The ATR rulebook

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The ATR rulebook examination regime.

• Why do we need to change?
• What changes are proposed?
• When will it all happen?
• How will it impact my railway?

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Change for change sake? It aint broke why fix
it!

• Like it or not this is the 21st Century
• We utilise commercial workers.
• National competencies National Rules.
• Consistency between railways
• Its Best Practice mlud.

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What changes who, how and when.

• Layered approach to the rules.
• NTC etc will handle the top tier.
• ATHRA/ATR will produce the general rules.
• ATR will manage the Victorian common aspects.
• Individual Railways will write local and specific
  plant rules.

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Training and Examination

• 40. Assessment of rail safety worker competence
• (1) A rail operator must assess, or cause to be
  assessed, the competence of each rail safety
  worker who is employed or engaged by the rail
  operator, or a rail contractor who supplies rail
  infrastructure operations or rolling stock
  operations to that rail operator, by reference to
  
• (a) any applicable units of competence or
  qualification recognised under the Australian
  Quality Training Framework within the meaning of
  the Skilling Australia's Workforce Act 2005 of
  the Commonwealth

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Training and Competence

• The Australian Quality Training Framework (AQTF)
  is the nationally agreed quality framework for
  the Australian vocational education and training
  (VET) system.
• Relevant Competencies are being defined through
  TDT.
• Training and Assessment must be delivered by a
  Registered Training Organisation (RTO)

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Draft 1 / 25-SEPT 2005
PRELIMINARY DRAFT UNIT PROFILES FOR HERITAGE
TRAIN DRIVERS
Cxx Operate and Monitor a Heritage Steam
Locomotive
Cxx Operate a Heritage Train
F21 Respond to Train Driving Emergencies/Abnormal
Situations
Bxx Inspect and Prepare a Heritage Stable Motive
Power Unit
Bxx Inspect and Prepare a Heritage Steam
Locomotive
Cxx Operate and Monitor a Heritage Motive Power
Unit
C19 Drive Train to Operational Requirements
Bxx Stable and Shut Down Heritage Motive Power
Unit
B20 Visually Inspect Stationary Heritage Train
B19 Test Train Braking System
Bxx Stable and Shut Down a Heritage Steam
Locomotive
Lxx Assist with Heritage Train Operations
B18Conduct Full Train Examination
CI7 Shunt Rolling Stock
F10 Apply Fatigue Management Strategies
LEVEL 1
LEVEL 2
F58 Apply Safeworking Rules and Regulations to
Rail Operations
L8 Complete Routine Administrative Tasks
LEVEL 3
B1 Check Assess Op. Capabilities of Equipment
F6 Apply Accident-Emergency Procedures
U7 Care for the Environment
B22 Diagnose and Rectify Minor Faults
LEVEL 4
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L1 Complete Workplace Orientation/ Induction
Procedures
E3 Participate in Basic Workplace Communication
B28 Maintain and Use Hand Tools
F1 Follow OHS Procedures
I2 Apply Customer Service Skills
F2 Conduct Housekeeping Activities
- B - Equipment Checking Maintenance-
- I - Customer Service
- L - Resource management
- C - DrivingVehicles
- E - Documentation Calculations
- U - Environment
- F - Occupational Health Safety
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Training and Competence.

• 7.4 The RTO must ensure that training is
  delivered by a person who
• holds the Certificate IV in Training and
  Assessment from the Training and Assessment
  Training Package or is able to demonstrate
  equivalent competencies or
• is under the direct supervision of a person who
  has the competencies specified above and
• is able to demonstrate vocational competencies,
  at least to the level of those being delivered.

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Training and Competence

• The RTO must ensure assessments are conducted by
  a person who has
• The following competencies from the Training and
  Assessment Training Package or is able to
  demonstrate equivalent competenciesa TAAASS401A
  Plan and organise assessmentb TAAASS402A Assess
  competencec TAAASS404A Participate in assessment
  validation
• Relevant vocational competencies, at least to the
  level being assessed.

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Implications

• Trainers and Assessors will require recognised
  training competence.
• Training programs will have to meet TDT
  competencies.
• The Training and Assessment regimes will have to
  be integrated.

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What is happening.

• ATR/ATHRA are active in defining competencies
• ATR have determined that examiners shall have
  externally recognised assessment competence and
  will provide for training those current examiners
  who dont.
• Now the framework is falling into place we can
  start building a complete system.

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The ATR rulebook examination regime.

• A new set of rules which is a subset of the
  national rules.
• Training and assessment compliant with the AQTF.