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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