This describes the essential knowledge and skills and their level required for this unit

Required knowledge

Relevant rail safety and OHampS acts legislation procedures and guidelines

Reporting procedures in regard to unsafe situations hazards and risks

Location and use of safety and emergency communication systems

Signs and signals used for OHampS warnings

HAZCHEM symbols and implications for safe work and storage

Emergency and evacuation procedures

Housekeeping standards and procedures required in the workplace

Required skills

Communicate effectively with others when implementing and monitoring compliance with rail safety and OHampS procedures and policies

Read and interpret relevant instructions procedures information and signs

Complete documentation related to implementing and coordinating rail safety and OHampS riskcontrol strategies

Report and rectify within limits of own role problems faults and malfunctions that may arise

Implement contingency plans for unanticipated situations that may occur

Use appropriate numeric functions when implementing and monitoring compliance with rail safety and OHampS procedures and policies

The evidence guide provides advice on assessment and must be read in conjunction with the performance criteria required knowledge and skills the range statement and the assessment guidelines for this Training Package

Critical aspects for assessment and evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit

The evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit must be relevant to and satisfy all of the requirements of the elements and performance criteria of this unit and include demonstration of applying

the underpinning knowledge and skills

relevant legislation and workplace procedures

other relevant aspects of the range statement

Context of and specific resources for assessment

Performance is demonstrated consistently over a period of time and in a suitable range of contexts

Resources for assessment include

a range of relevant exercises case studies andor other simulated practical and knowledge assessment andor

access to an appropriate range of relevant operational situations in the workplace

In both real and simulated environments access is required to

relevant and appropriate materials and equipment and

applicable documentation including workplace procedures regulations codes of practice and operation manuals

Method of assessment

As a minimum assessment of knowledge must be conducted through appropriate writtenoral tests

Practical assessment must occur

through activities in an appropriately simulated environment andor

in an appropriate range of situations in the workplace

Associated interfaces and stakeholders may include:

Readily accessible locations may include:

Workplace hazards may include:

Responsibilities in the implementation and monitoring of rail safety and OH&S may include:

Controlling rail safety and OH&S risks may include:

Workplace sources of information and data may include:

Depending on the type of organisation concerned and the local terminology used, organisational procedures may include:

Information and documents may include: