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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Explain key principles relating to a rail safety culture
2. Current information related to rail safety is obtained and confirmed in accordance with organisational policies and procedures
3. Principles that encourage a rail safety culture are identified and promoted to people within an organisation in accordance with organisational policies, procedures and guidelines
4. Apply rail safety culture to organisational activities
5. Concepts related to a positive rail safety culture are promoted to people within an organisation using appropriate communications strategies
6. Integration of a positive rail safety culture within an organisation is identified and implemented
7. Rail safety information is used to crosscheck the presence or absence of a rail safety culture within all organisational rail safety documentation and practices
8. Rail safety culture is applied equally with engineering, technical and other factors that reduce the potential for incidents
9. Documentation that includes information related to the safety culture are clearly expressed in appropriate terms, to reinforce general understanding within an organisation
10. Behaviours and skills required for safe and effective work performance are identified and their contribution to a rail safety culture is promoted within an organisation
11. Review safety culture within an organisation
12. Behaviour of personnel is monitored to determine whether a positive rail safety culture exists
13. Resources committed to rail safety activities relative to the size and complexity of operations are evaluated
14. Attitudes, behaviours or systems that might be detrimental to a positive rail safety culture are identified and corrective actions are determined
15. Evidence of just culture principles are identified and promoted in accordance with organisational policies and procedures
16. Documentation that includes information related to the safety culture are clearly expressed in appropriate terms to reinforce general understanding within an organisation

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 legislation and workplace procedures communicating relevant information conducting a review of rail safety culture within an organisation/project identifying available media for dissemination of rail safety information identifying positive rail safety culture factors influencing others positively reading and comprehending relevant complex and formal documents, such as literature and guidelines researching information solving problems.

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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:

appropriate safety survey tools behavioural marker system for rail safety concept and key elements of a positive rail safety culture key principles relating to rail safety culture legislation and guidelines relating to rail safety culture organisational policies, procedures and systems relating to developing and maintaining a positive rail safety culture organisational systems for risk management and risk mitigation principles and application of rail safety rail environment.

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