New Training Schemes for The Future Education in Railway Sector

Abstract

Railway transport is a sector that is rapidly developing, changing and being influenced to the maximum extent by the technological development and innovation, among others, thus facing problems in staffing its several domains with appropriate and qualified personnel. This fact, makes the need for changes in training and education of future transport professionals. SKILLFUL project vision is to identify the skills and competences needed by the transport workforce of the future and define the training methods and tools to meet them. Paper focuses on mid-term results of the project, with special focus on railway transport.

Human factors evaluation in VR-based shunting training

“…Dana et al [16] reviewed over 150 papers about education in railway sector for both technical and non-technical skills and summarized 12 promising existing, new and emerging tools/methodologies, including e-learning, virtual/augmented reality, gaming environment and so forth.…”