Industry Training Articles and Insights

Railway Rosters – hidden costs in Route Qualification Train Driver Training

Rostering train drivers in railway operations is a highly exacting process with costs and consequences when things need to change. There is high levels of inertia and scrutiny by unions in relation to Enterprise Bargaining Agreements, and high overtime and penalties if this change. When managing railway training for route inductions with changed track conditions …

Dr. Ben Guy

Route Familiarisation with Drone Video: Why It Does Not Work.

In discussions with a major railway operator in Australia, the Head of Training and capability development for rail training had the idea to use drones to capture footage of the new railway, save some dollars, and familiarise their staff ahead of time. Unfortunately the approach didn’t work, with a highly unsatisfactory product unable to be …

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12 month Railway Route Qualifications – what are the costs to a freight rail operator?

Slow Railway route familiarisation can be a major bottleneck to growth. Existing staff may need to move to new routes on the network. New staff may need to be route qualified. Changed track conditions may require re-qualification of previously qualified drivers. The length of time it is taking using traditional means to achieve route qualifications …

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Technical Empathy in Operational Readiness: Train Driver and Train Controllers

Adaptive training and induction in dynamic scenarios is increasingly critical – from defence to construction to railway operations. The best are using CGI training – such as this example from Melbourne, Australia for Train Driver and Train Controller Training programmes. The Rail Pilot-Train Controller Training Disconnect Rail pilots and train controllers have critical roles in …

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Avoid the Silo Effect with Better Collaboration using Interactive Digital Technology

The Silo Effect can cost your organisation millions of dollars. Deploying integrated interactive digital workflows has transformed many organisations into efficient, high performance systems.

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The benefits of eLearning for employee training and development

Insights for elearning and operator training with digital twins, BIM and simulation as digital learning education tools to support compliance, communication, productivity and staff engagement across your workforce.

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Training Catch-Up from COVID with limited resources – how to do it?

There is a labour shortage caused by COVID. There is much to do and not enough people to do it. Coupled with this, large companies are aggressively poaching and headhunting staff, consuming smaller organizations as well as actively encroaching on competitors. Upskilling resources to be better trained with higher confidence and a greater ability to manage multiple situations, particularly in industrial environments, has never been more critical.

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When to use which training tool? Physical, VR and Desktop Simulations in Training

What is the right tech for learning, training and development in simulation? A summary of the different learning capabilities each simulation technology can provide given the project context.

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Operational Readiness Planning Facilitation for Rail Systems and Human Factors

A major challenge in this project was significant noise restrictions, inhibiting the traditional method for alerting personnel to train movement; the sounding of the train horn. To ensure continued safe operations during train preparation, the client proposed an innovative Ground Based Warning System (GBWS) consisting of audible and visual warnings.

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