Implementation of Innovation and Better Qualifications for Railway Employees According to the European Union Directives and Owner Interests

Abstract

This contribution presents an obligatory transfer of European legislation issued by the European Parliament and Council for the transport and infrastructure sector, into the national legal orders and adjustment of national rules and standards. Therefore, employee knowledge has to be upgraded. In addition, employees should be professionally and linguistically qualified as stipulated in current national and European legislation. A study was carried out on the variations and differences in the methodology of qualifications through researching the qualification systems in European railways. The contribution, besides an elaborated model for employee qualification according to the European committee, also contains the restructuring of accompanying factors of qualification and the implementation of qualification innovations, which influence the quality of qualification so as to achieve a better qualification of railway employees.