Rail Infrastructure Engineering
Rail engineering technicians provide technical support to rail engineers. The engineering disciplines cover the following areas of “the railway” (infrastructure and trains); track (including minor works), overhead line, electrification, signalling, telecommunications, traction & rolling stock and rail systems.
Content:
Year 1
- Complying with statutory regulations and organisational safety requirements
- Working efficiently and effectively in an engineering environment
- Using and communicating technical information
- Wiring and testing electrical equipment and circuits
- Maintaining mechanical devices and equipment
- Wiring and testing programmable controller based systems
- Working in the rail engineering industry
- Engineering technology principles
- Rail engineering
- Working safely within rail engineering
- Mathematics for engineering technicians
Year 2
- Electrical and electronic principles
- Mechanical principles
- Rail overground vehicle traction and associated systems
- Rail overground passenger comfort, safety and security
- Electrical and electronic principles
- Functions and characteristics of railway signalling systems
- Signalling technologies
- Telecommunications technologies
- Mechanical principles
- Railway infrastructure construction and maintenance
- Rail technologies
- Functions and characteristics of railway signalling systems
Year 3
- Engineering solutions and innovation within the rail industry
- Units are dependent on options from traction and rolling stock, signalling and telecommunications or track. Further units dependent on employer choice.
Duration:
The duration of this apprenticeship is approximately 36 months.
Location and study format:
The course will be held at procat tuca campus and studied on a mixture of block and day release.
Entry requirements:
GCSE grades 5 (or c) in maths and english.
Level:
The apprenticeship standard is at level 3.
Qualifications:
Level 2 diploma in performing engineering operations
Level 2 rail engineering operative
Level 3 rail engineering technician
Professional registration:
On completion the apprentice will have satisfied the requirements for registration as an engineering technician by the relevant professional engineering institutions.
Progression:
It is possible to progress onto a higher apprenticeship or hnc in mechanical, electrical or electronic systems engineering on completion of this apprenticeship.
Funding band:
This apprenticeship is in funding band 15 with a funding cap of £27,000.
For more information on how apprenticeship funding works for your organisation, click here.
Documents:

Apprenticeship standard for a rail
engineering operative
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Assessment plan for a rail engineering
operative
PDF, 548KB, 13 pages
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Apprenticeship standard for a rail
engineering technician
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Assessment plan for a rail engineering
Technician
PDF, 692KB, 20 pages
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Apprenticeship standard for a rail
engineering advanced technician
PDF, 63.8KB, 3 pages
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Assessment plan for a rail engineering
advanced technician
PDF, 690KB, 19 pages
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Levy Calculator
Total Payroll (£):
0.5% levy charge: 75000
Less £15,000 allowance: 60000
10% top up to your Levy charge: 6000
If each apprentice costs £15,000 over 3 years (on average), this equals £5,000 per apprentice per year. With the allowance and top up value of £66,000 you would get value for money by hiring 12 apprentices.
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