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Gold Proficiency
Award
Steam
A guide to achieve the 7¼” Gauge Society Gold Award and
fully understand the operation of 7¼“ and 7½” Gauge
miniature railways.
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Introduction
This booklet tells you what you need to do to achieve the Gold Award –Non-Steam Driver.
There is additional material available from the Website and Dropbox to give you more in-
structional information. The Gold Award is in three Parts, each with 5/6 Modules. Each
module is assessed separately. This would be done by an officially-appointed 7¼” Gauge
Society Assessor in conjunction with the Local Organisation Assessor.
After completion of the three Parts the successful candidate will be fully competent and un-
derstand miniature railway practice including driving a specified type of locomotive (this will
be arranged at an independent track if the Candidate’s home organisation does not allow it).
There is no upper age limit to this award. Candidates must belong to an organisation with
7¼” gauge facilities and be a member of the 7¼” Gauge Society Ltd.
To equalise the standard between steam and non-steam driving, the awards will be split into
Steam/Non-Steam and considerable extra content will be added to the existing Non-Steam
Award – The candidate must complete both to achieve the Platinum Standard.
Assessment Method
Two assessment methods will be used for the all the Gold Award modules, practical demon-
strations and presentations to a small group. Assessments will be practical, if possible.
Where a practical demonstration is not possible, you will use a presentation of a subject to
demonstrate your knowledge. You will be assessed by an external assessor and the club as-
sessor.
Presentations may use any method; talk, whiteboard, flipchart, PowerPoint or similar and
video. Training can be provided on how to produce presentations with for PowerPoint, Open
Office and Picasso. Please reference (give details of how your assessor may find) your
sources as your work will be checked for plagiarism.
All presentations must be original, questions will be asked on it at the end by the assessors.
The 7¼” Gauge Society will need to retain presentations and will use the best as training ma-
terial.
The 7¼” Gauge Society will sponsor training events across the country to make training and
assessment possible.
Criteria
Each module will have a set of criteria against which the student’s efforts will be assessed.
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Gold Award Steam Loco Driver Part 1
Signals and Points
Explain the signal and points systems at your club, the reasons behind the set-
up and their individual functions.
Compare their operation with those from another club.
You may use any visual aids to do this or just talk the assessors through the
setups.
Assessment
A presentation assessed by Club Assessor and External Assessor.
Criteria
The presentation should be about 10 minutes long.
Consist of original content prepared by the student.
Should cover all the signals, their operation and significance to drivers using
the track.
Any format or presentation method is acceptable.
Running Day Operation
Demonstrate understanding of the duties of the various railway officials by
producing a presentation comparing the “Running Day” setup at your club
with another club of your choice.
Assessment
A presentation assessed by Club Assessor and External Assessor.
Criteria
The presentation should be about 10 minutes long.
Consist of original content prepared by the student.
Should cover all the key aspects of the preparation for a running day for both
clubs.
Any format or presentation method is acceptable.
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Steam Locomotive Driving
Show how to start, run and close down a steam locomotive.
Produce a check- list for your chosen locomotive and demonstrate it in prac-
tice.
Assessment
Operation assessed by Club Assessor and External Assessor.
Criteria
The student should prepare a checklist
Using that checklist
Prepare the locomotive for operation.
Fire it.
Demonstrate getting water into the boiler at pressure.
Drive around the track.
Shut the engine down, doing any cleaning necessary.
Track Laying
Understand how to prepare and a produce a permanent way.
Put your understanding into practice by laying, levelling a section of track.
Assessment
Work assessed by Club Assessor and External Assessor.
Criteria
The Student should
Prepare the ground.
Lay a short section of track.
Level the track.
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Club History
Produce a short Presentation on the history of your club.
Assessment
Presentation assessed by Club Assessor and External Assessor.
Criteria
The presentation should be about 10 minutes long.
Consist of original content prepared by the student.
It can be about any part or aspect of club history.
Any format or presentation method is acceptable.
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Gold Award Steam Loco Driver Part 2
Track Inspection
Carry out a track inspection.
Produce a list describing the reasons why it is needed.
Include the main hazards of the track in the list.
Assessment
Inspection assessed by Club Assessor and External Assessor
Criteria
The list will be assessed for completeness
Consist of original content prepared by the student.
Should cover 8 of 10 of the items that should be included
Steam Engine Common Faults
Produce a presentation describing the common faults found in steam engines
e.g. injector problems, poor steam raising, leaking tube plates etc.
Assessment
Presentation assessed by Club Assessor and External Assessor.
Criteria
The presentation should be about 10 minutes long.
Consist of original content prepared by the student.
Should cover all the common faults found in steam locomotives
Describe how they are recognised
Any format or presentation method is acceptable.
Running Problems
Deal with a simulated ‘failure’ on the track whilst driving, on request, for exam-
ple a seized open regulator, derailment, problem with passenger.
Assessment
Assessed by Club Assessor and External Assessor.
Criteria
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You will be assessed by being presented with one or more of the failures docu-
mented in the “Common failures and problems” document.
You will be expected to deal with all failures competently.
You will not be expected to cover actions that should be dealt with by the
guard.
Running Documentation
Produce a presentation showing the correct paperwork to run your loco at your
club.
Show how to get the paperwork, e.g. who does it, what’s involved.
Assessment
Presentation assessed by Club Assessor and External Assessor.
Criteria
The presentation should be about 5 minutes long.
Consist of original content prepared by the student.
Should cover all requirements
Describe how they are recognised
Any format or presentation method is acceptable.
Signal and Point Maintenance
Produce a presentation explaining setup and maintenance requirements of the
signal and points systems at your club
Assessment
Presentation assessed by Club Assessor and External Assessor.
Criteria
The presentation should be about 10 minutes long.
Consist of original content prepared by the student.
It can be about any part or aspect of club history.
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Any format or presentation method is acceptable.
7¼” Society Gauge Society
Produce a presentation describing the aims and objects of the 7¼” Society
Gauge Society Ltd, its structure and a brief history. Show how to contact
the officials and its web address.
Assessment
Presentation assessed by Club Assessor and External Assessor.
Criteria
The presentation should be about 10 minutes long.
Consist of original content prepared by the student.
It can be about any part or aspect of club history.
Any format or presentation method is acceptable.
Gold Award Steam Loco Driver Part 3
Steam Locomotive Mechanism
Demonstrate a knowledge of the workings of a locomotive and its normal
maintenance requirements.
Assessment
Assessed by Club Assessor and External Assessor.
Criteria
Train Preparation
Prepare a train for duty.
Demonstrate the safe driving of a heavy ‘passenger’ train, using either
(members of the organisation) passengers or additional rolling stock.
Demonstrate good locomotive control, in order to ensure a safe and smooth
journey including going through stations, stopping appropriately at signals,
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no sharp braking or accelerating and a cautious approach to stations etc.
Assessment
Assessed by Club Assessor and External Assessor. Questions will be asked by the asses-
sors.
Criteria
The Assessors will assess the preparation of the train.
The Assessors will assess the driver’s performance.
Both of the above must be rated as satisfactory
Boiler Test
Do a boiler test with a trained boiler tester and complete a dummy set of the
appropriate paperwork.
Assessment
Assessed by Club Assessor and External Assessor. Any boiler inspected should clearly
pass or fail, the student is not expected to diagnose complex faults.
Criteria
A boiler test must be completed.
Simple faults, if any, should be pointed out
Complete paperwork correctly.
Health and Safety
Produce a presentation describing a Health and safety check assessment and
how it works.
Carry out a simulated safety assessment and include the results in your presen-
tation.
Assessment
Presentation assessed by Club Assessor and External Assessor.
Criteria
The presentation should be about 10 minutes long.
Consist of original content prepared by the student.
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Should cover key health and safety requirements at your club.
Should include the results from the Health and Safety simulation.
Any format or presentation method is acceptable.
Club Yearbook
Produce a project showing the events that have taken place at your club over
the past twelve months. This could be a booklet, presentation, poster or
video.
Assessment
Presentation assessed by Club Assessor and External Assessor.
Criteria
The presentation should be about 10 minutes long.
Consist of original content prepared by the student.
It can be about any part or aspect of club history.
Any format or presentation method is acceptable.
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