TLIF4111A - Work effectively in a train-driving environment

TLIF4111A
Work effectively in a train-driving environment

This unit involves the skills and knowledge required to work effectively in a train-driving environment and includes monitoring own health and wellbeing, maintaining situational awareness, maintaining workplace safety, mitigating threats and errors, and maintaining currency of industry skills and knowledge.Licensing or certification requirements are not applicable to this unit.

Application

This activity applies to individuals who are engaged in operating rolling stock in the work environment and who are responsible for their own work. This may be in a defined context under direct supervision and/or with some individual responsibility.

This unit has limited application in the rail operations environment.

Prerequisites

Nil

Elements and Performance Criteria

1	Monitor own health and wellbeing	1.1	Health and wellbeing issues that impact on train driving are identified
		1.2	Own health and wellbeing is assessed against identified issues
		1.3	Potential for own health and wellbeing to deteriorate in relation to identified issues is determined
		1.4	Action is taken improve own health and wellbeing status in relation to identified issues
2	Maintain situational awareness	2.1	Self and others are assessed for task knowledge requirements at commencement and duration of the task
		2.2	External and internal information that impacts on the operation of the train is gathered
		2.3	Information about the train and its systems is accurately interpreted
		2.4	Significance of this information in relation to the current situation is determined
		2.5	Changes in the current situation are anticipated and action is taken to correct any negative impacts of these anticipated changes
		2.6	Appropriate personnel involved are informed of these changes
3	Implement work safety requirements	3.1	Work health and safety (WHS)/occupational health and safety (OHS) procedures and work instructions are identified and implemented
		3.2	Pre-start systems and equipment checks are carried out according to organisational procedures
		3.3	Organisational procedures for responding to emergency incidents are implemented
		3.4	Designated persons for reporting queries and concerns about safety in the workplace are identified
		3.5	Existing and potential hazards in the workplace are identified, reported to designated persons and recorded according to organisational procedures
		3.6	Emergency incidents and injuries are identified and reported to designated persons according to organisational procedures
		3.7	WHS/OHS duty holders in own work area and their duties are identified
4	Recognise, manage and mitigate threats and errors	4.1	Relevant environmental and/or operational threats and errors are identified
		4.2	Standard operating procedures are applied to avoid identified operational threats and errors occurring
		4.3	Strategies for reducing the frequency of errors are implemented
		4.4	Strategies for limiting the consequences of errors are implemented
		4.5	Progress is monitored and assessed to ensure a safe journey
		4.6	Actions are modified and communicated as required when a safe journey is in doubt
		4.7	Systems, environment and rail operations staff are monitored, and information is collected and analysed to identify potential or actual threats and errors
		4.8	Timely action is taken to prevent identified threats and errors
5	Maintain currency of industry skills and knowledge	5.1	Notices and directives about new policies, processes and procedures are read and implemented
		5.2	Clarification is sought from relevant personnel about anything that is not clear in relation to new policies, processes and procedures
		5.3	Where issues about new policies, processes and procedures are interpreted, this information is provided to relevant personnel
		5.4	Relevant professional development and training activities are undertaken

Required Skills

This section describes the knowledge and skills required for this unit.

Required knowledge:

Awareness of the impact illness and medication can have on information processing

Decision making processes

Factors that impact on worker health and wellbeing and their effects

Fatigue management strategies

Emergency management

How preconceptions of what is going to happen can detract from situational awareness

How to make better use of resources (human, equipment, information and procedures) to reduce rail safety occurrences

Human error as source of risk in rail operations

Leadership

Notices and directives about new policies, processes and procedures

Reducing rail safety occurrences attributable to human error

Relevant safety, WHS/OHS, and environmental procedures and regulations

Risk management processes (hazard identification, risk management and risk controls)

Self-management

Situations that can result in a loss in situational awareness:

ambiguous information

becoming fixated or preoccupied

breakdown in standard operating procedures

confusion

complacency

contradictory information

fatigue

ineffective communication

non-compliance

poor health

standard operating procedures not being followed correctly

Standard operating procedures to avoid identified threats and errors occurring

Task and workload management

Teamwork

Threat and error management

Tools and techniques to improve and manage human performance

Required skills:

Be aware of the roles of other rail operations staff as they impact on train driving

Be vigilant

Communicate effectively and positively with rail operations staff

Continually assess and reassess situations

Develop and implement safety and operations plans

Execute response training in critical situations

Familiarise oneself with train system being used

Interpret rosters and prepare for rosters as required

Keep industry knowledge up-to-date

Perform to track owner requirements, specifications and operational demands

Plan ahead and develop alternative plans

Plan for contingencies

Prioritise safety issues that will impact on work tasks

Prioritise tasks

Remain alert and active when monitoring automatic systems

Report changes in situations as necessary

Scan environment at regular intervals or important points in the process

Evidence Required

The evidence guide provides advice on assessment and must be read in conjunction with the performance criteria, required knowledge and skills, the range statement and the assessment guidelines for this Training Package.
Critical aspects for assessment and evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit	The evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit must be relevant to and satisfy all of the requirements of the elements and performance criteria of this unit and include demonstration of applying: required knowledge and skills relevant legislation and organisational procedures other relevant aspects of the range statement.
Context of and specific resources for assessment	Performance is demonstrated consistently over time and in a suitable range of contexts. Resources for assessment include access to: a range of relevant exercises, case studies and/or other simulated practical and knowledge assessment, and/or an appropriate range of relevant operational situations in the workplace. In both real and simulated environments, access is required to: relevant and appropriate materials and equipment applicable documentation including organisational procedures, regulations, codes of practice and operation manuals.
Method of assessment	As a minimum, assessment of knowledge must be conducted through appropriate written/oral tests. Practical assessment must occur: through activities in an appropriately simulated environment, and/or in an appropriate range of situations in the workplace.

Range Statement

The range statement relates to the unit of competency as a whole. It allows for different work environments and situations that may affect performance.
Health and wellbeing issues may include:	alcohol, tobacco and other drugs diet/eating plans exercise fatigue health and other requirements for workers undertaking safety critical tasks and jobs lifestyle factors non-work related health and wellbeing problems stress weight work related factors workplace psychosocial factors
Action may include:	advice on healthy eating plans commitment to and action of quality family/personal time regular allotment of time to exercise using company provided counselling services
External and internal information that impacts on the operation of the train may include:	access to and use of company and/or public counselling services commonwealth and state/territory government information about improving health, wellbeing and lifestyle commonwealth and state/territory government information on the impact of alcohol and other drugs in relation to individuals and families requirements in regards to rail health requirements time management information to assist in prioritising personal and professional priorities
Changes in the current situation may include:	environmental incidents, both mechanical and human task related
Appropriate personnel may include:	commonwealth and state/territory bodies and/or departments counselling services internal health programs family
Relevant environmental or operational threats and errors may include:	dangerous goods related incident safety breach train quality (mechanical) failure terrorism uncooperative work relationship (direct or remote)
Strategies for reducing the frequency of errors may include:	reducing reliance on memory using checklists, reminders using communication protocols adequate human machine interface design
Strategies for limiting the consequences of errors may include:	improve communication skills cross checking and monitoring training for error detection and recovery transparent systems with adequate feedback
Notices and directives about new policies, processes and procedures may include:	new operational procedures and processes regulatory requirements track owner network requirements

Sectors

Not applicable.

Employability Skills

This unit contains employability skills.

Licensing Information

Refer to Unit Descriptor.