Established and Supported under Australia’s

Cooperative Research Centres Programme

Workforce Development

Program

Tom Short – CRC Research Fellow

Michele Simons – Project Leader

Tania Davies – CRC Program Chair

AUSTRALIAN TRACK

SAFETY AWARENESS

Workforce Development

‘To contribute to the RSCC focus on improving relevance and

national consistency of education and training across

the industry’

EVALUATE RAIL SAFETY INDUCTION COURSES

P4.105

Project P4.105

1. Evaluation methodology – to assist in further development of nationally consistent approaches to training

2. A national curriculum for Track Safety Awareness

One Project – Two Outcomes

Scoping Study on developing

national approaches to training

What we learned:

Diverse approach to the same topic

Need for a unified benchmark

Potential for savings

Part of managing risk

Build identity and recognition

Capture emerging issues

Provision for maintenance and

improvement

Industry research

Documents from six rail companies

Audit of three main courses

Interviews in five organisations

RISI National TSA

Rail & Safety Environmental Awareness

Rail Safety

Awareness

Rail Corridor

Induction

Train Track Safety Awareness

TSA – views across the industry

Viewed as relevant

Radical changes were not desired

Too technical for actual need

A national course was needed to

map the common elements

Not intended to replace company

induction

Need to recognise prior learning

TSA – mixed approach to training

Experiential learning was favoured

Classroom option was used when

space was limited for practical

Video resources aided learning

A good trainer was imperative

On-line training had restrictions

Solution: a range of delivery options

to suit the situation

Proposed course content

1. Introduction

2. Legal requirements

3. Your ATS Card

4. Supervision and the role of Protection Officers

5. Other significant personnel

6. Drugs, Alcohol and Fatigue

7. Train speed and braking distance

8. Basic rail corridor safety knowledge

9. Types of lines

10. Safety aspects of specific features

11. Signals

12. Personal protective equipment

13. Communications

14. Australian Standard Safety Procedure

15. Briefings and safety sheets

16. Electrical safety

Track safety assurance test

Section 1- Accreditation

Section 2- Drugs, Alcohol and fatigue

Section 3 - Track knowledge

Section 4 - Train knowledge

Section 5 - Signal knowledge

Section 6 - Station knowledge

Section 7 - Sidings and Yards

Section 8 - The Protection Officer

Section 9 - Clothing and equipment

Section 10 - General safety

Section 11 - Electricity

Assessment and evaluation

framework

1. Initial Test - Assessment of learning immediately after TSA course

Acquisition of knowledge

2. Participant feedback - Evaluation of participant satisfaction with training

View of participants

3. Assurance test - To assess deterioration of TSA knowledge

Post-test in selected circumstances

Assurance across the industry

Test to track previous experience

Recertification tool

At test at the beginning of PO course

Spot test by auditors

A test for TSA-only staff

Next Steps

Adopt a NATIONAL approach

New course material developed and tested with industry Subject Matter Experts (SMEs)

Secure commitment to the TSA training course and assessment

Secure support for a program maintenance advisory group

Established and Supported under Australia’s

Cooperative Research Centres Programme

THANK YOU - QUESTIONS