TLIF4100 Identify and meet rail safety regulatory compliance requirements

Release: 1

TLIF4100 Identify and meet rail safety regulatory compliance requirements

Modification History

Release 1. This is the first release of this unit of competency in the TLI Transport and Logistics Training Package.

Application

This unit involves the skills and knowledge required to identify and meet rail safety regulatory requirements. It involves interpreting rail safety legislation for specific scope and nature of rail transport operator railway operations. Rail safety regulatory compliance requirements can be defined by a range of rail safety operating principles such as: identifying and managing risk protecting persons from injury protecting property from damage ensuring emergencies and incidents are properly managed ensuring interfaces between different organisations are properly defined and managed track access train separation. No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.

Pre-requisite Unit

Not applicable.

Competency Field

F – Safety Management

Unit Sector

Not applicable.

Elements and Performance Criteria

Elements describe the essential outcomes.	Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element.
1	Establish rail regulatory requirements	1.1	Legislation applicable to organisational railway operations is confirmed
1.2	Issues relating to rail safety regulation are determined in accordance with legislation, and the impact of these issues on railway operations and management, rail safety and systems interfaces is identified
2	Maintain currency in regulatory requirements	2.1	Changes in safety regulation are monitored and the implications of these changes for rail industry operations and technology are identified
2.2	Changes in rail safety regulatory requirements are monitored and available information, training and awareness sessions are accessed to maintain knowledge and skill base
2.3	Regular contact and information exchange with appropriate personnel within the railway organisation are undertaken to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements
3	Apply knowledge of rail regulatory requirements	3.1	Rail safety operating principles are identified and confirmed
3.2	Applicable current national and international standards, codes and local rules are identified and the relevance of these rules to rail safety regulation is confirmed
3.3	Accreditation requirements and/or conditions applicable to organisational railway operations are identified
3.4	Requirements of rail industry standards applicable to organisational railway operations are identified in the context of safety management systems and risk management
3.5	Implications of using particular rail industry standards for rail safety compliance are explained as required, in accordance with organisational needs
4	Identify principles underpinning rail safety regulation	4.1	Role, function and purpose of coregulation in the rail industry are identified and explained
4.2	Role, function and purpose of an organisational safety management system and accreditation in the context of legislation and guidelines are identified
4.3	Functions and obligations of duty holders and their general duties in the context of rail safety legislation are identified
5	Establish and maintain rail regulatory relationships	5.1	Appropriate regulatory channels are identified and lines of communication are established and maintained
5.2	Interests and requirements of the organisation are represented and promoted
5.3	Feedback is exchanged and used to improve regulatory outcomes

Foundation Skills

Foundation skills essential to performance are explicit in the performance criteria of this unit of competency.

Range of Conditions

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.

Unit Mapping Information

This unit replaces and is equivalent to TLIF4100A Identify and meet rail safety regulatory compliance requirements.

Links

Companion Volume implementation guides are found in VETNet - https://vetnet.gov.au/Pages/TrainingDocs.aspx?q=df441c6e-213d-43e3-874c-0b3f7036d851