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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Analyse service and business requirements
2. Customer is consulted and requirements outside normal operations are identified to establish additional or altered rail service requirements
3. Additional or altered rail service provision is recorded in accordance with organisational procedures
4. Hazards are identified, risks are assessed and control measures are implemented
5. Additional resource requirements are identified
6. Establish rail traffic requirements
7. Rail traffic requirement is established to ensure efficient management of the network
8. Rail traffic specifications are confirmed to ensure that they meet network operating requirements and restrictions
9. Train section run times for rail traffic are established and plotted on appropriate train graphs and/or diagrams
10. Communicate altered or additional rail traffic movement
11. Documentation relating to additional or altered rail traffic movement is issued in accordance with organisational procedures
12. Alterations and cancellations affecting rail traffic running times are communicated to appropriate customer, network manager and/or rail operator as required
13. Hazards are identified, risks assessed and control measures implemented

Range Statement

Range is restricted to essential operating conditions and any other variables essential to the work environment.

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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:

analysing service and/or operational needs to establish changes to rail traffic requirements applying relevant safeworking systems and workplace procedures communicating altered or additional rail traffic movement requirements communicating and negotiating effectively with customers and others completing relevant documentation and entering data developing out-of-course rail traffic plan and schedule identifying hazards from out-of-course rail traffic plan and taking required actions to minimise, control or eliminate identified hazards interpreting and following operational instructions and prioritising work interpreting train control graphs and diagrams reading and interpreting relevant instructions, procedures and information rectifying issues or problems that may occur promptly in accordance with regulatory requirements and workplace procedures working collaboratively with others.

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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:

applicable state/territory legislated rail safety requirements, relevant codes of practice and/or guidelines for developing out-of-course rail traffic plans and schedules details of approved rail traffic on the network issues or problems that can occur when developing rail traffic plans and schedules and how they may be addressed rail traffic services provided by the organisation relevant documentation requirements and procedures relevant network interface agreements safeworking systems requirements timetable principles workplace procedures for developing rail traffic plans and schedules.

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