Subjects
A total of 14 units of competency comprising: 8 core units listed below plus All units within one of the specialist elective unit groups (job roles) listed below plus 4 general elective units from the general elective units listed below or from the remaining units not already selected from a specialist elective group. Up to 2 of the general elective units may be selected from any relevant nationally endorsed Training Package. The general elective units must contribute to the vocational outcomes of the qualification. Where imported units are selected, care must be taken to ensure that all prerequisite units specified in the unit are complied with. | |
Core units | |
Manage Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) processes | |
Use internal communication systems for rail industry regulatory compliance | |
Manage change in the rail safety environment | |
Respond to notifiable rail safety occurrences | |
Apply rail safeworking rules and procedures | |
Apply rail resource management principles | |
Apply rail communications systems | |
Manage rail assets and interfaces | |
Specialist elective units | |
Group A: Rail Operations | |
Manage train crewing and rostering | |
Manage train planning | |
Group B: Yard Operations | |
Apply awareness of fundamentals of rail operations in yards or sidings | |
Manage a rail yard or terminal | |
Group C: Passenger Operations | |
Manage rail passenger operations | |
Manage train crewing and rostering | |
Group D: Freight/Heavy Haul Operations | |
Implement and monitor transport logistics | |
Manage rail freight operations | |
Group E: Network Control | |
Develop plans for emergency response and recovery of rail networks | |
Manage rail network control systems | |
Group F: Rail Safety | |
Identify and meet rail safety regulatory compliance requirements | |
Implement and maintain a rail safety culture | |
Group G: Maintenance Operations | |
Plan and implement maintenance schedules | |
Manage rail yard operations | |
Group H: Incident management | |
Investigate rail safety incidents | |
Undertake a derailment investigation | |
General elective units | |
Manage quality customer service | |
Manage workforce planning | |
Apply project procurement procedures | |
Identify risk and apply risk management processes | |
Establish and maintain an occupational health and safety system | |
Implement workforce planning and succession strategies | |
Manage procurement risk | |
Manage security awareness | |
Apply chain of responsibility legislation, regulations and workplace procedures | |
Manage fatigue management policy and procedures | |
Control and coordinate incident responses | |
Develop an application for, or variation to, rail accreditation | |
Develop and manage fitness for work policy and procedures | |
Plan and coordinate protection for multiple worksites within limits of a work on track authority | |
Ensure competency of rail safety workers | |
Manage a supply chain | |
Roster train crews | |
Plan and manage security procedures for the enterprise | |
Manage budgets and financial plans | |
Manage assets | |
Manage a contract | |
Implement and monitor environmental protection policies and procedures | |
