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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Plan and establish a rail safety compliance framework
2. Rail safety compliance documentation relevant to organisational activities is accessed, interpreted and applied
3. Policies and objectives that express organisational commitment to rail safety compliance are developed in collaboration with relevant personnel
4. Rail safety compliance system framework is established and implemented in accordance with organisational requirements/operations
5. Scope of proposed rail safety compliance requirements and required resources are determined in consultation with relevant personnel
6. Rail safety compliance is integrated into job descriptions and relevant organisational procedures
7. Procedures are established to ensure information related to rail safety compliance is readily accessible to relevant stakeholders
8. Approval for establishing rail safety compliance system is sought as required from relevant personnel
9. Establish consultation and audit procedures
10. Relevant stakeholders are identified and systems procedures for maximising opportunities to implement rail safety compliance are developed and documented
11. Relevant stakeholders are consulted on rail safety compliance requirements and information is used to establish monitoring and auditing systems
12. Resource allocation for implementing compliance requirements are identified and reported in accordance with organisational and relevant legislative requirements
13. Measures are established in collaboration with relevant stakeholders to ensure compliance with organisational objectives through validating processes
14. Implement, maintain and review a rail safety compliance system
15. Rail safety management system (SMS) is implemented in accordance with organisational and regulatory requirements
16. System effectiveness is assessed against organisational and regulatory requirements
17. Rail SMS is audited in accordance with established procedures
18. Audit procedures are reviewed regularly to identify necessary changes and opportunities for continual improvement

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:

adapting to changes in relevant legislation and regulations applying relevant legislation and workplace procedures auditing a rail safety compliance system communicating effectively with others identifying or establishing rail safety compliance within an organisation monitoring activities and taking appropriate action to manage different contexts, risk situations and environments organising audits and reviews of an organisation’s safety compliance system reading and interpreting relevant documentation, and applying acquired information/knowledge to management activities recognising nonconformance within rail safety requirements and taking appropriate action to rectify, in accordance with organisational policies and procedures working collaboratively with employees and management to implement an organisation’s safety compliance system.

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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:

auditing principles and practice components of a rail safety compliance system options and resources for providing training and learning opportunities for employees about rail safety compliance organisational systems for risk management and risk mitigation procedures and tools for monitoring and reviewing organisation’s rail safety compliance system and related policy and procedures, and for reporting outcomes relevant legislation, regulations, permit and licence requirements relating to rail safety compliance responsibilities of organisation and employees for implementing a rail safety compliance system.

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