Institution of Railway Signal Engineers (IRSE), London

Buddhadev Dutta Chowdhury

IRSE (Objectives)

• Established in 1912 - The advancement of public benefit of the

science and practice of signalling…… - The maintenance of high standards of practice

and professional care…….• Set up sections to promote all or any of the

objectives• Helps its members to share a common platform

I R S E

• IRSE Exam Committee• IRSE Professional Development Committee• IRSE Membership Committee• IRSE Licensing Committee• IRSE International Technical committee• IRSE a constituent member of Railway

Engineers Forum

Publications

Train-borne Signalling

• On-board signalling complexity

• Working Group published this guidance

- UK regulatory and legal requirements

- Benefit of good competence management

- Making use of existing good practice

- System architectures and interfaces

- Software, data and configuration control

- Identifying task and assessing risk

- Selecting and using competence standards

IRSE Exam workshop

IRSE

• Changing working environment• Introduction of emerging technologies• Review the existing competency framework - Considering whole life cycle (Design,

Operation, Maintenance) - Development of standards, manuals and

guidelines - Implementation of total training

IRSE

• 4400+ members, over 50 countries• IRSE Licence• IRSE Exam• IRSE Forum• IRSE publications including technical reports• Sections actively engaged for professional

development

IRSE

Use the IRSE resources and it’s accumulated knowledge-base as a complementary support to build up an appropriate competency frame-work suitable to build up a strong signalling professional workforce to meet the forth-coming challenges.

IRSE

Many Thanks