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Transportation Academy

The Lloyd's Register Transportation Academy offers a range of training courses, from senior management briefings to in-depth workshops for technical specialists, to help industry professionals keep up-to-date with current and forthcoming technologies.

Training designed to make a difference

Developing skills and knowledge is part of our commitment to improving the safety and performance of transportation systems across the world.

The Transportation Academy provides a range of courses tailored to match the requirements of all transport professionals – whether qualified engineer, senior manager or recent graduate – who are looking to share experiences, exchange views or keep up-to-date with regulations, technologies and practices within their industry or specialist profession.

Our courses range from senior management briefings to in-depth workshops for technical specialists and are delivered in concise programmes ranging from one to four days. Each course is designed, maintained and led by industry specialists with experience of applying our recognised global expertise to meet local requirements.

Our courses are provided under five key disciplines:

  • Railway Risk and Safety Management

  • Railway Industry and Technologies

  • Railway Operarions and Perfomance

  • Railway Standards

  • Managment Systems

For more details about the ocurses available in each discipline see the main section for each (listed below) To download the full training brochure, with details of all courses and formats, open the following PDF document: Transportation Academy Course Guide 2011-12.

In-company customised training

In addition to the range of regular briefings listed below we can also provide a fully tailored programme of training for staff across your organisation. We will work with you to assess your needs and design a fully customised programme that is delivered by Lloyd’s Register on site and at a time and pace to suit your business needs. For more information contact us direct via email: transportationacademy@lr.org.

 

Railway Risk and Safety Management Training Courses

The safety of staff, passengers and the public is the primary concern for all who work in the railway environment. Effective safety management helps reduce exposure to risks and ensures practices are properly controlled.

For more information about Railway Risk and Safety Management Training Courses

Railway Standards Training Courses

European and International railway standards are becoming less prescriptive and more risk-based, requiring a different approach to compliance.

For more information about Railway Standards Training Courses

Railway Operations and Performance Training Courses

Operating railways is a complex task. Failures and the unavailability of railway systems costs time and money, and can introduce higher safety risks. But they can be reduced through improved design, equipment redundancy and preventative maintenance.

For more information about Railway Operations and Performance Training Courses

Railway Industry and Technologies Training Courses

The railway industry and the technologies being used are advancing rapidly. Such rapid change can introduce increasing levels of risk and so it is essential to keep up with the latest developments and learn from the experiences of other countries and projects.

For more information about Railway Industry and Technologies Training Courses

Railway Management Systems Training Courses

Management systems enable organisations to meet their objectives by ensuring high quality outputs are produced consistently, repeatedly and efficiently.

For more information about Railway Management Systems Training Courses

Customised training

Tailored in-company training courses and mentoring programmes

For more information about Customised training

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