Standards for Railway Inspectors

According to Circular 19/2018/TT-BGTVT, railway inspectors are classified into two categories, as follows:

- Railway Inspector;- Senior Railway Inspector.

This Circular also specifically stipulates the standards for Railway Inspectors:

* For Railway Inspectors

- Graduated from a university in one of the following majors: locomotive, coach, metro electric train, railway system engineering, railway signal information;- Foreign language: Possess a foreign language certificate equivalent to level 2 of the Vietnamese language proficiency framework as stipulated in Circular 01/2014/TT-BGDDT issuing the 6-level Vietnamese language proficiency framework for Vietnam;- Meet the basic IT skill standards as per legal regulations;- Meet the requirements in the Railway Inspector assessment before being recognized as a Railway Inspector;- Have at least one year of training and practical experience in railway inspection.

* For Senior Railway Inspectors

- Have held the position of Railway Inspector for at least 5 years;- Foreign language: Possess a foreign language certificate equivalent to level 3 of the Vietnamese language proficiency framework as stipulated in Circular 01/2014/TT-BGDDT issuing the 6-level Vietnamese language proficiency framework for Vietnam;- Meet the requirements in the Senior Railway Inspector assessment before being recognized as a Senior Railway Inspector;- Have at least two years of training and practical experience in the appraisal of new vehicle design dossiers.

For more related content, see: Circular 19/2018/TT-BGTVT effective from July 01, 2018.

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