Recommendation Date
Recipient Name
Transfield
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Ensure that staff allocated driving duties of on-track maintenance vehicles are appropriately trained and certificated.
Reply Text
Transfield Services accepts the safety recommendation.
Transfield Services does have an appropriate hi-rail vehicle driver training and certification system which includes appropriate certification in on tracking approvals from Train Control and all the various Safety Rules applying.
There is appropriate practical instruction and on the job training with an experienced operator as part of the overall training.
Regular safety observations on all operators of hi-rail vehicles is also part of the system.
The confirmation of practical training completion will in future be done by a mastery test which will be undertaken by all HRV drivers and records kept of its satisfactory completion. (Toll Rail hi-rail drivers will also be included).
I expect to have the safety recommendation completely implemented by 1 December 2004.
Transfield Services does have an appropriate hi-rail vehicle driver training and certification system which includes appropriate certification in on tracking approvals from Train Control and all the various Safety Rules applying.
There is appropriate practical instruction and on the job training with an experienced operator as part of the overall training.
Regular safety observations on all operators of hi-rail vehicles is also part of the system.
The confirmation of practical training completion will in future be done by a mastery test which will be undertaken by all HRV drivers and records kept of its satisfactory completion. (Toll Rail hi-rail drivers will also be included).
I expect to have the safety recommendation completely implemented by 1 December 2004.
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