Light Rail Engineering Technology: Railroad Rules and Safety, SCERT

• Short-Term Certificate (SCERT-RRS)

About the Program

The Light Rail Engineering Technology: Railroad Rules and Safety certificate is designed to prepare the student to work within the expanding passenger and freight railroad industry. Railroads employ a substantial workforce to service, maintain, operate and manage their transportation networks. While railroads are required by federal law to train their own employees, the basic safety concerns, rules, orders and regulations are all standardized in the industry. Students in this program will be exposed to these issues and be prepared to pass the standardized rail examinations required by each rail industry employer. Students will find employment with freight railroads, and passenger or light rail operations in railcar or track maintenance, dispatch, signaling, and many other related positions.

This Program Offers:

- Short-Term Certificate: 16 credit hours

Certificate Goals

• The program will allow for a basic understanding of the career opportunities within the railroad and light rail industry

• The program will prepare a student to have an understanding of railroad rules, regulations, operating procedures and safety provisions

• The program will allow a student to obtain an understanding of the operation of railcar systems and or signaling/communication systems at use in the railroad industry nationwide

• The program will prepare a student to take the standardized application exam on basic railroad knowledge and skills for employment in the railroad/light rail industry

Certificate Outcomes

• Demonstrate a basic understanding of the career opportunities within the railroad and light rail industry

• Demonstrate and have an understanding of railroad rules, regulations, operating procedures and safety provisions

• Be prepared to take and pass standard railroad rules and safety examinations

Admission Requirements

Students are required to do the following:

• Fulfill all WCCCD admission requirements

• Declare intent to enter the program on WCCCD Admission Application or in the Student Services Office

• Complete an Educational Development Plan (Plan of Work), outlining the student’s plan for program completion

• Fulfill course placement requirements based on the ACCUPLACER® assessment