12 Areas
Your CIRO Area Councils
Pandemic restrictions have meant a hiatus of face-to-face Area Events but as the restrictions ease , for many of our members , the Area Councils are beginning to organise some in-person events .
The first two in-person events since 2019 took place last month where the South East Area held New Members Reception , and the Midlands Area have also held Level Crossings , the good , the bad and the dangerous .
As restrictions ease for some of our members , we would like to reintroduce the Chairs of your Area Councils . We would like to say a very big thank you to all of the Area Council volunteers for their valuable time and excellent efforts .
North West & Wales
Chair : Chris MacKenzie ACIRO Operational Training Manager , Avanti West Coast
Scotland
Chair : Gordon Sellar ACIRO Driver Route Instructor , Avanti West Coast “ Our focus over the next year will be to get our calendar of events back up running and to grow the CIRO membership in Scotland .” “ I find that being area chair of the council can sometimes be an extension of my working day where you are leading and running events after which , you know everyone has either had a good day out or has learnt something new and that for me makes all the effort worthwhile and enjoyable .”
North East
Ireland
South West & Wales
Chair : Brian Goodfellow MCIRO Rail Events Co-ordinator ( ABT Business Change Rail ), Translink NI Railways
Chair : Nigel Jenkins , Associate Director , Operational Integration
Lead Australia
, Network Rail Consulting .
& New Zealand Council
Nigel has recently taken over from Paul Sutherland as Chair of the ANZ Council . Nigel and Paul have been working closely together on the re-establishment of the Council .
Nigel said that the Council ’ s focus for the next 12 months would be “ Embedding the new leadership team which has representation in Melbourne , Sydney , Brisbane , Perth and Auckland , growing our
Chair : Nick Edwards FCIRO Operations Standards Manager PH / DCP , DB Cargo ( UK ) “ My reward for being part of the area council is the ability to be able to play a small part in the next generation of railway operators development . It ’ s great to act a s mentor as well as seeing members achieve educational success .” “ The granting of the Charter is a fantastic achievement and should be a kick start in reinvigorating members engagement with the CIRO .”
CIRO membership in ANZ and supporting the development and delivery of our new educational opportunities at world renowned Monash University Melbourne .”
CIRO has been engaged in conversation with Monash University throughout 2021 as we seek to expand our learning opportunities to new markets across the world . Based in Melbourne , Australia , Monash university has a dedicated Institute of Railway Technology , described as the ‘ premier track and vehicle railway research centre in Australia ’.
The institution has strongly valued the opportunity to work with Monash to explore how a potential educational partnership could work and we are thrilled to be able to now share an update with our members .
Next year we plan to run the inaugural delivery of our 5-day short course in
South East
Chair : Glen Merryman ACIRO Service Quality Implementation Lead , Greater Anglia
Inaugural Australian Short Course to be launched in 2022 .
Railway Operations Management . This will be delivered in partnership with the Institute of Railway Technology at Monash University , on their Melbourne campus . The aim of the five-day course is to provide background information on the key concepts of various elements of railway operations and will include topics such as Performance Management , Signalling & Train Control and Operational Safety & Standards .
Chair : Jason Wade FCIRO Head of Retail Operations , Northern “ Your Area Council really is YOUR Area Council , we are there to make CIRO come alive for you in your local area .” “ The railway is one family and CIRO is a key member of that family . As CIRO flourishes , I also want to shape that growth .”
Midlands
Chair : Rachel Heath FCIRO Head of Operations Delivery ( Interim ), Wales & Borders , Network Rail
Each day will offer delegates the opportunity to self-assess their current understanding of the topics , reflect on the learning they have gained and how they can apply this back into the workplace . Case studies and group work will be used as key tools throughout the week to promote student collaboration and networking .
CIRO has carefully selected industry professionals who have a wealth of experience in Railway Operations to act as trainers throughout the teaching week and we very much look forward to our first delivery in 2022 .
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