Asian Rail Academy to roll out skilled workforce for industry

(From left) Zailani, Human Resources Ministry deputy secretary-general (policy and international) Amir Omar, British High Commissioner to Malaysia Vicki TreadellTreadell, ARA chief executive officer R.A. Thiagaraja, Vignaesvaran and NTAR UK business development head Jennifer Walpole at the launch of the Asian Rail Academy at the British High Commissioner’s residence.

ASIAN Rail Academy (ARA) is partnering industry leaders to provide globally recognised industry-relevant certification programmes in traction, rolling stock and railway safety, making Malaysia the key training hub in the rail industry.

Being Asia’s first authorised training partner of the British National Training Academy for Rail (NTAR), ARA is also the first training provider in the region to offer rail safety certification programmes from TÜV SÜD, Germany’s international authority on rail safety standards.