Richard Mifsud of the IRSE Australasian section presented on Training and management of signalling competency for railway infrastructure across Aus/NZ – will it ever be simplified? at the IRSEA Technical meeting and AGM in Brisbane on 22 March 2024. This paper was commissioned by Steve Boshier, the IRSE Global President.
Richard’s presentation is available on the IRSE Vimeo channel.
John Skilton, current Chair of the IRSE Australasian section presented on Signalling Globalisation from a New Zealand perspective at an IRSE meeting in Auckland on 15 February 2024. This paper was commissioned by Steve Boshier, the IRSE Global President.
John’s paper was published in the March edition of the IRSE News and the presentation is available on the IRSE Vimeo channel
The next IRSE Australasian Technical Meeting and AGM will be held in Melbourne on 20th to 23rd March 2025.
The theme is Signalling Capability.
The call for papers can be found here.
More details will be available shortly.
The IRSE is the professional institution for all those engaged in or associated with railway signalling and telecommunications, train control, traffic management and allied professions.
The next IRSE international conference is ASPECT 2025, which will be held in Yokohama, Japan on 2-5 December 2025.
More information is available at ASPECT 2025 – Yokohama, Japan.
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The IRSE Australasian Section encourages high achievement in railway signalling, systems and associated disciplines. In recognition of outstanding achievement, service to the IRSE and the railway industry, the Australasian Section together with the Australasian Railway Association (ARA) present the above mentioned award.
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The award is announced at the Australasian Rail Industry Awards.
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The prize for the award is:
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The eligibility conditions are published by the ARA.
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The criteria for the assessment are published by the ARA.
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The Assessment Panel will consist of three people nominated by the Committee of Management.
The award is at the sole discretion of the Assessment Panel. If no applicant is deemed satisfactory, then no award is given. The decision of the Assessment Panel is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
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|
Year |
Name |
Grade of Membership |
State/Country |
Affiliation |
|
1948 |
WF Barton |
Fellow |
New South Wales |
NSW Railways |
|
1949-50-51-52-53-54 |
DJ Fahey |
Fellow |
New South Wales |
NSW Railways |
|
1955-56 |
F Stewart |
Fellow |
Victoria |
Westinghouse Brake & Signal |
|
1957-58-59-60 |
GF Wooley |
Fellow |
Victoria |
Victorian Railways |
|
1961-62-63 |
LP Martin |
Fellow |
New South Wales |
NSW Railways |
|
1964-65 |
HW Bourne |
Fellow |
New South Wales |
NSW Railways |
|
1966-67-68 |
F Jones |
Fellow |
Queensland |
Queensland Railways |
|
1969-70 |
AG Irving |
Fellow |
Victoria |
Victorian Railways |
|
1971-72-73 |
FD Archer |
Fellow |
New South Wales |
NSW Railways |
|
1974 |
KM Hickson |
Fellow |
New South Wales |
NSW Railways |
|
1975-76 |
DE Evans |
Fellow |
Queensland |
Queensland Railways |
|
1977-78 |
HE McCamley |
Member |
New South Wales |
NSW Railways |
|
1979-80 |
JJ Cox |
Fellow |
Victoria |
Victorian Railways |
|
1981-82 |
EC Wooderson |
Fellow |
Queensland |
Queensland Railways |
|
1983-84 |
DJ Both |
Fellow |
South Australia |
South Australian Railways |
|
1985-86 |
J Rees |
Fellow |
New South Wales |
NSW Railways |
|
1987 |
IF Ritchie |
Fellow |
Victoria |
Westinghouse Brake & Signal |
|
1988 |
DE McCauley |
Fellow |
Western Australia |
Westrail |
|
1989 |
RG Cumming |
Fellow |
Victoria |
Victorian Railways |
|
1990 |
JR Cowie |
Fellow |
South Australia |
IRS |
|
1991 |
WBB Johnston |
Fellow |
South Australia |
Australian National |
|
1992 |
RH Detering |
Fellow |
Victoria |
Victorian Railways |
|
1993 |
TJ Ellis |
Fellow |
Queensland |
Queensland Railways |
|
1994 |
FJ Londregan |
Fellow |
New South Wales |
FJL Associates |
|
1995 |
KA Davis |
Fellow |
Victoria |
Connell Wagner |
|
1996 |
FCJ Baker |
Fellow |
New South Wales |
GEC Alsthom |
|
1997 |
RL Legg |
Fellow |
Victoria |
AustSig |
|
1998 |
ML Menadue |
Fellow |
South Australia |
Menadue Associates |
|
1999 |
PR Symons |
Fellow |
New South Wales |
Westinghouse Signals |
|
2000 |
RA Bell |
Fellow |
Victoria |
RAMABell |
|
2001-02 |
LF Brearley |
Fellow |
Queensland |
Union Switch & Signal |
|
2003 |
KI Walker |
Fellow |
New South Wales |
TMG International |
|
2004 |
CR Page |
Fellow |
Victoria |
Westinghouse Signals |
|
2005 |
TG Moore |
Fellow |
New South Wales |
ARTC |
|
2006-07 |
RT Stepniewski |
Fellow |
New South Wales |
United Group Infrastructure |
|
2008-09 |
JJ Aitken |
Member |
New South Wales |
Aitken & Partners |
|
2010-11 |
SW Boshier |
Member |
Victoria |
Invensys Rail |
|
2012-13 |
R Baird |
Fellow |
Victoria |
Rail Networks Consulting |
|
2014-15 |
P McGregor |
Fellow |
New South Wales |
Transport for NSW |
|
2016-17 |
GJ Miller |
Fellow |
Victoria |
Glenn Miller & Associates |
|
2018-19 |
KP Sundareswaran |
Fellow |
New South Wales |
Aurecon |
|
2020-21-22 |
GR Hartwell |
Associate Member |
New South Wales |
WSP |
|
2023 |
JJ Aitken (until July) JT Skilton (after July) |
Fellow Fellow |
New South Wales New Zealand |
Aitken & Partners KiwiRail |
|
2024 |
JT Skilton |
Fellow |
New Zealand |
KiwiRail |
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The IRSE Australasian Section does not offer training courses. However, organisations that offer training courses in Australasia that we are aware of are listed below.
Australasian Railway Association – Rail Signalling Course
Informa – Rail Signalling & Control Fundamentals
The IRSE is a professional body. Therefore, trade work is outside the scope of the IRSE. However, engineers might wish to undertake a trade course as part of their development, or they might manage people who need to undertake a trade course. The principal Australasian trade courses are listed below.
TLI31921 – Certificate III in Mechanical Rail Signalling
Registered Training Organisations approved to deliver this qualification can be found here.
UEE41223 – Certificate IV in Rail Signalling
Registered Training Organisations approved to deliver this qualification can be found here.
Note that the IRSE does not endorse any of the training courses offered by the above organisations. These links are provided here for your convenience only.
If you know of any other organisations that offer training courses, please advise us at communications@irse.org.au.
Note that this page only includes organisations offering training courses that are publicly available. If an organisation only offers training to its own staff, we have not listed them here.
The IRSE provides guidance on planning your professional development.
IRSE members have free access to MyCareerPath, a database for planning, recording and reflecting on your professional development activities.
The IRSE Australasian Section offers the Graduate Diploma of Railway Signalling.
The IRSE also offers the IRSE Professional Exam. Study groups for the IRSE Professional Exam are run as required – contact pec@irse.org.au for further information.
The IRSE Australasian Section does not offer training courses. However, training courses that we are aware of that are offered in Australasia are listed here.
In addition to the education and training mentioned above, the IRSE also provides continuing professional development through:
