KiwiRail is one of New Zealand's largest employers with proud KiwiRail staff operating in more than 50 towns and cities across the country.
Pretty good opportunities to join courses and further rail related skills. A few conferences to travel to. Fairly independent progression/. dependent upon graduate and what office in how much guidance gain
So basically, the graduate program is a two-year training program where employees rotate through different teams. We also have business trips to operational sites as part of the program.
As I didn't had any job description to follow to start with, it was hard to understand what I should be doing. But gradually my supervisor gave me training to take jobs. I have 1:1 meeting with my supervisor fortnightly to discuss on my work. Together with opportunities to improve technical skills, non-technical skills are also given.
KiwiRail has an online training portal, but this is quite surface level. On-the-job training is typically the most effective method, but getting qualified people and recourse is difficult to obtain.
There is constant development and training offered both in soft-skills, hard-skills, management and even physical. There is also constant coaching and mentoring from managers and project sponsors as well as everyday staff in the office.