(09-09-2010, 08:22 AM)Dasein Wrote: Thanks for the reply!
If I would like to sit for the exam in 2011, is it OK for me to apply for the membership and exam now?
I reckon that I will take 2 modules per year.........hope that I can handle with it. It seems that the range of the studying material is quite wide.
It is two stage process: apply for membership now would be good.
Apply for the exam once confirmed as accepted (and paying your subscriptions). Deadline for exam entry is usually June but suggest apply earlier (regarding the availability of Study Packs).
No these are not "all you need to know about". In fact they tend to be light on the technical information (because that is railway specific); they aim more to show you the sort of questions and how to tackle the exam.
However they do vary; there is quite a lot of information re various subjects in Mod 5 and the Mod 2 one is huge (but even so doesn't have much on anything other than Network Rail specifically).
There is a Reading List of suggested material available free to anyone to download from IRSE website. Some of it is more essential than other bits- see some posts on this website that give advice.
You will need a couple of Corporate Members to sign your membership form- let us know if this would give you difficulty re who to ask to sign
Two modules a year I think is sensible
PJW