Diploma of Rail Operations Management - TLI50621

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Description

This is a qualification for a person engaged in the management of rail operations. This qualification requires the self-directed application of knowledge and skills, with substantial depth in some areas where judgement is required in planning and selecting appropriate equipment, services and techniques for self and others.

Application involves participation in developing strategic initiatives as well as personal responsibility and autonomy in performing or organising others to carry out complex technical operations. It may include participation in teams, including those concerned with planning and evaluation functions. Group or team coordination may be involved.

Job roles

Job roles and titles vary across different sectors. Possible job titles relevant to this qualification include:

network controller

passenger services manager

rail freight manager

rail maintenance manager

rail operations manager.

No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this qualification at the time of publication.

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Student Outcomes

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Satisfied with Training

Percentage of graduates in the Engineering and Related Technologies field who were satisfied with the training (Diploma).

Improved Work Status

Percentage of graduates in the Engineering and Related Technologies field who started/expanded a business or who have a new job, more highly skilled work, a promotion or higher pay (Diploma).

Salary

The middle of the range of salaries earned by graduates in the Engineering and Related Technologies field starting their first ever full-time job after graduating (Diploma).

Jobs

Graduates of the Engineering and Related Technologies field (Diploma) are most often employed as:

30.3%

Technicians and Trades Workers

28.3%

Professionals

8.6%

Labourers

Industries

Graduates of the Engineering and Related Technologies field (Diploma) are most often employed in:

21.8%

Transport, Postal and Warehousing

14.4%

Mining

10.7%

Construction

All statistics are supplied by the National Centre for Vocational Education Research.

Financial Assistance

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There are programs for all kinds of students; apprentices and trainees, new job starters, those re-entering the workforce, retraining for a new job or upgrading their skills for an existing job.

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Subsidised Training

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Career Information

Career development is the ongoing process of managing your life, learning and work. It involves developing the skills and knowledge that enable you to plan and make informed decisions about your education, training and career choices.

Transport and Logistics Career Pathway

Diploma of Rail Operations Management is in the Engineering and Related Technologies Field of Education. For more information about this kind of career, you can explore Transport and Logistics.

Stream

Rail Operations

Rail Infrastructure

Certificate II

Certificate III

Certificate IV

Diploma

Advanced Diploma

Other courses in this pathway

Stream

Driving Operations and Road Transport

Supply Chain

Stevedoring

Materiel Logistics

Certificate II

Administrative Clerk

Certificate III

Certificate IV

Stevedore Shift Manager

Diploma

Fleet Manager (Buses)

Advanced Diploma

Note: Information provided as a guide only. Chart developed by the Australian Apprenticeships & Traineeships Information Service (aapathways.com.au). Information in this chart may be reproduced with acknowledgement of its source: "The Australian Apprenticeships & Traineeships Information Service (aapathways.com.au/jpc) funded by the Australian Government Department of Employment and Workplace Relations".

Australian Apprenticeships

Australian Apprenticeships (also known as apprenticeships and traineeships) combine work with training in a nationally recognised qualification. Australian Apprenticeships are available to anyone of working age and offer opportunities to learn new skills and be paid in over 500 different jobs.

This qualification is available as an Australian Apprenticeship in the states and territories highlighted in blue on the map. For more information go to the Australian Apprenticeships Pathways website.

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Units & Packaging

A total of 14 units of competency comprising: 8 core units listed below, plus 2 units within one of the Groups A to H specialist elective unit groups (job roles) listed below, plus 4 general elective units from Group I general elective units listed below or from the remaining units not already selected from a specialist elective group. Up to 2 of the general elective units may be selected from any relevant nationally endorsed Training Package. The general elective units must contribute to the vocational outcomes of the qualification. Where imported units are selected, care must be taken to ensure that all prerequisite units specified in the unit are complied with.
Core units
AHCWHS502	Manage work health and safety processes
TLIE4032	Use internal communication systems for rail industry regulatory compliance
TLIF4104	Manage change in the rail safety environment
TLIF4107	Respond to notifiable rail safety occurrences
TLIF5021	Apply rail safeworking rules and procedures
TLIL5066	Apply rail resource management principles
TLIW5001	Apply rail communications systems
TLIW5002	Manage rail assets and interfaces
Specialist elective units
Group A: Rail Operations
TLIL5073	Manage train crewing and rostering
TLIW5004	Manage train planning
Group B: Yard Operations
TLIB0013	Apply knowledge of rail operation fundamentals in yards or sidings
TLIL5069	Manage a rail yard or terminal
Group C: Passenger Operations
TLIL5071	Manage rail passenger operations
TLIL5073	Manage train crewing and rostering
Group D: Freight/Heavy Haul Operations
TLIL5019	Implement and monitor transport logistics
TLIL5070	Manage rail freight operations
Group E: Network Control
TLIF5024	Develop plans for emergency response and recovery of rail networks
TLIW5003	Manage rail network control systems
Group F: Rail Safety
TLIF4100	Identify and meet rail safety regulatory compliance requirements
TLIF4101	Implement and maintain a rail safety culture
Group G: Maintenance Operations
TLIB5010	Plan and implement maintenance schedules
TLIL5072	Manage rail yard operations
Group H: Incident Management
TLIF0045	Investigate rail safety incidents
TLIF5023	Undertake a derailment investigation
Group I: General elective units
BSBHRM524	Coordinate workforce plan implementation
BSBOPS403	Apply business risk management processes
BSBOPS505	Manage organisational customer service
BSBPMG427	Apply project procurement procedures
BSBPRC504	Manage a supply chain
PSPHRM013	Implement workforce planning and succession strategies
PSPPCM010	Manage procurement risk
PSPSEC025	Manage security awareness
TLIF0009	Ensure the safety of transport activities (Chain of Responsibility)
TLIF0013	Manage the impact of human capabilities/limitations on human performance in a rail environment
TLIF4064	Manage fatigue management policy and procedures
TLIF4086	Control and coordinate incident responses
TLIF5022	Develop and manage fitness for work policy and procedures
TLIL4069	Plan and coordinate protection for multiple worksites within limits of a work on track authority
TLIL0027	Ensure competency of rail safety workers
TLIL5065	Roster train crews
TLIO5005	Plan and manage security procedures for the enterprise
TLIP5035	Manage budgets and financial plans
TLIP5036	Manage assets
TLIR5005	Manage a contract
TLIU4001	Implement and monitor environmental protection policies and procedures

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