Rail jobs, staff issues and training

Career advice website for passenger transport industry

12.04.13: Sector skills council People 1st has launched a new website, ‘Careers that Move’, for people looking to work in passenger transport and travel. The website includes an interactive Career Map showing the wide range of roles and c...

Supply management system launched by Balfour Beatty

12.04.13: Balfour Beatty Rail has launched an online supply chain management system for suppliers to allow centralised assessment of people working in its supply chain. The Total Supplier Management Solution (TSMS) is being implemented in partnership...

College partnership to showcase Reading depot

08.04.13: Students will be invited to Reading rail depot as part of the partnership between Network Rail and UTC Reading, a new University Technology College specialising in computer science and engineering. Network Rail is working with the college t...

Sentinel 2

01.04.13: Darren Gamage, technology services director at Mitie Total Security Management, spoke to RTM about the contract with Network Rail for the new Sentinel scheme to promote identification and management of track workers and ensure their safety. ...

Firing up the next generation

01.04.13: RTM attended iRail 2013, and was struck by the enthusiasm of young students in tackling rail challenges. Kate Ashley reports from the event and gets a view on the issue from keynote speaker Peter Dearman, head of energy at Network Rail. The...

RMT wins 3.85% LOROL pay deal

25.03.13: A 3.85% pay deal has been agreed between the RMT union and London Overground Rail Operations Ltd (LOROL) for 2013. The four-year award will see members receive inflation (RPI) plus 0.5% for years 2, 3 and 4. The RMT said the “con...

New apprentices for SWT and Network Rail

15.03.13: The South West Trains – Network Rail alliance is seeking applications for five new apprentices, to start in September 2013. The apprentices will receive training in customer services, train and infrastructure maintenance, engineering...

Domestic violence policy launched for rail industry

08.03.13: Rail union RMT has launched a new model domestic violence policy framework for the UK transport industry today – International Women’s Day. At the annual women’s conference in Nottingham, the RMT will outline principles fo...

Rail industry comes together to support SkillsID

08.03.13: NSARE got enthusiastic support for its new SkillsID database for railway workers at a busy launch event in London yesterday. Senior figures representing Network Rail, Transport for London, Crossrail, rail contractors, rolling stock manufact...

30 new apprenticeships launched for Nexus

07.03.13: Nexus is creating 30 new apprenticeship posts over the next three years, in a major expansion of its engineering training programme. The apprenticeships will be delivered in partnership in Gateshead College. Recruitment is now underway...

1,000 applications for FirstGroup graduate scheme

28.02.13: FirstGroup’s UK graduate scheme has attracted 1,000 applications this year, for just 15 places. Graduates will begin working across FirstGroup’s bus and rail operations from September, where they will undertake a comprehensive w...

Forecasting the need for jobs and skills across the rail industry

28.02.13: One of NSARE’s major projects over the past year has been producing a skills forecasting model for the entire industry. RTM discusses its findings with NSARE chief executive Gil Howarth. In March 2012, the ORR commissioned the Na...

iRail ‘opened my eyes to the rail industry’

27.02.13: Students and rail industry professionals are gearing up for iRail in Derby next month. Among those attending are Derby College Rail Engineering students, who will be taking part in skills competitions and careers workshops at the event on T...

Fourth iRail event to be held in Derby

07.02.13: iRail is returning for its fourth year on March 12 at the Derby Roundhouse. The event, supported by RTM, sees industry professionals come together with school pupils to boost engagement and encourage young people to choose a career in rail....

Skills gap ‘threatens’ future rail projects – RMT

30.01.13: A failure to invest in training and apprenticeships is leading to a shortage of skilled staff, rail union RMT has warned today. This skills gap could threaten the timetables for future rail projects, such as Crossrail and HS2. NSARE fo...