The purpose of the Intermediate Apprenticeship and Advanced Apprenticeship in Rail Infrastructure Engineering is to train new apprentices and upskill the existing workforce to the industry recognised standard of competency at Level 2 & 3 in the various rail infrastructure engineering disciplines of track, signalling, telecoms and electrification. The pathways within this framework cover semi-skilled and fully skilled job roles in these areas. Rail track maintenance workers (Level 2) and skilled Technicians (Level 3) play a key role in ensuring that the infrastructure systems that make up the rail network are installed and maintained to the correct standards to ensure the safe and efficient running of the railway.