200208 – Brearley – Developing a Railway Signalling Course for Australia – Update on CRC Progress

The change in industry structure of the past decade has had a significant impact on the training of engineers in railway signal and telecommunications. The change from large government owned organisations to multiple, smaller, privately owned organisations has created a vacuum in the industry in Australia for the delivery of specialist signalling training.

The current age profile of signal engineers in Australia indicates that there will be a shortage
of competent signal engineering staff at a time when there will be significant renewal and new
installation work. This increases the priority of providing suitable courses that are generally
available to the industry.