Target Cohort
Rerailing team members and supervisors/team leaders
Overview
This course is intended for personnel participating in re-railing, incident and breakdown activities. Outcomes are:
· Site safety and site control. Common site hazards, methods of control, site safety and commitment to site safety are emphasised. While personnel may not be directly involved or qualified in aspects such as site protection and interactions with third parties, it is critical site personnel know the processes and protocols of working in a higher consequence environment.
· Equipment used for recovery. Identification, care and inspection and use of equipment.
· Preparation and planning for incidents. Equipment inspection, management and storage. Protocols and processes of site incidents.
· Principles and Practices of safe re-railing processes using jacking equipment available.
· Vehicle recovery using jacking sets, ramps and working with cranes.
Duration: Nominally 2.5 days based on the use of jacks. If practice on other equipment, such as ramps or pony bogies, is required, time would need to be extended accordingly.
Assessment:
Assessment comprises a staged module review, exercises, scenarios and physical application of knowledge and skills. A certificate of completion will be provided outlining areas of assessment.
Costs
Course costs will be quoted based per booked course after requirements are finalised and costs estimated. Nominally course costs are around $5400 per 6 person course session plus costs. We use high-quality colour reference manuals. A considerable cost saving can be made if these can be printed in-house (by the trainer) as required for participants.
Performance outcomes.
1. Demonstrates commitment, knowledge and application of incident site safety, environmental, security and organisation.
1.1. Demonstrates a commitment to safety. A demonstrated commitment to safety is fundamental for an assessment of competency in this course.
1.2. Demonstrates awareness of the hazards of rerailing and site safety.
1.3. Demonstrated awareness of incident risk assessment, high risk, and common site hazards and controls, including at least manual handling, vehicle movement, heat and cold.
1.4. Demonstrated awareness of site and work team organisation and control.
1.5. Demonstrates awareness of relevant elements of the Rail Safety Act and personal responsibilities.
1.6. Demonstrates awareness of the role and interaction with the Office of the Rail Safety Regulator.
1.7. Demonstrates awareness of the preservation of evidence.
1.8. Demonstrates awareness of site behavior and protocols, including confidentiality, site conduct, and interaction with non-authorised parties.
1.9. Demonstrates awareness of environmental protection requirements.
1.10. Demonstrates awareness of common wildlife hazards and wildlife protection.
2. Demonstrates knowledge and application of Jacking equipment sets and associated tools and materials.
2.1. Demonstrates knowledge of jack re-railing and recovery equipment care and maintenance.
2.2. Demonstrates competency in the safe and effective use of jack recovery equipment.
2.3. Demonstrated awareness of common tools and equipment used in re-railing, including packing, lifting jigs and hand tools.
2.4. Demonstrates knowledge of use, care and maintenance of re-railing and recovery equipment.
3. Awareness of preparation and planning for rail incidents.
3.1 Demonstrates knowledge of preparedness for safe and effective recovery
3.2. Demonstrates knowledge of methods and means of recovery
3.3. Demonstrates awareness of protocols and processes of a rail incident
4. Demonstrates an understanding and application of the principles of re-railing.
4.1. Demonstrated knowledge of the basic principles of re-railing.
4.2. Demonstrated competency in applying the principles of vehicle rerailing.
5. Demonstrates knowledge and application of safe vehicle recovery using jacking equipment.
5.1. Demonstrate knowledge of safe vehicle recovery methods and their strengths and limitations, including jacks, ramps and cranes.
5.2. Demonstrate understanding and application of the use of jacking equipment and methods under various circumstances, including curves, super-elevation and spread rail.
5.3. Demonstrate understanding of basic re-railing protocols using jacks and supporting equipment, including timbers, transverse beams, transformers, hoses, and generators.
5.4. Demonstrated understanding of vehicle jacking points, couplers and draw bars for re-railing with jacks.
5.5. Demonstrated competence in preparing and implementing jacking bases in various circumstances and vehicle considerations.
5.6. Demonstrated use of securing and adjusting bogies using nip chains, packing and wedges.
5.7. Demonstrate knowledge of re-railing of various vehicles, including locomotives and wagons.
6 Demonstrate knowledge of de-railed vehicle recovery using cranes.
6.1 Understand the limiting factors using cranes for re-railing.
6.2 Knowledge of site safety and protocols for cranes on site.
6.3 Knowledge of methods for efficient use of cranes.
6.4 Knowledge and application of lifting methods and the application of jigs for lifting vehicles with cranes.
7. Demonstrates knowledge of the use of ramps for re-railing.
7.1. Knowledge of types of ramps and circumstances of their use.
7.2. Demonstrate an understanding of the application of ramps.
7.3. Optional - Demonstrated re-railing or set up of ramps (where required and available).