There is certainly plenty of specific training in tramway engineering and
operation in central and eastern Europe (from Germany across to Russia),
which is part of the "western" world last I saw. DPP Prague even runs its
own public tertiary college. Elsewhere in the world, however, they rarely
seem to recruit graduates of these institutions, although I know of one
leading UK consultancy that does. None of it finds its way across to
Australia. I think Melbourne gets the benefit of "handed down" knowledge
which is of course priceless on its own. It's truly frustrating why none of
the other agencies or consultancies in Australia will get in touch with
Victoria. It was even said explicitly by one of the principal engineers for
the original Sydney IWLR at a team meeting I attended in the 1990s -
basically we're not talking to Melbourne, we're creating modern light rail.
That certainly worked out well (not).

I imagine you will be visiting NSW/ACT by 2020 as there will be plenty to
see!

Tony P