This unit involves the skills and knowledge required to coordinate rail interface agreements in accordance with legislative, regulatory and organisational requirements.

It includes identifying requirements and establishing, monitoring and conducting audits of rail interface agreements.

This unit refers to coordinating rail interface agreements between rail/rail (operations of one rail operator or Rail Infrastructure Manager in relation to the operations of another) and rail/road (roads crossing rail tracks or rail crossing roads).

No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.

Elements describe the essential outcomes.

Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element.

1 

Confirm regulatory and organisational requirements and responsibilities 

1.1

Regulatory and organisational requirements for establishing rail interface agreements and their ongoing monitoring are identified and accessed

1.2

Types of interfaces for which agreements are to be established and/or monitored are identified and confirmed as requiring an interface agreement, in accordance with regulatory and organisational requirements

1.3

Organisational responsibilities for establishing rail interface agreements and their ongoing monitoring are identified

1.4

Parties to be included in each rail interface agreement are identified and confirmed

1.5

Communications are established with identified parties and regulators, and respective roles and responsibilities are established and agreed

2 

Establish and monitor rail interface agreements 

2.1

Documentation to be implemented as part of the rail interface agreement is identified and accessed

2.2

Risk assessments are carried out to identify potential risks arising from the rail interface

2.3

Measures to manage identified risks and timeframes for implementation are established in accordance with regulatory requirements, and organisational policies and procedures

2.4

Approval of rail interface agreement is sought from all parties involved, in accordance with regulatory requirements, and organisational policies and procedures

2.5

Rail interface agreement is implemented and monitored in accordance with regulatory requirements, and organisational policies and procedures

2.6

Register of all rail interface agreements is established and maintained in accordance with regulatory requirements, and organisational policies and procedures

2.7

Relevant parties requiring access to rail interface agreements register are identified and access is provided in accordance with regulatory requirements, and organisational policies and procedures

3 

Conduct rail interface agreement audits 

3.1

Periodic rail interface agreement audits are conducted in accordance with regulatory requirements and organisational policies

3.2

Identified non-compliance and/or variations to rail interface agreement are identified and communicated to appropriate parties for resolution

3.3

Audit reports are compiled and transmitted to appropriate parties

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 legislation and workplace procedures
• communicating effectively with others
• conducting audits of an organisation’s rail interface agreements
• developing rail interface agreement documentation
• identifying an organisation’s rail interface agreement requirements
• negotiating effectively
• reading and interpreting rail interface agreement legislation documentation
• reviewing a rail interface agreement
• working collaboratively with employees and management.

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:

• components of a rail interface system
• procedures for auditing an organisation’s rail interface agreements and reporting audit outcomes
• relevant legislation and regulations relating to rail interfaces
• responsibilities of an organisation and employees for implementing rail interface agreements.

As a minimum, assessors must satisfy applicable regulatory requirements, which include requirements in the Standards for Registered Training Organisations current at the time of assessment.

As a minimum, assessment must satisfy applicable regulatory requirements, which include requirements in the Standards for Registered Training Organisations current at the time of assessment.

Assessment must occur in workplace operational situations or, where this is not available, in simulated workplace operational situations that replicate workplace conditions.

Assessment processes and techniques must be appropriate to the language, literacy and numeracy requirements of the work being performed and the needs of the candidate.

Resources for assessment include:

• a range of relevant exercises, case studies and/or simulations
• relevant and appropriate materials, tools, equipment and personal protective equipment currently used in industry
• applicable documentation including workplace procedures, regulations, codes of practice and operation manuals.