The role
Tasks include:
• driving plant equipment to lay, align and carry out maintenance work on railway tracks
• maintaining equipment.
Skills required to be a Railway Track Worker
- Physically fit
- Valid drivers licence
- Ability to work outdoors
- Operate minor mechanical equipment
Previous experience
Railway Track Workers often come from a career in:
- construction, property, resources sectors
- engineering or manufacturing
- other mobile plant operations.
Minimum requirements
Minimum training and qualification requirements vary according to the requirements of the rail infrastructure manager or rail operator.
Generally, rail track workers are required to have a construction industry white card and have completed the six core units of TLI27121 - Certificate II in Rail Infrastructure plus the Safely access the rail corridor unit.
Completion of the full qualification is required for several other track, civil and plant job roles.
The Certificate III in Rail Infrastructure is needed for various other track and civil job roles.
Potential training pathway
What a Railway Track Worker's career progression can look like
Railway track workers may look to add to their qualifications and advance their career into jobs such as rail scheduler, work group leader, track access coordinator or network controller.
What do I do next?
For more information on becoming a Railway Track Worker:
- talk to your careers adviser
- get in touch with your union
- contact your local TAFE
- if you already work in rail, talk to your employer.