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Management and Operations

Undergraduate | TAS-JEE152 | 2024

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Assessments
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Enrol by
14 July 2024
Entry requirements
Part of a degree
Duration
14 weeks
Start dates
22 July 2024

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$3,085

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Management and Operations

About this subject

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

    1. 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.
    2. Describe and explain the principles of train operations to assist with the planning and execution of track possessions.
    3. Describe and apply the principles of signalling to train operations.
    4. Apply risk assessment to safely manage rail infrastructure for the public and rail personnel.
    5. Explain and apply the process for investigating a train incident to help prevent future incidents.

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-2024 - Diploma of Engineering Infrastructure (Rail Specialisation)

Additional requirements

  • Other requirements - Teaching Arrangement: 1 x lecture 120 minutes weekly; 1 x tutorial 120 minutes weekly.

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

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