Bridging the skills gap for the rail sector: analysis of six measures and recommendations
report
The Shift2Rail Joint Undertaking (hereinafter “the S2R JU”, “the Joint Undertaking” or “the Contracting Authority”), is a public-private partnership in the rail sector, established under Horizon 2020, to provide a platform for coordinating research activities with a view to driving innovation in the rail sector in the years to come. S2R JU has assigned the consortium TNO and NewRail a contract three studies in the “Human capital” working area of the S2R crosscutting activities (CCA) of its’ research programme: To study the socio-economic context of the rail sector: this study analyses the socioeconomic aspects of human capital, notably the skills that will be needed in the future for the different categories of railway staff - from workers to engineers, railway managers and researchers. This study is included in the report Deliverable 1a (see Dhondt e.a., 2018; D1a); To develop a preliminary prognosis on the impact of the market introduction of the S2R research and innovation programme and its technologies on human capital. This study is included in the report Deliverable 2 (see Dhondt e.a., 2019; D2); To develop strategies and trainings based on the above analyses to bridge the skill gaps, with a special attention to ensuring increased flexibility of railway staff. Best practices from other sectors, transfer of knowledge and of workforce (mobility, etc.) are also studied for this goal. This study is included in this report Deliverable 3a (D3a). This report D3a includes the recommendations for strategies and trainings to bridge the skills gap in the railway sector and ensuring increased flexibility of railway staff. The resulting recommendations are meant for S2R and the railway sector. Best practices from other sectors, transfer of knowledge and transfer of workforce, have been studied for this goal.
Topics
TNO Identifier
958773
ISBN
978-92-95215-16-0
Publisher
TNO ; NewRail for Shift2Rail Joint Undertaking (S2R JU)
Collation
108 p.
Place of publication
Leiden ; Brussels