The new Alstom Academy for Rail at WidnesLeading the future, inspiring the best

Academy for Rail

The new Alstom Academy for Rail will support up to 65 apprenticeship places in its first year, 30 of which are upskilling places for our current Alstom employees. By year 3 we aim to deliver up to 15,000 training days per year covering a wide spectrum of sector relevant subjects, short-courses and recognised qualifications to address the current and future skills shortage challenges in the UK rail industry.

Our mission:

• To be the key strategic enabler to support modernisation and innovation in the industry and the supply chain, offer world class training facilities, attracting the best talent and delivering tomorrow’s future leaders

• To become globally recognised for vocational skills development in transport, pioneering with apprenticeships, leadership within service, manufacturing and operational environments and digital advancements preparing the way for the digital railway and the multi-sector integrated/ seamless transport systems of tomorrow

• To be at the forefront of addressing productivity in the rail industry through thought leadership and taking action

Alstom Academy for Rail provides a wide range of training and people development courses, to assist and improve the qualification and skill levels of the wider UK rail sector. Based in the state of the art North West Transport Technology Centre, the UK’s largest Modernisation Facility, the Alstom Academy for Rail opens in September 2017.

Courses and QualificationsAlstom Academy for Rail can deliver a range of qualifications and short-courses including the following subjects:

Safe Railway Operations

• Fork Lift Truck Training• First Aid at Work• Rail Fire Warden• Lifting Operations• ATOC Personal Track Safety

Technical Training

Rolling Stock Maintenance including: • Sub-System Schematics

(Air, Electrical etc)• Axle Bearing Maintenance• NVQ Level 2 or 3 in

Engineering Maintenance• Bradshaw Electric Truck• Quick Response Quality

Control

Production & Servicing including: • Cabling and Termination

Techniques• Electronic Repair• Paint and Re-Paint

Digital & Signalling

• Advanced Signalling Technology

• ERTMS UK Application• Intermediate Signalling

Technology Control Tables (ISTCT)

• Introduction to Signalling• Mod 5 – Test Assistant• Axle Counter Appreciation• Fault Finding

Leadership & Management

• Project Management - Prince 2 - APMP

• Change Management• L2 or L3 Certificate in

Leadership and Management

• L3 Certificate in Coaching & Mentoring

• Non-Technical Skills for Managers

• Business Improvement Techniques

• Lean Methodologies for Rail: - Manufacturing - Service - Process

Consultancy

• Training Needs Analysis• Competency Management• Train the Trainer• Bespoke In-House Training• Training Design• Course Creation (online/

offline)• Quality Assurance of

Training

Alstom’s investment in the Academy for Rail will address the skills shortage in the rail industry and help to train and harness innovation in a world class environment for the rail engineers of the future and the move to the Digital Railway.

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Alstom Academy for Rail

• Wide range of Training for the UK rail sector including Suppliers, Customers and Alstom Employees

• Apprenticeship training available to the sector from summer 2018 to assist with your recruitment and up-skilling planning

• In collaboration with carefully selected partners, offering focus on digital technologies, business improvement and skills for workforce agility

• Providing the next generation of professionals in engineering, operations, management and supply chain for the rail sector

• Working with schools and colleges locally and regionally and supporting STEM and sustainability challenges

Mike Hulme, Director of Trains &Modernisation, Alstom UK & Ireland.

With the introduction of the Apprenticeship Levy, the Academy provides a fantastic opportunity for Alstom and other rail sector employers in the region to address the skills shortage and future technology training requirements for the rail industry, both nationally and regionally with the additional opportunities that HS2 will create in the North West.

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”Dave Millett, Head of Academy

ALSTOM UK & IRELAND AT A GLANCE

Alstom has been part of the rail industry here for over a century. One third of all daily passenger rail journeys in the UK are on an Alstom train.

Projects Ongoing

• Services: Alstom maintains and overhauls the entire UK & Ireland Pendolino, Northern Line and Citadis fleets, plus a range of other rolling stock.

• Crossrail: The Alstom-led ATC joint venture is

currently fitting out 21km of twin Crossrail tunnels under London.

• Signalling: Alstom is delivering innovative new

solutions to provide signalling for Crossrail outside the main tunnel, and is delivering Network Rail’s Bristol Area Signalling Renewal & Enhancement.

• Electrification: The ABC consortium is the UK’s

biggest electrification provider, currently working on the Edinburgh Glasgow Improvement Project.

Other Key UK & Ireland Sites:

ManchesterServicing and heavy overhaul of Pendolino mainline trains, along with other vehicles.

DublinServicing of LUAS Citadis trams.

BorehamwoodHeadquarters for signalling and infrastructure business.

Key figures

We employ 3,200, spread across the UK and Ireland.

We work with 1,200 local suppliers, contributing to the UK and Ireland‘s economy.

Nearly 1 million passengers travel on an Alstom Northern Line metro train every day.

34 million passengers use our Pendolinos with Virgin Trains every year.

Alstom Academy for Rail

Lovels Way

WIDNES WA8 8WQ

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