Proceedings 2002/2003 - IRSE

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INSTITUTION ANNOUNCEMENTS
Anyone desirous of making a presentation to the
collection should forward it to the same address,
when its receipt will be suitably acknowledged.
Similar facilities also exist at the Scottish
Engineering Centre, The Teacher Building, 14 St
Enoch Square, Glasgow G1 4DB.
SCOTTISH LIBRARY FACILITIES
The Scottish Engineering Centre Library in
Glasgow provides extensive library and information
services, including on-line databases and the
Internet. IRSE material is now available, including
the new IRSE Professional Examination Reading
List.
The IRSE library is situated in the information
centre in The Teacher Building, 14-16 St Enoch
Square, Glasgow G1 4DB, Tel: 0141 566 1871.
Access is restricted so please check opening times
and arrangements by telephoning before hand.
SIGNAL AND TELEGRAPH
TECHNICAL SOCIETIES
The following S&T Technical Societies are
affiliated to the Institution:
The Signal & Electrical Engineers’ Society –
General Secretary: M B Simmonds
3 Gybbon Rise, Staplehurst, Kent TN12 0LT
Email: mathew.simmonds@tubelines.com
Tel: 020 7308 2517
IRSE PROFESSIONAL EXAMINATION
REQUIREMENTS FOR CORPORATE
MEMBERSHIP
The aim of the examination is to establish the
professional competence of educationally qualified
electrical, electronic and communications engineers
in railway signalling and communication engineering.
It is intended to test the main concepts of the
subject material without bias to any one railway
practice and is designed to demonstrate that the
student has reached the necessary professional
educational standard required by a signalling or
telecommunications engineer for Corporate
Membership of the Institution.
This standard is typified by the exercising of
judgement in the preparation, assessment,
amendment or application of specifications and
procedures, and is applicable to personnel engaged
in the following activities:
• Signalling/telecommunications principles, practices,
rules and regulations for the safe
operation of railway traffic.
• Design and development of signalling/telecommunications
equipment and systems.
• Preparation and understanding of equipment
drawings and specifications and/or design.
• Planning, site installation and testing of
signalling/telecommunications equipment and
systems.
• Practices related to assembly, wiring and testing
of signalling/telecommunications equipment
and systems.
• Maintenance and servicing of signalling/
telecommunications equipment and systems.
In order to meet the examination requirements for
corporate membership, candidates must, within a
period of five years, obtain a pass in Module 1, plus
three of the remaining six optional modules.
It is possible to obtain exemptions from individual
modules where you can demonstrate that you have
passed an examination by a recognised body, which
has substantially covered the syllabus of a particular
IRSE examination module. Due to the specialised
nature of the IRSE Examination, the scope for
exemption is fairly limited.
Claims for exemption must be made within five
years of obtaining the particular qualification for
which recognition is being claimed. The reason for
this condition is that the exemption is based on
information that may not be available where a
qualification has been discontinued or changed.
MODULE 1
Safety of Railway Signalling and Communications
– No exemptions will be given.
MODULE 2
Signalling the Layout – Please apply, no exemptions
currently agreed.
MODULE 3
Signalling Principles – Please apply, no exemptions
currently agreed.
MODULE 4
Communications Principles – This is the most
commonly sought after exemption. Many of the
applicants for exemption claim that telecommunications
has been part of their Degree course and
that, on this basis, exemption should be granted.
Unfortunately it has been clear that the content of
the telecommunications element within a typical
university Engineering Degree is, at best, a basic
overview. Occasionally, students study a telecommunications
topic for their final year project, but
these tend to be about a research topic
narrowly specialising in a particular field and the
Council is not convinced that such study justifies
module exemption. As a basic guideline, therefore,
please do not ask for exemption to this module
unless: your university study has predominantly
been in telecommunications; or your university study
has included telecommunications and your present
career is railway telecommunications engineering.
Module 5
Signalling & Control Equipment, Applications
Engineering – Please apply, no exemptions currently
agreed.
Module 6
Communications Equipment, Applications
Engineering – Please apply, no exemptions currently
agreed.
Module 7
Systems, Management & Engineering – Please
apply, no exemptions currently agreed.
The examination is generally held in October of
each year and the regulations are available from the