RBE No.110/2023 Certificate Course – Railway Construction Project
No.E(MPP)/2023/3/21, dated 21.09.2023
Sub: Certificate course in basics of railway construction project supervision (Civil).
Ref: NAIR’s letter No.NAIR/SPCE/RB Corresp., dt. 03.08.2023
1. One of the recommendations (Item No.3.2 – Skilled Personnel) given during Chintan Shivir-2023, held on 1st and 2nd June, 2023 at Manekshaw Centre, New Delhi was regarding introduction of Certification Courses (3 to 6 month) on track by Railway Training centres to ensure availability of skilled supervisors for PSS & PMS.
2. The matter has been considered in Board’s Office, and a 05 day (30 hrs.) certification course for PMS/ PSS/ Contractors engineers at IRICEN titled “Certificate course in basics of railway construction project supervision (Civil)” prepared by IRICEN and forwarded by NAIR has been approved by Board (Member/ Infrastructure).
3. Accordingly, the “Certificate course in basics of railway construction project supervision (Civil)” has been scanned and uploaded under MPP Training Circulars on ‘Indian Railways’ website and can be viewed or downloaded from Railnet.
4. Kindly acknowledge receipt.
Certificate Course in Basics of Railway Construction Project Supervision (Civil)
Duration: 5 days
| SN | Subjects/ Topics | Duration (in Hours) | Faculty |
| 1 | Introduction, Bio-data | 1 | IRICEN |
| 2 | Introduction to Railways | ||
| (a) | Organisation of Railway (Division, CN and Headquarters), relevant to Railway Projects (NL, GC, DL, ROB, Station Redevelopment Works) | 1 | IRICEN |
| (b) | Basics of track components, curves, yard layouts, LC gates, Introduction to SWR, LWR | 4 | IRICEN |
| 3 | Safety during project execution | ||
| (a) | Provisions of IR Schedule of Dimensions, relevant to Railway project works. | 1 | IRICEN |
| (b) | Overview of train operations and taking Traffic/ power blocks. | 2 | IRICEN |
| (c) | Safety at work sites: While working near tracks, Dismantling of structures, Working in Electrified and Track Circuited/ Signalling territory. | ||
| 4 | Earthwork | ||
| (a) | Basics of embankment design. | 2 | IRICEN |
| (b) | Compaction and Quality Control in Earthwork. | 2 | IRICEN |
| 5 | Concrete Technology | ||
| (a) | Concrete technology & quality Control of concreting works. | 2 | IRICEN |
| 6 | Type of Bridges & bridges Bearings | ||
| (a) | Types of bridges used on IR & related terminologies. | 3 | IRICEN |
| (b) | Bearing types, acceptance, testing & installations. | ||
| 7 | Foundations for Structures | ||
| (a) | Shallow foundation, pile and well foundation execution and quality control | 2 | IRICEN |
| 8 | Steel Structures | ||
| (a) | Fabrication of steel girders, including composite girders | 2 | IRICEN |
| 9 | Launching of Girders | ||
| (a) | Launching of steel/ Concrete/ PSC Girders, FOBS | 2 | IRICEN |
| 10 | Field visit of Metro/ Construction site | 2 | IRICEN |
| 11 | Miscellaneous | ||
| 12 | Role of PMS & PSS Engineers in work execution | 2 | IRICEN |
| 13 | Exam for certification | 1 | IRICEN |
| 14 | Feedback and Valedictory-Nil | 1 | IRICEN |
| Total | 30 |
Download Railway Board Circular RBE No.110/2023