Exam Alternatives

[karundeepu]

Hai everyone, I am new to the forum. I had 1.5 years experience in railway signalling mainly in U.K and Indian. Presently working as a signalling design assistant. Basically i had got trained for UK signalling includes NR standards and basic group standards etc.. and later Indian signalling. I had done few designs related to Indian railways and practiced on worked designs of UK. Mostly i had got theory knowledge rather than practical. This is my brief profile.


I had got some doubts regarding exam. As i have seen in the IRSE website there are two alternatives for the exam which includes The Indian Railways Secunderabad – Gazetted Officers Course in Signalling and module-1 should be completed. Is this gazetted officers course is given to private individuals and whats your opinion about when to take for exam and If yes, which modules are significant for me to prepare.

I am afraid that I do not know about The Indian Railways Secunderabad – Gazetted Officers Course in Signalling but would expect that it is only for certain employees of Indian Railways but I suppose there is no harm in inquiring of IR.

Yes you might be sufficiently experienced to start studying for your first module.  I suggest that the best one with which to start is module 2 and since you have worked to UK standards then I would recommend that best t follow these practices.  I guess that your work may have been working on location designs so whereas I think it unlikely you'd have been involved in producing Signalling Scheme Plans, I guess you have referred to them or Location Area Plans when designing, so would have some familiarity.
Module 3 would probably be the next one to take once your design knowledge has become deeper with a further year or so of experience.

Sorry for late and Thanks PJW my doubt is clarified 

Happy for me to say that I am interested to start preparation for module-2, and I need some clarity before starting. 
As I had some design experience only in Indian and it is not possible for me to gain knowledge about UK signalling as of now what shall I do?

By seeing old papers I had got idea that by using any railway practises some of the questions in mod-2 are answerable. Is it correct? Also if possible anyone shall provide me which experience should I need before starting preparation for module-2 like railway practices, designs, safety issues etc.,