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RTSA SA CHAPTER NEWSLETTER

March 2016 EDITION

We are in the lead up to CORE 2016 in May, and I hope you are planning to attend. If

not, please consider the benefits. Planning for CORE 2018 in Sydney is well advanced,

and is due to be announced at CORE 2016.

Here in Adelaide, we had a great tour of the National Rail Museum in February (photo

below) and a presentation by Derek Heneker of the Office of the National Rail Safety

Regulator (ONRSR). We are very grateful to Derek for his presentation.

I have spent the period 10-11 March representing RTSA at an Engineers Australia

meeting of Technical Societies in Canberra. It was useful to understand the common

issues facing all Technical Societies and to seek to influence change within Engineers

Australia. Please have a look at our program of events for 2016 and make some diary

entries to participate.

RTSA TECHNICAL PRESENTATION

Level Crossing Removal – Recent Victorian Experience

VENUE: Hilton Hotel (Fedoras Restaurant) Corner of South Road and Sir Donald Bradman Drive, Hilton DATE: Thursday 7th April 2016

TIME:

5.30pm for 6.00pm

start

LIGHT

REFRESHMENTS WILL

BE PROVIDED

FOLLOWING THE

PRESENTATION

MEMBERS, GUESTS

AND INTERESTED

FRIENDS ARE MOST

WELCOME TO

ATTEND

WORDS FROM THE CHAIR – PHILLIP CAMPBELL

SOUTH AUSTRALIA NATIONAL RAIL MUSEUM VISIT

RTSA SA CHAPTER NEWSLETTER – MARCH 2016 EDITION

Office of the National Rail Safety Regulator 2

Being ONRSR: A Great Australian Rail Journey

> Australia’s colonial rail networks

> State based networks and rules

> 1990s: privatisation and state based regulation

> 1993: “A National Approach to Rail Safety Regulation”

> 1996: Agreement - nationally consistent regulation

> 2006: NTC coordinated national model rail safety law

> 2009: COAG: national law, national regulator

> Jan 2013: ONRSR commences


Benefits of a truly national regulator

> National consistency:

− one single national rail safety

regulator

− one national law

− one set of processes and

procedures

− one set of industry guidelines

− one set of rail safety data.


Rail Safety National Law

The Rail Safety National Law was introduced into the South Australian parliament in March 2012 and successfully passed through both houses on 1 May 2012.

The Rail Safety National Law is set out in the Schedule to the Rail Safety National Law (South Australia) Act 2012

Other States and Territories have progressively passed enabling legislation to give effect to the Rail Safety National Law within each jurisdiction.

The Rail Safety National Law (South Australia) Act 2012 can be found at www.legislation.sa.gov.au.

Overview of the establishment of Office of the National Rail Safety Regulator (ONRSR)

February 2016 Presentation

Derek Heneker, Branch Director, ONRSR

Derek Heneker is the Branch Director of the Central Branch

within the ONRSR, which delivers the on-the-ground

regulatory function within South Australia, Tasmania, the

Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory. Derek

delivered a presentation with regards to an overview of the

establishment of the Office of the National Rail Safety

Regulator (ONRSR), its current structure and areas of

regulatory oversight, the risk based regulatory approach of

the ONRSR and what it means to regulate in under co-

regulatory framework established by the Rail Safety National

Law and some of the initiatives and priority areas the ONRSR

is focusing its attention on in the immediate future

Presentation key areas:

Being ONRSR


Forming ONRSR

ONRSR Overview

What we do (ONRSR vision)

ONRSR purpose

Regulatory framework

ONRSR’s regulatory approach

The way we regulate

Audit and compliance program

Focus area for 2016

Key issues for industry

Industry risk model

Drug & Alcohol testing

Fatigue management




• Establishes the National Rail Safety Regulator and the Office of the National Rail Safety Regulator

• Sets out the safety duties for rail transport operators and others that can influence the safety of railway operations

• Establishes the accreditation regime under which all rail transport operators must be accredited or exempt

• Sets out the requirements for safety management systems

• Provides powers for the Regulator and rail safety officers to audit, inspect operations to oversight and regulate compliance


Forming ONRSR> 2009 – 2013

Project Office establishes ONRSR HQ in Adelaide, SA

> 2013Operations commence

− Central Branch (SA, NT, Tas.)

− NSW Branch (Service Level Agreement)

> 2014− Victoria joins ONRSR (Vic Branch -

Service Level Agreement)

− ACT joins ONRSR (Central Branch)

> 2015− WA Parliament passes mirror legislation

to establish WA Branch

− WA Branch commences in November


ONRSR: an overview

Today, 160+ staff, offices in:

> Adelaide (National Office

and Central Branch)

> Sydney (including NSW

Branch)

> Melbourne (Victoria Branch)

> Perth (Western Australia

Branch)

> Darwin

> Hobart


What we do (our vision)

> ONRSR exists to enhance and promote rail safety

through effective risk based regulation.


Our purpose

“…to oversee and enforce a national co-regulatory rail safety regime to enable and promote safe railway operations, including through the administration of a national scheme of accreditation”

> Facilitate safe operation of rail transport

> Exhibit independence, rigor and excellence

> Promote safety and safety improvement as fundamental


Regulatory Framework

> Co-regulatory framework

> RSNL sets the ONRSR

functions, objectives, powers

> RSNL imposes shared

responsibility for safety on all

parties

> Primary duty for Rail Transport

Operators – safety so far as is

reasonably practicable

(SFAIRP)



ONRSR’s regulatory approach

> Independent and impartial

> Risk-based

> Educational

> Proportionate compliance and

enforcement

> Transparent, fair and

accountable

> Consistent


The way we regulate

> Support operators to deliver on obligations.

> Enforce the law where this has failed.

Safety Improvement initiatives

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era

tio

ns


Practical application: Audit and compliance program

Key principles:

> Every operator is audited or

inspected at least once every

year

> Program is risk-based – higher

risk organisations are visited

more often


Audit and compliance program

In developing the annual

program, ONRSR considers:

> Size and nature of operation

> Occurrence history

> Compliance history

> Geographic and environmental

factors


Audit and compliance program: Review

Reviewed quarterly.

Review can be triggered by

(not limited to):

> Major incidents

> Shifts in occurrence statistics

> New accreditations

> Major projects


Focus areas 2016

> Track condition

> Track work – competency and

communication

> Rolling stock maintenance

> Road Rail Vehicle (RRV)

safety



Key issues for industry

Industry Risk

ModelHarmonisationHigh quality &

timely standards

Drug & alcohol

testingFatigue


Industry risk model

The ONRSR supports the Rail Industry Safety and Standards Board (RISSB) accepting recommendation “developing a risk model”

Model effectively “pools” data enabling:

> More sophisticated analyses

> More robust risk information

Outcomes:

> Industry – better informed decisions

> ONRSR – better focus for regulation

> Stronger philosophy of co-regulation


High quality & timely standards

> Many and varied standards

lack of a single source of truth

> ONRSR participating on RISSB

working groups


Harmonisation

> Application of quality standards

across the board

> Promotes collaboration / delivers

industry intelligence

> Reduces regulatory burden

> Delivers safety benefits


Drug & alcohol testing

> Offence to conduct rail safety work under the influence

> ONRSR has established testing program in SA, Tas, NT

> ONRSR program complements RTO and Police testing

2014/15 results

Test type Number performed Positive results %

Industry drug tests 21,691 120 0.55

ONRSR drug tests 206 0 0

Industry alcohol tests 169,848 80 0.047

ONRSR alcohol tests 220 0 0


Drug & alcohol testing

> D&A Review underway at request of Ministers

> Outcome looking for nationally consistent law which

supports management of the risk

> RTBU on reference group with industry and

government representatives



Fatigue

Review of fatigue risk management arrangements under RSNL.

Intent: To identify an appropriate framework for managing fatigue risk in the rail industry with a view to achieving nationally consistent legislation by:

> Examining current fatigue risk management legislation

> Considering leading practice approaches

> Assessing options for fatigue risk management (safety/regulatory burden)

> Recommending consistent national approach

Reference group will include industry representatives, RTBU and Government representatives plus specialists (late ‘15 / early ’16).

Final report due to Ministerial Council in November 2017.

PRESENTATION PHOTO – DEREK HENEKER, BRANCH DIRECTOR, ONRSR


PERMANENT WAY INSTITUTION (PWI) TRACK ALIGNMENT DESIGN AND TRACK

CLEARANCES SEMINAR


DATE AND TIME ACTIVITY LOCATION

Thursday 4th FEBRUARY 2016

5:30 PM Site Visit National Rail

Museum, Port Adelaide

National Rail Museum

Lipson Street

Port Adelaide

Thursday 25th FEBRUARY 2016

5.30 PM

Overview of the Office of National Rail Safety

Regulator

Engineers Australia, Level 11, 108, King William

Street, Adelaide 5000

Thursday 7th APRIL 2016

5.45PM

Level Crossing Removal – Recent

Victorian Experience

Hilton Hotel, 264 South Road, Hilton SA

(Corner of Sir Donald Bradman Drive)

16-18 May 2016

Conference on Railway Excellence

www.core2016.org

Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre

1 Convention Centre South Wharf, Victoria

Thursday 25th MAY 2016 5.30PM

Lessons from the Privatization of UK

Railways



Thursday 2nd JUNE 2016 5.45PM

PWI host technical presentation

TBA



Thursday 7th JULY 2016 5:30PM Level Crossing Human

Factor Research Engineers Australia, Level 11, 108, King William


Thursday 4th AUGUST 2016 6:00PM Presentation on Rolling

Stock Topic (TBC)



Thursday 8th SEPTEMBER 2016 5:45PM IRSE Presentation

(TBC)



Thursday 6th OCTOBER 2016 5:45PM PWI host presentation



Thursday 3rd NOVEMBER 2016 6:00PM

TBA Engineers Australia, Level 11, 108, King William


TBA RTSA SA Division

AGM TBA

2016 RTSA Meetings will be on the FIRST THURSDAY of each month from February to December. Any changes will

be advised in the Newsletter, or if a last minute affair then by special notice. Presentations in black are confirmed

those in red are provisional at this time of publication. Any reader with suggestions for a presentation that is topical

and relates to the overall objectives of RTSA should contact Barry Aw (see last page for contact details).

2016 RTSA MEETINGS AND EVENTS

http://www.core2016.org/


The SA Chapter Committee for 2016 comprises:

OFFICE HOLDERS POSITION EMAIL

Phillip Campbell Chair [email protected]

Gary Sharpe Secretary [email protected]

Barry Aw Treasurer [email protected]

Kuldeep Zala Committee member [email protected]

Mohamed Awadalla Committee member [email protected]

David Ogucha Committee member [email protected]

For matters directly related to the running of RTSA please contact the appropriate office holder as listed

above. For general matters or membership enquiries you should contact:

RTSA SA Chapter, Engineers Australia, Level 11, 108, King William Street, Adelaide, SA, 5000

The easiest way to submit contributions for the Newsletter is by e-mail to the Editor

[email protected] or alternatively to the address shown above.

Engineers Australia members are reminded that attendance at RTSA technical meetings and events contributes towards CPD requirements. Each RTSA technical meeting generally has a value of 1 CPD point.

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