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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Confirm re/certification requirements for rail safety workers
2. Rail safety worker activities/tasks being undertaken within an organisation are identified
3. Task analysis is conducted in accordance with organisational policies and procedures
4. Safety task analysis is conducted to identify the skills and knowledge required to carry out rail safety work
5. Existing competency standards are identified and validated against rail safety work to be carried out
6. Where no competency standards currently exist, methods by which they can be developed or alternative methods for determining competency are identified
7. Implement, manage and monitor rail safety worker systems
8. Competency training and assessment plans are identified, developed and/or implemented for all activities being carried out by rail safety workers
9. Appropriate training and assessment providers are identified and delivery plans are developed to meet organisational and regulatory requirements
10. Rail safety worker register is developed and maintained in accordance with regulatory requirements
11. Training and assessment records are captured and maintained in accordance with regulatory and organisational requirements
12. Individual rail safety worker identification system is developed and/or implemented in accordance with regulatory and organisational requirements
13. Rail safety worker information system is monitored and amended as required

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 communicating effectively with others developing a system to manage rail safety worker competency facilitating systems that assist employees to identify their own rail safety worker competency learning and assessment needs identifying rail safety workers within a rail organisation monitoring activities and taking appropriate action to manage implementing organisation’s rail safety worker competency system organising, monitoring and reviewing organisation’s rail safety worker competency system reading and interpreting relevant documentation recognising breaches to rail safety worker competency requirements and taking appropriate action, in accordance with organisation’s rail safety worker competency system reviewing a rail safety worker competency system working collaboratively with employees and management.

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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 training and assessment regulatory requirements Australian Qualifications Framework components of a rail safety worker competency system procedures and tools for monitoring and reviewing organisation’s rail safety worker competency system and related policy and procedures, and for reporting outcomes processes and resources for assessing employee competence relevant legislation, regulations, permit and licence requirements related to rail safety worker competency relevant sections of the Standards for Registered Training Organisations responsibilities of rail transport operators and employees for implementing rail safety worker competency regulations and policies, including requirements of suppliers and subcontractors in organisation’s services and products supply chain sources of information on rail safety worker competence task analysis methodologies for rail safety worker competence.

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