Transnet Academy forms railway education partnership with UCT, UP
The State-owned Transnet Academy has concluded a five-year partnership agreement with the University of Cape Town (UCT) and the University of Pretoria (UP), which will help it to enhance technical capacity, develop reliable safety standards and deliver superior customer service.
The Faculty of Rail within the Transnet Academy will offer accredited training programmes in railway engineering, operations, projects, occurrence investigation and safety through the partnership.
This will enable Transnet’s engineers and technicians to attain and maintain their professional registration with the Engineering Council of South Africa, and will also improve safety performance, as well as develop essential rail network infrastructure maintenance skills, Transnet says.
UP has, thus far, conducted seven independent investigations on Level 1 and 2 incidents to determine trends and recommend solutions to augment the current controls for Transnet Freight Rail as part of the agreement, the railway operator notes.
The relationship with UP has seen 3 307 Transnet employees graduating from the rail Occurrence Investigation Programme since its inception in 2013.
“This partnership will further amplify the number of employees qualified in this respect.
“By addressing skills deficiencies, enhancing employee productivity and fostering a culture of continuous learning, Transnet moves to build a more capable and engaged workforce, thus providing the necessary support to the Transnet Recovery Plan,” says Transnet Group chief of people management and learning Tumi Matsheka.
Transnet is committed to skills development to improve productivity, quality and competitiveness. This aligns with the Transnet Academy’s objective of improving the development and training levels of South Africans and creating long-term socioeconomic growth and prosperity.
Comments
Research Reports
Projects
Latest Multimedia
Latest News
Showroom
Weir is a global leader in mining technology. We recognise that our planet’s future depends on the transition to renewable energy, and that...
VISIT SHOWROOM
Press Office
Announcements
What's On
Subscribe to improve your user experience...
Option 1 (equivalent of R125 a month):
Receive a weekly copy of Creamer Media's Engineering News & Mining Weekly magazine
(print copy for those in South Africa and e-magazine for those outside of South Africa)
Receive daily email newsletters
Access to full search results
Access archive of magazine back copies
Access to Projects in Progress
Access to ONE Research Report of your choice in PDF format
Option 2 (equivalent of R375 a month):
All benefits from Option 1
PLUS
Access to Creamer Media's Research Channel Africa for ALL Research Reports, in PDF format, on various industrial and mining sectors
including Electricity; Water; Energy Transition; Hydrogen; Roads, Rail and Ports; Coal; Gold; Platinum; Battery Metals; etc.
Already a subscriber?
Forgotten your password?
Receive weekly copy of Creamer Media's Engineering News & Mining Weekly magazine (print copy for those in South Africa and e-magazine for those outside of South Africa)
➕
Recieve daily email newsletters
➕
Access to full search results
➕
Access archive of magazine back copies
➕
Access to Projects in Progress
➕
Access to ONE Research Report of your choice in PDF format
RESEARCH CHANNEL AFRICA
R4500 (equivalent of R375 a month)
SUBSCRIBEAll benefits from Option 1
➕
Access to Creamer Media's Research Channel Africa for ALL Research Reports on various industrial and mining sectors, in PDF format, including on:
Electricity
➕
Water
➕
Energy Transition
➕
Hydrogen
➕
Roads, Rail and Ports
➕
Coal
➕
Gold
➕
Platinum
➕
Battery Metals
➕
etc.
Receive all benefits from Option 1 or Option 2 delivered to numerous people at your company
➕
Multiple User names and Passwords for simultaneous log-ins
➕
Intranet integration access to all in your organisation
