Elements and Performance Criteria
- Establish rail regulatory requirements
- Maintain currency in regulatory requirements
- Changes in safety regulation are monitored and their implications for rail industry operations and technology are identified
- Changes in rail safety regulatory requirements are monitored and available information, training and awareness sessions are accessed to maintain knowledge and skill base
- Regular contact and information exchange with appropriate personnel within the railway organisation are undertaken to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements
- Apply knowledge of rail regulatory requirements
- Rail safety operating principles are identified and confirmed
- Applicable current national and international standards, codes and local rules are identified and their relevance to rail safety regulation is confirmed
- Accreditation requirements and/or conditions applicable to organisational railway operations are identified
- Requirements of rail industry standards applicable to organisational railway operations are identified in the context of safety management systems and risk management
- Implications of using particular rail industry standards for rail safety compliance are explained as required, in accordance with organisational needs
- Identify principles underpinning rail safety regulation
- Role, function and purpose of co-regulation in the rail industry are identified and explained
- Role, function and purpose of an organisational safety management system and accreditation in the context of legislation and guidelines are identified
- Functions and obligations of duty holders and their general duties in the context of rail safety legislation are identified
- Establish and maintain rail regulatory relationships