You can complete one short course as a standalone credential or stack multiple to build towards a full postgraduate degree at Deakin. Want to know more?
Course overview
This short course will equip you with the essential knowledge and skills to undertake planning and maintenance, according to Australian railway industry national standards and guidelines. The growing railway industry currently supports 165,000 jobs across Australia.
After completing this stackable short course, you’ll be able to apply these skills immediately in your workplace.
- Implement planning and maintenance of railway infrastructure in accordance with Australian national standards and guidelines.
- Apply appropriate processes for planning and maintaining railway projects and operational systems.
- Analyse complex problems for efficient and sustainable planning and maintenance.
Entry requirements
To be successful we recommend you are proficient in English and have a minimum of an undergraduate degree in a related field or significant work experience.
Industry organisation and experts
This industry-led stackable short course is co-designed with the Australasian Railway Association. Together, we’ve designed a course where you’ll gain skills that you can apply immediately in your workplace.
Ashim Debnath is the Associate Professor of Transportation Engineering and the Head of Civil and Environmental Engineering Discipline at Deakin University.
Nhu Nguyen is a lecturer in civil engineering at the School of Engineering, Deakin University. His research interests are in computational geomechanics and constitutive modelling.
The Australasian Railway Association (ARA) is a membership organisation with a vision for a thriving rail industry, which enables economic growth and drives sustainability. ARA’s mission is to collaborate with members, industry and government to build capability, harmonisation, workforce development and sustainability.
Earn a digital credential
We’ve teamed up with Credly to award you a digital credential when you complete this industry-recognised stackable short course, plus you can bank the credit towards a Deakin postgraduate degree. You can also share your digital credential on social and professional platforms.
Course structure
How you'll learn
Go at your own pace with support from your educator and fellow learners during online learning activities and discussions. Complete your course within six weeks, including the assessment, or take extra time and use the regular assessment submission windows to complete within 24 weeks of your enrolment.
What you'll learn
During this short course you’ll:
- apply relevant standards and industry guidelines to develop systematic approaches for planning and maintaining railway infrastructure systems
- utilise appropriate methods and processes for the planning and maintenance of railway projects and operational systems
- apply fundamental principles to analyse complex problems for efficient and sustainable planning and maintenance of railway infrastructure projects
- manage and communicate information effectively in a professional manner.
How you're assessed
Your assessment requires you to write a report (2,500 words). The report will focus on applying industry standards to different components in the railway system and creating a maintenance schedule.
Reshaping university education
An innovative learning structure delivered by a leading university. With more than 40 years’ experience in distance and online education, we’re proud to be adding this unique study format to our courses, providing you with more choice to further your career and fulfil your lifelong learning needs.
Ready to enrol?
It takes five minutes to register your details and sign up for a stackable short course. We have discounts available for Deakin alumni, staff and group bookings. Enrol today and get the skills you need to take your career further, faster.
Did you know you can apply credit to a postgraduate degree?
Unsure what degree you want to study? Study two short courses that interest you and apply both as credit towards a wide range of postgraduate degrees at Deakin – from business administration to nursing, sustainability to communication and more.*
*Subject to successful completion of the short course and meeting Deakin’s award course admission and selection requirements, including English language proficiency requirements.
Limits on elective space in a destination degree are outlined in specific degrees’ course rules within the Deakin University Handbook. Typically, a maximum of four stackable short courses can be used as credit (2 credit points) towards a masters; and two stackable short courses can be used as credit (1 credit point) towards graduate certificates and diplomas.
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