Management and Operations
UndergraduateTAS-JEE1522026
Course information for 2026 intake View information for 2025 course intake
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Enrol by
- 28 June 2026
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 12 weeks
- Price from
- $3,401
- Upfront cost
- $0
- Loan available
- HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP available
Management and Operations
About this subject
Upon completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- Demonstrate familiarity with the basic structure and processes involved in management of a railway business and of its assets to provide a business-wide context for the work of the railway infrastructure engineer.
- Describe and explain the principles of train operations to assist with the planning and execution of track possessions.
- Describe and apply the principles of signalling to train operations.
- Apply risk assessment to safely manage rail infrastructure for the public and rail personnel.
- Explain and apply the process for investigating a train incident to help prevent future incidents.
- Introduction to Rail Business Management
- Planning and Responsibilities
- Railway Operations and Services
- Operating the Services
- Signaling - Fixed vs Moving Block
- Automatic Train Protection
- Train Control - Australia
- Future Mobile Communication
- Safety Management
- Incidents; Asset Management
- Managing Incidents
- Investigating Incident Defects
- Investigating Derailments
All track engineering activities and planning are undertaken with the purpose of ensuring a successful, profitable and safe railway business. A significant purpose of the management of the business is to ensure that the maintenance of rail infrastructure is appropriately funded and aligns with the strategic, operational and safety plans of the organisation. Ultimately the goal of all management and track engineering is that trains can run on time, and provide the service for the paying customers. This subject introduces you to management and planning processes in a railway business, and the issues related to train operations, which control or affect the engineer’s work. Because this subject provides you with an overview of management and operations, it is introduced in the first half of the subject, to help you understand the context of the work which you will do as a track engineer.
- Test or Quiz (20%)
- Short Essay Questions - Railway Safe Operation (30%)
- Case Study (50%)
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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-2026 - Diploma of Engineering Infrastructure (Rail Specialisation)
Additional requirements
- Other requirements - Teaching Arrangement: During the semester there are four x 1-hour recorded 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.
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Related degrees
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
Diploma of Engineering Infrastructure (Rail Specialisation)
UndergraduateTAS-ENR-DIP