Possession Notice 30 – Mandated Safety Critical Communications Competency Training Course

This information has been prepared to inform Sydney Trains’ employees, contractors and TfNSW about the requirement to undertake a mandated one day unit of competency training course.

Background
Sydney Trains is committed to supporting its employees in the correct delivery of Safety Critical Communications (SCC).
One of the initiatives developed is a training package consisting of a one day unit of competency to Apply Safety
Critical Communications in the Rail Environment – SCC01. This training course has been mandated for all employees who work in high risk roles within the rail environment. This includes Protection Officers and Safeworking qualified employees.
Asset Scheduling & Delivery Coordination (AS&DC) delivers and manages possessions on behalf of Sydney Trains.
With the ever increasing number of stakeholders and contractors accessing possessions on behalf of Transport for NSW, Sydney Metro, and other External Agencies, Sydney Trains have to ensure that Possession Management is delivered at the highest level of professionalism. This includes the correct delivery of SCC.

Requirement
All AS&DC staff, other Sydney Trains employees and external contractors who work or potentially may be asked to work
within a Possession Management Centre or Office are required to undertake the SCC training course.
Sydney Trains employees and ASDC embedded contract Protection Officers will be paid to attend by the business unit as they need to be rostered off to attend the training.
Five sessions each week will be run at Petersham Training College until the end of 2019, it is however expected that all staff working within any Possession Management Centre or Office will have completed the course by 30th June 2019.
Application to attend the training course is taken through the Transport Equip system (My Learning module).
External Contractors will be able to register themselves via the following email address referencing the course;
Apply Safety Critical Communications in the Rail Environment – SCC01:
OD_TrainingEnquiries@transport.nsw.gov.au

The Final Word
Each and every person, whether they are AS&DC staff, other Sydney Trains staff or contractors who work within a Possession Management Centre or Possession Office managed by AS&DC is required to undertake the Apply Safety Critical Communications in the Rail Environment – SCC01 training course by 30TH June 2019.
Managers are to ensure that staff under their control are enrolled in the course (through Transport Equip system) and rostered accordingly at the earliest possible convenience.
After the 30th June 2019, staff who have not undertaken the training may not be permitted to work within any Possession Management Centre or Office.

Peter Beardsley
Associate Director, Asset Scheduling and Delivery Coordination
Date: 14/01/2019