10.2.1. Issue of OLE Permit to Work

The OLE Permit to Work must only be Issued to a PRES, who is then responsible for
ensuring compliance with all conditions relating to any OLE Permit to Work Issued to
them.

NOTE
An OLE Permit to Work is a form signed and Issued by a NP, to a PRES, for work to be carried out on or near Isolated Electrical Equipment. The purpose of the form is to make known to the recipient exactly which equipment is Isolated and Earthed and upon which, or near to which, it is safe for the work to commence, only so far as the Electrical Equipment is concerned.

The OLE Permit to Work will show the:
 Track(s) concerned;
 Working Limits covered under the isolation;
 start and relinquish times;
 relevant signoffs by the NP and PRES; and
 residual electrical hazards.

NOTE
The NP must ensure that the PRES fully understands these conditions.
The NP must brief the PRES regarding any additional electrical hazards, which could include cross feeds, Track Sectioning Cabin (TSC) roof bushings or bare feeders in the immediate area of the work concerned. It is the duty of the PRES to ensure that each Worker in the Work Group also understands these conditions. The PRES must also inform their relief of these conditions.

Each Worker in the Work Group must consider the OLE to be Live until they have
signed onto the OLE Permit to Work.
The PRES is responsible for:
 explaining the Working Limits stated on the OLE Permit to Work to all members of
the Work Group;
 ensuring that every member of the Work Group and/or any person responsible for
the equipment, material or other items associated with the work which require an
OLE Permit to Work, signs the rear of the OLE Permit to Work, prior to starting work;
 remaining at the site of the OLE Permit to Work and retaining the OLE Permit to
Work until it is relinquished or handed over to a relief PRES. During handover to a
new relief PRES, the new PRES must be fully briefed by the outgoing PRES and all
Workers must be made aware of the changeover;
 explaining to a relief PRES, the conditions stated on the OLE Permit to Work, prior
to signing over the OLE Permit to Work to the relieving PRES;
 contacting the NP either directly or via the ECO, to advise, when a PRES is relieved
and providing the name, mobile phone number, Track Access Permit number and
designation of the relief PRES, to the NP or ECO;
 ensuring that each Worker in the Work Group signs the rear of the OLE Permit to
Work, prior to relinquishing the OLE Permit to Work, or prior to leaving the Worksite,
to confirm that they and any materials, equipment and/or other objects associated
with the work are clear of the OLE;
 ensuring that once the OLE Permit to Work has been signed off as relinquished, that
the OLE is treated as Live and dangerous and that all Workers keep clear of OLE;
and
 personally relinquishing the OLE Permit to Work to the NP (or relief) at or before the
relinquishment time shown on the Permit to Work.