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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Monitor own health and wellbeing
2. Health and wellbeing issues that impact on train driving are identified
3. Own health and wellbeing is assessed against identified issues
4. Potential for own health and wellbeing to deteriorate in relation to identified issues is determined
5. Action is taken to improve own health and wellbeing status in relation to identified issues
6. Locomotive cab is set up for individual comfort and optimum safety levels are ensured
7. Manage tasks and workload
8. Work activities are planned for the completion of tasks in accordance with organisational requirements
9. Changes to workplace environment and related risks are monitored and managed to ensure a safe outcome to workplace operations, in accordance with guidelines, directions or instructions
10. Attention is focused and distractions are managed in normal and high workload situations
11. Activities are modified depending on work situations and contingencies
12. Tasks, activities and information gathering are prioritised and scheduled, in accordance with their importance and need for action
13. Maintain situational awareness
14. Factors that impact on safe train operations are continuously monitored
15. Situational awareness is applied through effective visual scans, use of communication systems, use of rail traffic information and use of systems of safe working, in accordance with workplace procedures
16. Information that impacts on the operation of the train is continually gathered and interpreted to determine whether the current situation matches the expected state
17. Changes in the current situation are anticipated and action is taken to correct or mitigate any negative impacts of these anticipated changes
18. Recognise, manage and mitigate threats and errors
19. Relevant human limitations/conditions of self and others are recognised as threats
20. Strategies for reducing the frequency of errors are implemented
21. Relevant environmental and/or operational threats and errors are identified
22. Operating procedures are applied to avoid identified operational threats and errors occurring
23. Maintain currency of industry skills and knowledge
24. New and altered policies, processes and procedures are read and implemented
25. Clarification is sought from relevant personnel about anything that is not clear in relation to policies, processes and procedures
26. Feedback regarding policies, processes and procedures is provided to relevant personnel as required

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:

assessing and reassessing situations continually being vigilant communicating effectively with rail operations staff developing and implementing safety and operations plans executing response training in critical situations familiarising oneself with locomotive and train system being used identifying job hazards and taking required action to minimise, control or eliminate identified hazards keeping industry knowledge up-to-date performing to track owner requirements, specifications and operational demands prioritising safety issues that will impact on work tasks prioritising tasks remaining alert and active when monitoring train operations reporting changes in situations as necessary scanning environment at regular intervals or important points in the process.

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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:

decision making processes emergency management plan and procedures factors that impact on worker health and wellbeing and their effects fatigue management strategies how preconceptions of what is going to happen can detract from situational awareness how to interpret and prepare for rosters how to make better use of resources (human, equipment, information and procedures) to reduce rail safety occurrences how to reduce rail safety occurrences attributable to human error human error as a source of risk in rail operations impact illness and medication can have on information processing notices and directives about new and altered policies, processes and procedures operating procedures to avoid identified threats and errors occurring relevant safety, work health and safety (WHS)/occupational health and safety (OHS), and environmental procedures and regulations risk management processes (hazard identification, risk management and risk controls) roles of other rail operations staff as they impact on train driving self-management situations that can result in a loss in situational awareness teamwork threat and error management tools and techniques to improve and manage human factors.

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