Discipline:

Driving

Qualifications:

Train Driving (7587-01)

For:

Drivers of passenger and freight trains of all traction types on the mainline railway, metropolitan and tram systems, engineering trains and heritage railways.  The award is set at Level 2 – fully skilled.

Structure:

The full award requires 8 mandatory units.

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Discipline:

Shunting

Qualifications:

Shunting (7587-02)

For:

Staff involved in shunting rail vehicles and assembling trains.  The award is set at Level 2 – fully skilled.

Structure:

The full award requires 7 mandatory units.

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Discipline:

Signal Operations

Qualifications:

Signal Operations (7587-03)

For:

Staff involved in signalling the movement of trains.  The award is set at Level 2 – fully skilled.

Structure:

The full award requires 8 mandatory units.

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Discipline:

Control Room Operations

Qualifications:

Control Room Operations (7587-04)

For:

Staff involved in railway control room operations. The award is set at Level 2 – fully skilled.

Structure:

The full award requires 9 mandatory and 1 optional unit from 3 available.

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Discipline:

Passenger Service

Qualifications:

Passenger Service (7587-05)

For:

Staff involved in a range of customer facing job roles including gate line, platform edge and ticket office duties on stations as well as conducting and revenue control on board trains. The range of optional units also enable this award to be used for staff engaged in telephone ticket sales, providing information to customers and dealing with complaints. The award is set at Level 2 – fully skilled.

Structure:

The full award requires 5 mandatory units, 1 emergency operations unit from 3 available and 2 optional units from 10 available.

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Discipline:

Supervision of Rail Transport Operations

Qualifications:

Rail Transport Operations (Supervisory) (7589)

For:

Staff involved in a range of supervisory roles in rail transport operations.  This award has a large range of optional units to enable its use for supervisors in all disciplines on stations and in train driving depots and signalling and control rooms.  The award is set at Level 3 – complex or supervisory skills.

Structure:

The full award requires 4 mandatory units and 4 optional units from 24 available.

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Discipline:

Permanent Way

Qualifications:

Levels 1 to 3 in Renewals and Installation (7588-01/02/03)
Levels 1 to 3 in Maintenance (7588-04/05/06)

For:

Staff working within permanent way maintenance / renewals sections of railway infrastructure maintenance companies or divisions. Level 1 describes the basic track work where the worker is under close supervision, Level 2 is for fully skilled track workers and Level 3 describes the work of those undertaking complex or supervisory skills.

Structure:

Full awards require:
Level 1             5 mandatory units
Level 2              5 mandatory and 3 optional units from 4 available
Level 3              7 mandatory and 4 optional units from 10 available

The range of optional units at Levels 2 and 3 enables the awards to be used flexibly to include specialisms within the discipline.

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Discipline:

Signals Engineering

Qualifications:

Level 3 in Installation (7588-07)
Level 3 in Maintenance (7588-08)
Level 3 in Testing (7588-11)

For:

NVQ awards in Signal Engineering are all set at the complex skilled / supervisory level (Level 3) and reflect three main divisions within typical signals engineering activities: installation; maintenance and testing. The awards are aimed at fully skilled signalling engineering professionals and mapped to the IRSE (Institution of Railway Signalling Engineers) international competence licencing scheme. Evidence from IRSE log books and achievements generally meets NVQ requirements.

Structure:

Full awards require:
Installation         7 mandatory units
Maintenance      10 mandatory units for maintenance specific route
                        8 mandatory units for fault finder specific route
Testing  5 mandatory units

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Discipline:

Telecommunications Engineering

Qualifications:

Level 3 in Installation (7588-09)
Level 3 in Maintenance (7588-10)

For:

As with Signal Engineering above, the two Telecommunications Engineering disciplines are set at the complex skilled / supervisory level and mapped to respective IRSE licences. The awards are aimed at fully skilled telecommunications engineering professionals. 

Structure:

Full awards require:
Installation         7 mandatory units
Maintenance      11 mandatory units

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Discipline:

Traction and Rolling Stock

Qualifications:

Levels 2 and 3 in Maintenance (7588-12/13)

For:

Staff working within the traction and rolling stock maintenance sections of train operating and infrastructure maintenance companies.  Level 2 describes the work of fully skilled maintenance workers whilst Level 3 addresses the work of those undertaking complex or supervisory skills. 

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Discipline:

Engineering

Qualifications:

Level 1 in Performing Engineering Operations (2251-11)
Level 2 in Performing Engineering Operations (2251-21/22)

For:

This award suitable for people demonstrating a wide range of engineering skills from maintenance through to design and development. It can be used in the rail industry to cover some engineering job roles that are not covered by the suite of rail engineering awards such as cleaning, adjusting and lubricating engineering components (Level 1) and to underpin apprenticeship training (Level 2). Two routes to Level 2 are provided: -21 is Engineering Practice and -22 is Technical Support, leading on to specialist areas such as engineering drawing, quality control, non-destructive testing, computer control, etc.

Structure:

Full awards require:
Level 1 3 mandatory and 2 optional units from 33 available
Level 2 (-21)       3 mandatory and 3 optional units from 56 available
Level 2 (-22)       3 mandatory and 5 optional units from 10 available

The range of optional units at Levels 1 and 2 enables the awards to be used flexibly to include a broad range of engineering activities.

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Discipline:

Engineering Technical Support

Qualifications:

Level 3 in Engineering Drawing (1686-31)
Level 3 in Quality Control (1686-32)
Level 3 in Non-Destructive Testing (1686-33)
Level 3 in Computer Control Planning (1686-34)
Level 3 in Technical Services (1686-35)

For:

Awards for the specific engineering technical support disciplines shown above.  The -35 Technical Services award provides flexibility and can cover a range of engineering technical support disciplines not covered by those specifically identified.

Structure:

Full awards require:
Level 3 (-31)       3 mandatory and 1 optional unit from 7 available
Level 3 (-32)       3 mandatory and 1 optional unit from 9 available
Level 3 (-33)       3 mandatory and 2 optional units from 9 available
Level 3 (-34)       3 mandatory and 2 optional units from 14 available
Level 3 (-35)       4 mandatory and 4 optional units from 30 available

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Discipline:

Engineering Maintenance

Qualifications:

Level 3 in Engineering Maintenance (1688-01)
Level 3 in Engineering Maintenance (Electrical) (1688-02)
Level 3 in Engineering Maintenance (Electronic) (1688-03)
Level 3 in Engineering Maintenance (Fluid Power) (1688-04)
Level 3 in Engineering Maintenance (Engineered Systems) (1688-05)
Level 3 in Engineering Maintenance (Services Maintenance) (1688-06)
Level 3 in Engineering Maintenance (Lift Servicing) (1688-07)
Level 3 in Engineering Maintenance (Lift Repair) (1688-08)
Level 3 in Engineering Maintenance (Escalator Repair and Service) (1688-09)
Level 3 in Engineering Maintenance (Communication Electronics) (1688-10)

For:

This suite of awards provides engineering maintenance awards at Level 3 for general mechanical, electrical and electronic assets and has been used in the rail industry for the maintenance of pumps and other specialist equipment as well as for the specified pathways shown above, especially those for the maintenance and repair of Lifts and Escalators.

Structure:

Full awards require:
Level 3 (-01)       6 mandatory and 2 optional units from 4 available
Level 3 (-02)       7 mandatory and 2 optional units from 3 available
Level 3 (-03)       7 mandatory units
Level 3 (-04)       6 mandatory and 2 optional units from 3 available
Level 3 (-05)       5 mandatory and 3 optional units from 6 available
Level 3 (-06)       6 mandatory and 3 optional units from 14 available
Level 3 (-07)       7 mandatory units
Level 3 (-08)       8 mandatory units
Level 3 (-09)       8 mandatory units
Level 3 (-10)       6 mandatory and 2 optional units from 8 available

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