The Victorian government has teamed up with the rail industry to provide engineering graduates an opportunity to be involved in the state’s biggest rail developments.
The Rail Signalling Engineer Cadet Program is to provide engineering graduates and qualified graduates a three-year paid position and work experience.
As part of the program, a Graduate Certificate and a Graduate Diploma of Railway Signalling Systems are also being offered at the Newport Rail Academy.
The courses were developed over the last six months by the government in partnership with rail industry operators and organisations including Metro, V/Line, United Group Limited, Aurecon Group, and Siemens Limited, along with accreditation guidance from Box Hill Institute.
The newly recruited cadets will receive on-the-job training working on the Metro Tunnel Project and the Level Crossing Removal Project. Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews and public transport minister Jacinta Allan recently met with the first intake of signalling cadets at the Newport Rail Academy.
“We’re using our big public transport projects to build the jobs of the future – right here in Victoria,” public transport minister Jacinta Allan said.
“We’re giving Victorians the skills, opportunities and experience they need, while we deliver the major transport projects passengers need.”