Reference Quantity: ST0317
Particulars of normal
Occupational Profile
Rail Engineering Operatives present help to Rail Technicians and Engineers. The engineering disciplines cowl the next areas of “The Railway” (infrastructure and trains); monitor (together with minor works), electrification, overhead line, signalling, telecommunications and traction & rolling inventory. Apprentices will undertake the core studying and likewise specialize in one specific self-discipline.
These working inside the occupation of Rail Engineering are accountable for the protected building, set up, upkeep and renewal of The Railway to supply a protected and dependable Railway for patrons. The Rail Business has a excessive stage of security crucial work actions requiring a disciplined and accountable method.
Job titles embody: Observe Operative, Overhead Line Operative, Electrification Operative, Traction & Rolling Inventory Operative, Signalling Operative, Telecoms Operative.
A Rail Engineering Operative may fit on website or in a depot or in a technical workplace. Their work might contain:
- Aiding within the building, set up, renewal, enhancement and modification of The Railway.
- Aiding with fault discovering and prognosis to stop or deal with gear failures.
- Upkeep and alternative of parts.
- Aiding in practical and operational testing and inspection of The Railway utilizing specialist gear.
For these Rail Engineering Operatives who’ve the flexibility and drive there may be a variety of additional improvement and profession development alternatives inside Rail Engineering.
Particular person employers will set the choice standards for his or her Apprenticeships. Employers who recruit candidates with out English or Maths at Grade C or above should be certain that the candidate achieves a stage 1 English and Maths and take the take a look at for stage 2 previous to taking the top level evaluation.
Core Information
Inside a Rail context all Rail Engineering Operatives have to learn about:
Safe and Skilled working practices together with laws, regulation, trade procedures and security necessities.
The common engineering strategies required to help the upkeep, renewal and building of The Railway.
Find out how to work successfully and contribute to engineering options together with consciousness of the significance of third social gathering requirement and the necessity to perceive and cling to company insurance policies on ethics, equality and variety.
Awareness of business ideas relevant to The Railway, and the implications of those.
Core Abilities. Inside a Rail context all Rail Engineering Operatives want to have the ability to:
Hold themselves and others protected by adhering to protected working practices. Perceive and adjust to statutory laws and organisational security necessities, together with protected entry to work areas.
Prepare for a excessive customary of technical work: Gathering and deciphering data together with drawings, plans and schedules wanted for rail engineering actions and put together the work location.
Ship a excessive customary of technical work: Undertake engineering actions in relation to upkeep, building / set up and or renewal of property. Take duty for their very own work on finishing related integrity and compliance checks. Reinstate the work space after engineering exercise.
Determine and report issues: Determine, recognise and escalate appropriately widespread issues.
Use assets together with the right utilisation and storage of instruments, supplies and gear, and the lifting and shifting of supplies, parts and gear.
Talk successfully. Use oral, written, digital and IT primarily based strategies and programs for the correct communication and reporting & recording of technical and different data, utilizing appropriate phrases, requirements, templates and certifications.
Specific Information & Abilities
As well as, for the self-discipline they’re following, Operatives may have the next particular information and abilities concerning totally different strategies and strategies used to assemble, set up, keep and renew The Railway.
Track. Perceive the related tolerances for monitor set up, particular strategies and strategies for monitor inspection, upkeep and alternative, what constitutes a monitor defect or variation, monitor work directions, scorching climate restrictions and excessive climate plans. In a position to restore monitor geometry faults by guide restore of property as a part of a group. Below path, restore plain line monitor geometry, rail switches and crossings, and the place applicable conductor rail programs, to operational situation and keep the monitor and its surroundings together with vegetation and drainage.
Electrification. Perceive electrical and digital principals. Below path: help in upkeep and set up of railway electrification gear and parts; help in isolation and earthing {of electrical} programs at totally different voltages and frequencies, engaged on stay battery & inverter programs and sustaining substation plant.
Overhead Strains. Perceive mechanical ideas and building design. Comply with directions to assemble overhead line parts consistent with detailed specification, utilizing lifting and entry gear whereas working at heights.
Signalling. Perceive operate and traits of railway signalling programs, together with electrical, digital and mechanical ideas. Below path: set up & wire signalling or management programs; set up place and label gear & parts & cables appropriately; undertake set up integrity checks; help in testing of parts & gear in accordance with take a look at specs & plans; keep and rectify sign management programs gear.
Telecoms. Perceive ideas of digital units, circuits, knowledge and communications gear. Below path undertake the actions of set up, deliberate preventative upkeep and upkeep testing actions on operational railway telecoms programs and set up compliance with drawings and specs. Perceive the varieties of operational constraints when finishing up telecoms set up and upkeep actions.
Trmotion & Rolling Inventory (T&RS). Perceive car design, building, upkeep and operation. Below path, perform preventative and scheduled upkeep actions and comply with car upkeep directions on T&RS mechanical, electrical, fluid energy and digital communication gear together with making certain car trim, ancillary gear and fittings are secured and in good order, verify subsystems are working appropriately. Help with the set up of T&RS gear.
Behaviours
All Rail Engineering Technicians are anticipated to show the next behaviours:
- Act professionally demonstrating dependability, dedication, honesty and integrity. Respect others, act ethically and contribute to sustainable improvement.
- Be danger conscious in order to assist scale back dangers by checking of knowledge, focus on the duty, and consciousness of adjusting circumstances on exercise.
- Show a self-disciplined, self-motivated, proactive method to work, in a position to make impartial choices while understanding one’s limitations and when to ask for assist or to escalate.
- Worokay reliably and safely, often with out shut supervision, to authorised trade requirements and protected working practices.
- Worokay successfully and effectively, individually and as a part of a group, sustaining efficient relationships with colleagues, purchasers, suppliers and the general public.
- Receptive to suggestions, prepared to be taught new abilities and modify to alter. Finishing up and report CPD obligatory to take care of and improve competence.
- Prepared to make a private dedication to their employer, the trade and its skilled requirements.
Qualifications:
- Stage 2 Rail Engineering (Competence)
- Stage 2 Rail Engineering (Technical Information)
Period
The period for this apprenticeship is a minimal of 12 months
Level
This can be a Stage 2 Apprenticeship.
Evaluation
The Apprenticeship Commonplace will probably be reviewed after 3 years.
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