Competency Requirements

• Licence Holder Name (1) matches RIW Cardholder’s name (However shortened versions such as 'Chris' for Christopher can be accepted) 
• Licence Category (2) and Code (3) are the same as the table below,
   

  Licence Code and Category	Acceptable for Competency Named
  1.1.500 Signalling Design Assistant	Signalling Assistant Designer
  1.1.160 Signalling Design Verifier	Signalling Designer
  1.1.510 Signalling Designer	Signalling Designer
  1.1.550 Signalling Principles Designer	Signalling Principles Designer
  1.3.150 Signalling Test Assistant	Signalling Assistant Tester
  1.3.155X Signalling Verification Tester (operational railway)	Signalling Verification Tester
  1.3.170 Signalling Functional Tester	Signalling Functional Tester
  1.3.180 Signalling Principles Tester	Signalling Principles Tester
  1.3.190 Signalling Tester In Charge	Signalling Tester In Charge

• The licence will need to be checked for validity on the IRSE website: https://www.irse.org/Licensing/Check-a-licence. Enter the surname and ‘Licence No.’ including three zeros (4) and click check licence.  
• If the licence category is valid, the website will return the following example,
   
• If the licence category is invalid the following message is provided and the licence should be rejected by the Service Desk 
   

Upload Requirements

• Record the expiry date within RIW using the ‘Expiry Date’ (1) from the Licence Check screen shown above. 
• Note:  Given a Signalling Design Verifier Licence and Signalling Designer Licence are acceptable for the National Signalling Designer competency, the earlier expiry date should be used. In the example above that is 22/10/2028 (2). 

• No other evidence will be accepted for this competency.