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Track Maintenance and Applications

UndergraduateTAS-JEE1542025

Course information for 2025 intake View information for 2024 course intake

Study method
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Assessments
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Enrol by
13 July 2025
Entry requirements
Part of a degree
Duration
14 weeks
Start dates
21 July 2025,
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Price from
$3,239
Upfront cost
$0
Loan available
HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP available

Track Maintenance and Applications

About this subject

  • Upon successful completion of this subject, the students should be able to:

    1. Plan and manage operations for maintaining rails and special trackwork to ensure efficient deployment of railway resources.
    2. Determine when, why and how ballast should be maintained for the safe operation of trains.
    3. Identify and describe track drainage problems and determine appropriate methods for their rectification to help prevent rapid deterioration of the track structure.
    4. Communicate with stakeholders in a railway business to ensure the effective operation of the business.
    5. Plan interfaces and inputs for rail track projects.
    6. Work in a team to prepare recommendations in response to a major track maintenance incident for a professional audience.

Entry requirements

Part of a degree

To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:

Core

  • TAS-ENR-DIP-2025 - Diploma of Engineering Infrastructure (Rail Specialisation)

Prior study

You must either have successfully completed the following subject(s) before starting this subject, or currently be enrolled in the following subject(s) in a prior study period; or enrol in the following subject(s) to study prior to this subject:

Please note that your enrolment in this subject is conditional on successful completion of these prerequisite subject(s). If you study the prerequisite subject(s) in the study period immediately prior to studying this subject, your result for the prerequisite subject(s) will not be finalised prior to the close of enrolment. In this situation, should you not complete your prerequisite subject(s) successfully you should not continue with your enrolment in this subject. If you are currently enrolled in the prerequisite subject(s) and believe you may not complete these all successfully, it is your responsibility to reschedule your study of this subject to give you time to re-attempt the prerequisite subject(s).

Additional requirements

  • Other requirements - Teaching Arrangement: During the semester there are four 1-hour web conferences.

Study load

0.125 EFTSL
This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.

Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.

Find out more information on Commonwealth Loans to understand what this means to your eligibility for financial support.

Related degrees

Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses

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