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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Identify and determine rail adjustment requirements
2. Appropriate adjustment method is determined and required resources are arranged
3. Hazards are identified, risks are assessed and control measures are implemented
4. Adjustment length is established depending on track geometry and location, in accordance with workplace procedures
5. Adjust rail
6. Anchor points are identified and created as required to enable rail adjustment to be undertaken in accordance with workplace procedures
7. Track is released and rail is vibrated to achieve stress free state in accordance with workplace procedures
8. Measurements are appropriately taken and used to calculate adjustment requirements in accordance with workplace procedures
9. Rail length is adjusted using appropriate method to achieve desired rail stress
10. Rail is joined using determined appropriate method in accordance with workplace procedures
11. Track fastenings are restored in accordance with workplace procedures
12. Creep control marks are installed or reset in continuous welded rail track as required, in accordance with workplace procedures
13. Complete documentation
14. Completed work is checked for compliance with rail industry standards to ensure safe operations of trains and compliance records are processed
15. Documentation is completed and processed, in accordance with workplace procedures

Range Statement

Range is restricted to essential operating conditions and any other variables essential to the work environment.

Non-essential conditions can be found in the Companion Volume Implementation Guide.

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Performance Evidence

Evidence required to demonstrate competence in this unit must be relevant to and satisfy all of the requirements of the elements and performance criteria on at least one occasion and include:

applying relevant workplace procedures ensuring track is restored in accordance with operational procedures establishing appropriate adjustment length identifying and determining appropriate methods for adjusting rail identifying job hazards and taking required action to minimise, control or eliminate identified hazards installing and resetting creep control marks in continuous welded rail track, as required interpreting and following operational instructions and prioritising work measuring and calculating adjustment condition modifying activities depending on operational contingencies, risk situations and environments monitoring work activities in terms of planned schedule operating and adapting to differences in equipment in accordance with operating procedures reading and interpreting relevant instructions, procedures, information and signs reporting and/or rectifying identified problems, faults or malfunctions, in accordance with regulatory requirements and workplace procedures taking appropriate measurements and calculating adjustments using rail adjustment procedures for different track configurations working systematically with required attention to detail without injury to self or others, or damage to goods or equipment.

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Knowledge Evidence

Evidence required to demonstrate competence in this unit must be relevant to and satisfy all of the requirements of the elements and performance criteria and include knowledge of:

creep control marks documentation and record keeping requirements hazards that may exist when adjusting rail and ways of controlling the risks involved problems that may occur when adjusting rail and action that can be taken to report or resolve these problems rail adjustment methods and critical aspects of rail stress relevant safety, work health and safety (WHS)/occupational health and safety (OHS) and environmental procedures and regulations temperature and alignment limitations on rail gap adjustment workplace procedures for adjusting rail.

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