<span class="" id="parent-fieldname-description"> The Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC) has taken out an international award for a re-sleepering internal training video. </span> <p>The video, which demonstrates some of ARTC’s core roles, works and practices during a recent major concrete re-sleepering project on the Hunter Valley coal network, won the Certificate of Creative Excellence for ‘Internal Training’ at the US International Film and Video Festival, just months after the same video took out the Best Education and Training award at the Australian Video Producers Association Awards.</p><p>ARTC said the video takes viewers throughout the stages of the project from strategic planning to implementation to give an in-depth look at what it takes to effectively upgrade the network.</p><p>“ARTC is committed to continue exploring innovative and new ways to improving the way we do things to help ensure the Hunter Valley coal rail network is at its safest, most efficient and productive,” ARTC executive general manager for the Hunter Valley Alec Mackenzie said.</p><p>“Our customers expect us to take the best possible approach to maintaining and operating the coal rail network which supports the world’s largest export coal port – and it’s great that initiatives like this video have been recognised on the world stage.”</p><p>Mackenzie said keeping staff engaged using relevant, real-world and ARTC specific examples was important.</p><p>Newcastle-based video production company Good Eye Deer produced the training video.</p><p>“ARTC gave us the creative freedom to take this training film to a world class standard,” explained Good Eye Deer creative director Gavin Banks. “For the concrete re-sleepering video we used cinematic techniques, in both photography and story structure, to create a film that revealed information in an engaging way.”</p>
