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Industry prepares for Rail Careers Week

<span class="" id="parent-fieldname-description"> The next generation of Australian rail workers needs to be found, and the Australasian Railway Association’s annual Rail Careers Week is set for September 8 through 14, with a number of events planned targeted at increasing public interest in a job in rail. </span> <div>“Rail is a major National Industry, employing more than 110,000 people in a wide range of occupations, disciplines and professions,” the ARA’s Rail Careers website says.<br /><br />“More than 170 companies comprising private and public operators, passenger and freight operators, track owners and managers, manufacturers and suppliers operate in urban, regional, and rural areas of Australia.”<br /><br />The annual rail week, in a similar vein to the recent Rail Safety Week, is aimed at targeting schools and other community centres to raise awareness of the rail industry.<br /><br />Brookfield and John Holland will partner in WA for the Bringing our Daughters to Work day, targeting females aged 16-20 to boost the industry’s female workforce.<br /><br />In NSW, Downer will show off its capabilities and services, with the company’s apprentices on hand to share their stories to potential new recruits.<br /><br />CF Asia Pacific will also provide an industry presentation, to which local schools have been invited, at its Golbourn workshop.<br /><br />More information is available at www.railcareers.net.au