rail signal power supply installation/maintenance, safe working practices and relevant standards, codes and regulations for basic rail operations, including: rail terminology encompassing: rail signalling nomenclature rail signalling symbols state/territory standards standard glossary of terms relevant to each state/territory and where the standard originated from and how new standards are developed to meet a national standard train dynamics encompassing: types of rail vehicles, including suburban/country passenger, freight, maintenance vehicles and heritage/tourism braking distance gradients/terrain sighting distance the relationship to the signalling arrangement plan/scheme essentials of safe movement of trains encompassing: the role of the signalling system in enabling safe and efficient movement of trains standard operating conditions as per operating timetable/schedule degraded signalling system performance, including a partial failure of signalling infrastructure or a system override abnormal train operating conditions, including signaller operation error, driver operation error, train delayed and train breakdown emergency train and signal system operation scheduled infrastructure maintenance unscheduled infrastructure maintenance, including civil, signalling, traction and overhead purpose of rail signalling encompassing: safe distances between rail vehicles safe movement of rail vehicles conflicting movement between rail vehicles how the signalling system provides driver information how the driver interprets the information to safely control a train restrictions on the signaller and driver following an operation error, including signals passed at stop, driver exceeding speed requirement and signaller setting incorrect route enterprise work activities records purpose and extent of maintaining work activities records in an enterprise types of records for maintaining work activities in an enterprise methods for recording and maintaining work records work records required by regulation requirements environmental and heritage awareness purpose of environmental and heritage regulation typical issues affecting electrotechnology services and systems meeting requirements rail signalling, power supplies equipment and their components encompassing: transformers batteries converters inverters uninterruptable power supplies (UPS) generator solar panels earthing surge protection switchboards high voltage (HV) and low voltage (LV) power distribution automatic power changeover panels wiring and termination operating principles and parameters encompassing: normal mode operation alarm mode redundancy mode power interruption/standby mode interpreting circuits diagrams to evaluate correct operation and relationship to other signalling circuits servicing procedures encompassing: maintenance documentation coordination/planning sequence operational test procedures scheduled/preventative maintenance unscheduled/corrective maintenance certifying power supply equipment (commission and de-commission), including certifying procedures applicable for compliance with rail operator and/or enterprise standards safe working practices and relevant standards, codes and regulations relevant job safety assessments or risk mitigation processes relevant manufacturer specifications relevant WHS/OHS legislated requirements relevant workplace policies and procedures. |