Upgrade your Membership
Resources to help you with your upgrade :
Membership Upgrade Criteria
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Enhance your credentials and highlight your commitment to railway operations . Ensure your membership level reflects your experience and position .
Upgrade your Membership
Gain recognition from your peers and employers for your experience in the profession . By upgrading your membership to Associate , Member or Fellow level you are demonstrating your professionalism and dedication to the industry .
Being familiar with POD is essential to upgrading your membership as the upgrade criteria are based around the POD framework .
The POD self-assessment is not designed to be part of your application , however , by completing this first , you can identify strengths to talk about in your application as well as gaps that you need to develop to meet the criteria .
You can find the Essential Knowledge Elements for each of the POD section in the following pages . Use this as a guide of what to include in each section .
“ Upgrading has given me the confidence I need to pursue my dream career ”
Martin Bloomfield MCIRO
Resources to help you with your upgrade :
There are lots of resources available to help you with your upgrade . On each of the 12 POD section pages of this booklet are some . For example :
» Each POD section has a corresponding chapter in the Operators Handbook .
» The Rail Pro : 12 System Elements of Rail short course is structured around the 12 sections of POD .
» Area events and webinars are tagged with the POD sections to make it easier to find an event to suit you .
» CIRO TV recorded content is tagged to POD sections so you can target your learning at a time to suit you .
» Mentors state which sections they have experience in so you can look for a mentor to suit your needs .
Membership Upgrade Criteria
* Find information about each of the POD sections in the following pages
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