About RT Training Solutions - IRSE Assessing Agent

The IRSE Licensing Scheme was introduced in 1994 and provides a means of competence certification for personnel undertaking work in the railway signalling and telecommunications industry. An IRSE Licence may be issued to any person who can satisfy the requirements laid down in the Licensing Scheme competence standards. Applicants for a licence must satisfy the Institution that they have the knowledge, skills and experience required for the competent performance of work in the licence categories sought.

Assessment of an applicant for a licence is a two-stage process; firstly there is a workplace assessment, followed by an independent assessment by Competence Assessor registered with the IRSE. Licences are then valid for five years, after which the holder has to go through a “surveillance” process. Subject to a satisfactory surveillance, the licence validity can be extended for a further 5 years (at the end of which a full re-certification process must be undertaken). A licence ceases to be valid if satisfactory surveillance has not been completed by the 5 year point.

Source text from IRSE Website

RT Training Solutions - IRSE Assessing Agent is a Division of Rail Tech Group Railway & Signal Engineering Limited