signalling practitioners by providing a structured, broadly based, signal engineering course for recent entrants into the signalling profession. The program is being delivered by Central Queensland University with annual
intakes commencing with a two day induction during February.

The program has been running since 2004. Key features of this program are:

• Award of Graduate Diploma after two years

• Award of Graduate Certificate after one year

• Distance learning with a two day face to face induction

• Emphasis on application of theory to local practice

• Emphasis on learning through projects and co-operative learning teams

• Continuous assessment

• Supported by the IRSE

• Annual Intake Requires support by employer and access to an industry mentor

Latest Information-Diploma accepted for IRSE Membership

As most in the signalling industry will be aware, the IRSE Australasian section has invested a lot of effort in developing and supporting the Graduate Diploma in Signalling, run by the Central Queensland University.

As part of that initiative, we have been working with the IRSE Council in the UK to get the diploma accepted as the basis of an application for full corporate membership of the IRSE, in the same way that passing the IRSE examinations are accepted. The IRSE Aus committee continues to support the IRSE exam for those who may find it more suited to their needs but we believe that the CQU Diploma warrants an equivalent status. We are therefore delighted to report that at its meeting of the 29th March 2006, the Council resolved to accept a Pass grade in the CQU course as a suitable equivalent to passing the IRSE exam.

We are absolutely delighted with this decision as it is the result of considerable effort to formally demonstrate the credentials of the Diploma course. We hope that this decision will further encourage students to enrol in the Diploma and to continue their professional development through participating in IRSE activities as corporate members.

Railway Telecommunications Course

The highley successful Post Graduate Program in Railway Signalling has now been expanded to include a course in Railway Telecommunications.

Railway Telecommunictions is being offered in Term 3 of 2007 (Commencing November 2007). It may be taken as a stand alone course or as an optional coruse in the Certificate or Diploma

Get the Brochure

Go to the Rail CRC webside (http://www.railcrc.com.au) for further information and look under Education & Training/Postgraduate Courses in Railway Engineering and follow the link to PD in Railway Signalling.