Author: Clint Maher

The latest Rail Express article focuses on CERT Training and Momentum Rail Workforce Solutions joining together to provide a holistic Workforce Solution for the Gawler Rail Electrification Project being delivered by LendLease.  The solution has combined ARTC safeworking training, delivered by CERT and Momentum’s industry experience as a specialist rail services and personnel provider to…

CERT Training Victoria will soon commence a joint venture with Victorian Goldfields Railway, the Mount Alexander Shire Council, Bendigo and District Aboriginal Co-operative, to deliver Certificate II in rail infrastructure qualifications to indigenous and vulnerable jobseekers. Contextualised to meet the requirements of the Victorian Goldfields Infrastructure Project, the program will ensure candidates are all job…

Victorian COVID-19 restrictions have caused many projects to reduce workforce capacity to 25% or less. As restrictions are eased, more opportunities will arise as the demand for project completion increases. A number of State and federal rail infrastructure projects are being considered as a means to rebuild the economy. CERT Training is focused on the…

Under Victorian COVID-19 Stage 4 ‘Stay at Home’ restrictions, CERT (The Centre for Excellence in Rail Training) is deemed part of a permitted industry (Transport Support Services – Rail Transport (passenger and freight) including rail yards). CERT Training will continue to provide Category 3 medicals and assessments for Train Track Safety Awareness (TLIF2080 – Safely…

With the COVID-19 pandemic shutting down most of what we know to be normal life, the rail industry breathed a sigh of relief when it was deemed an essential service. But the services rail networks provide within Australia are more than just essential, it has literally become a lifeline that runs across the country. That…