(28-09-2010, 05:29 AM)ivanutd Wrote: I have understood that the exam can only be booked by 30th of June and held early October so i am a bit late for this year so i'll take my chances next year.
In the mean time i would like to consolidate my knowledge in "signalling the layout" area and all it involves for this exam, so can you please let me know where i can find documentation, eventually past exam papers so i can practice and get prepared?
Thank you!
True.
MUCH too late; the exam is 4 days time!
Module 2 has a detailed Study Pack but much more content relevant to Main line than Metro. You will get this when registering for the exam, so the sooner the better.
However you do need to have been accepted into some form (usually Student) membership of IRSE when you apply, so if not already a member then this should b your first action.
Alex from Singapore has been submitting some module 2 layouts (to UK mainline practice) and several people have been attempting headway/braking calculations recently; these are filed in the relevant sub-forums under the Module 2 heading. These should give you the general idea of what the paper entails and the sort of responses expected from candidates together with my comments on their attempts.
This year for the first time on the Exam Forum we have had a Study Group in Australia active; it may well be that having done Module 1 this year that they may turn their attention to the Module 2 area next year so perhaps you might be able to link up with them virtully, even if you are great distance from Brisbane.
I think Australian practice is generally pretty similar to that of the UK so that in itself should not be too much of a problem; certainly practices do vary. Indeed the Study Pack does contain a real answer to an exam paper which depicts what are (to me somewhat foreign) Australian practices which scored highly in the exam, so that would provide a good comparison.
Note that whereas there is no harm learning a bit about more modules, to pass the exam you need to pass module 1 and then any other three of the remaining 6 modules and there is now no time limit imposed on how long you may take to do this.
PJW