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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Prepare to operate signal control location
2. Reporting for duty is undertaken in accordance with work health and safety (WHS)/occupational health and safety (OHS) requirements and organisational policies and procedures
3. Appropriate network control officer is contacted as required in accordance with organisational policies and procedures
4. Documentation is checked for local activities and/or rail traffic movements that may affect rail traffic operations in accordance with organisational procedures and policies
5. Signalling equipment is switched in for use as required
6. Operation of equipment is tested in accordance with organisational policies and procedures
7. Control local rail traffic movements
8. Local rail traffic movements are coordinated with relevant personnel in accordance with organisational policies and procedures
9. Signalling systems are operated and monitored to ensure safe movement of rail traffic
10. Activities that may affect operations are reported and recorded in accordance with organisational policies and procedures
11. Communicate with relevant personnel
12. Communication with relevant rail safety workers is undertaken to ensure they are informed of local rail traffic movements, in accordance with organisational policies and procedures
13. Communication with other relevant personnel is undertaken to ensure they are informed of local rail traffic movements, in accordance with organisational policies and procedures
14. Monitor and respond to system alarms
15. System alarms are monitored as required by organisational policies and procedures
16. Activated alarms are responded to appropriately and reported to appropriate personnel in accordance with organisational policies and procedures
17. Identified faults are reported to appropriate personnel in accordance with organisational policies and procedures
18. Implement contingency plans as instructed
19. Contingency plan to suit disruption, system failure or fault is actioned as instructed, in accordance with organisational policies and procedures
20. Local rail traffic movements are adjusted in accordance with organisational and/or local operational requirements
21. Communications with network control officer and other relevant personnel are established and maintained as required
22. Update local rail traffic movement documentation
23. Local rail traffic movement documentation is amended, compiled and recorded in accordance with organisational policies and procedures
24. Local rail traffic movement information and documentation are handed over when relieved and/or at the completion of shift, in accordance with organisational policies and procedures
25. Handover control to relieving signaller
26. Relieving signaller is informed of operational status and ongoing issues in accordance with organisational policies and procedures
27. Documentation is checked to ensure it is uptodate and is then endorsed in accordance with organisational policies and procedures
28. Take over control from signaller
29. Information on operational status and ongoing issues is received from signaller in accordance with organisational policies and procedures
30. Documentation is checked to ensure it corresponds to operational status and is then endorsed in accordance with organisational policies and procedures

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 safeworking system rules and workplace procedures communicating effectively with others completing relevant documentation and entering data accurately controlling rail traffic movement handing over or relieving the signaller implementing contingency plans modifying activities depending on operational contingencies, risk situations and environments monitoring work activities in terms of planned schedule operating a signal panel or equipment operating communications systems in accordance with workplace protocol reading, interpreting and following relevant instructions, procedures and information reporting and rectifying identified problems, faults and malfunctions within limits of own role, in accordance with organisational procedures updating traffic movement documentation using appropriate numeric functions when controlling rail traffic movement.

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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:

organisational procedures for controlling and coordinating local rail traffic operations problems that may occur when operating signal panel or equipment, and action that should be taken to resolve these problems relevant documentation requirements relevant sections of applicable state/territory legislated rail safety and safeworking requirements, relevant codes of practice and/or guidelines signalling and control systems and operations specific local conditions and restrictions types of communications systems available types of surveillance and alarm systems in use.

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