The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has entered a partnership with Victoria’s RMIT University to develop further tertiary-level qualifications for the transport safety investigation workforce.
Chief Commissioner of the ATSB, Greg Hood said that until now the Bureau had conducted its own nationally-accredited Diploma of Transport Safety Investigation training in-house.
“Under the new partnership, RMIT will soon be offering a Graduate Certificate in Transport Safety Investigation, which encompasses the aviation, marine and rail transport modes,” Mr Hood said.
“Longer term, the Graduate Certificate qualification will create a pathway to further higher education programs leading to Graduate Diploma and Masters-level qualifications.”
He said the partnership would provide industry in Australia and throughout the Asia-Pacific region with access to high quality, ATSB-sponsored training in transport accident investigation, as well as a framework to facilitate important transport safety related research through a credible university-based methodology.
Vice-Chancellor and President of RMIT, Martin Bean said the partnership with the ATSB was an historic one.
“Together we will work to improve transport safety throughout the Asia-Pacific region, across the aviation, maritime, and rail industries,” Vice-Chancellor Bean said.
“To achieve this, we will co-create and deliver tertiary level transport accident investigation qualifications to both ATSB staff and the broader transport safety sector.”
He said the relationship would also involve a range of collaborative research projects which would bring together RMIT’s deep expertise in delivering world-leading research with the ATSB’s considerable industry knowledge, intelligence and data access.
“Through this relationship we hope to facilitate an industry-wide capability improvement program throughout the Asia-Pacific region,” Mr Bean said.
Further information on the Graduate Certificate in Transport Safety Investigation can be found on the RMIT website at this PS News link.
