Signed in Algiers, the SNTF-SNCF agreement on training forms part of a broader General Cooperation Protocol drawn up by the two railways in September 2015. SNCF will assist SNTF in modernising the latter’s training system.
A draft shareholders’ agreement setting up a joint venture between SYSTRA and SNTF has also been signed to build on the engineering part of the 2015 protocol. As of this year, Algerian trainers will receive training at various SNCF training centres and other facilities across France, thus drawing on SNCF’s expertise in railway training.
Professional training programmes meeting SNTF’s needs have been identified in four major areas: train driving, infrastructure, operation and stations, and management. The aim is for the SNTF trainers to be able to teach courses themselves in at least one of these areas (e.g. train driving or infrastructure maintenance) from start of 2017.
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