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Elements and Performance Criteria

  1. Perform pre-operational checks
  2. Hazards are identified, risks are assessed and control measures are implemented
  3. Detailed pre-operational checks are conducted in accordance with manufacturer specifications and organisational procedures
  4. Logbooks are checked and completed in accordance with organisational requirements and manufacturer specifications
  5. Problems are identified and rectified in accordance with organisational procedures
  6. Identified problems are reported and documented in accordance with organisational procedures
  7. Obtain appropriate authority to travel
  8. Authority is obtained from appropriate person to travel from siding or on/off tracking location to designated location in accordance with Rail Infrastructure Manager procedures
  9. Communications with Network Control Officer is maintained using appropriate communications protocols and systems, in accordance with Rail Infrastructure Manager requirements and workplace procedures
  10. Authority to travel is recorded in accordance with organisational procedures
  11. Travel vehicle
  12. Vehicle is travelled in a safe and efficient manner in accordance with relevant codes of practice, safeworking systems, manufacturer specifications, and organisational and Rail Infrastructure Manager procedures
  13. Contingencies are responded to appropriately
  14. Stable medium or heavy self-propelled track vehicle
  15. Approval is requested from appropriate person to stable self-propelled track vehicle
  16. Nominated stabling location and timing is confirmed
  17. Vehicle is moved to nominated stabling location
  18. Appropriate person is contacted and informed that vehicle is at nominated location and intact
  19. Vehicle is stabled as directed and left in appropriate manner to ensure security and protection of vehicle and ancillary equipment
  20. Perform post-operational procedures
  21. Post-operational checks are conducted in accordance with manufacturer specifications and organisational procedures, to identify defects and maintenance requirements
  22. Identified problems are reported in accordance with organisational procedures
  23. Post-operational service schedules are conducted in accordance with organisational procedures
  24. Complete documentation
  25. Required documentation procedures and processes are confirmed
  26. Documentation is filled in legibly and proofread
  27. Documentation is processed in accordance with workplace procedures

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 three separate occasions and include:

applying relevant safeworking and workplace procedures

communicating effectively with others when travelling medium or heavy self-propelled track vehicles

following operational instructions

identifying job hazards and taking required action to minimise, control or eliminate identified hazards

modifying activities depending on operational contingencies, risk situations and environments

reporting and rectifying within limits of own role, identified problems, faults or malfunctions, in accordance with regulatory requirements and workplace procedures

working collaboratively with others when travelling medium or heavy self-propelled track vehicles.


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:

emergency management plans and procedures

hazards that may exist when travelling medium or heavy self-propelled track vehicles, and ways of controlling the risks involved

organisational procedures for travelling medium or heavy self-propelled track vehicles

problems that may occur when travelling medium or heavy self-propelled track vehicles, and action that can be taken to report or resolve these problems

Rail Infrastructure Manager rules and regulations applicable to track protection

relevant rail danger zones

relevant rail safety work health and safety (WHS)/occupational health and safety (OHS) and environmental procedures and regulations.