Re: Driver Training 3

["Mr X" <Rail.bob.eastwestfreight@foothills.net>]

In July 1995 Cabinet approved the implementation of new administration
arrangements for rail safety management in Western Australia. These
arrangements are based on principles proposed for an Inter- Government
Agreement on National Rail Safety. The principles are:

www.transport.wa.gov.au

Dave Proctor <daproc@spambait.ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
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> "Mr X" <Rail.bob.eastwestfreight@foothills.net> wrote in message
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> > Accreditation is only the beginning.
> >
> > This is a very basic nature of track access requirements, which will
have
> to
> > become federal soon.
>
> Are you planning a referendum to change the Constitution to make railways
a
> federal responsibility?
>
> Dave
>
> > Peter Homann <phomann@optushome.com.au> wrote in message
> > news:39835F84.AF0BE110@optushome.com.au...
> > > Mr X crawled back out from under a rock to drivel:
> > >
> > > > Driver training.
> > > > If you all say everything is rosy anyway, why are there so many
> mishaps
> > on
> > > > NSW's urban system?????
> > > > If you had any idea, you would see that rail has been deregulated
> here,
> > and
> > > > state regulation expects employees to know it all, without being
> trained
> > > > correctly.
> > > > This just might be the reason for all these mishaps.
> > > > Or, do you think it has something to do with the position of the
> moon???
> > > > ^.^
> > >
> > > Firstup, I agree with Dave Proctor that while there are state bodies,
> > there is
> > > no National body to cover the issue of rail safety, but I never siad
> > everything
> > > was rosy!
> > >
> > > <gripe>
> > > This puts companies like NR, FA, etc. etc. into the ridiculous
situation
> > of
> > > having to go through the whole process of gaining accreditation to
> operate
> > in 5
> > > states.  That's five lots of paperwork, not one!  And needs to be
> reviewed
> > > every year too.  Plus working under potentially different
> interpretations
> > of
> > > the same standard.
> > > </gripe>
> > >
> > > Anyway, back to the CityRail issue.  The whole "business" of rail
safety
> > it set
> > > up to attribute blame to whoever didn't do what they could have done
to
> > prevent
> > > a safety issue.  This quite often ends up pointing at management, in
> that
> > if
> > > there is an incident, the investigation quite often comes around to
> > pointing at
> > > management as to why certain things weren't done, and training almost
> > always
> > > seems to come up (in the reports I have seen anyway).
> > > So, does CityRail management need to change their focus from a
> completely
> > > "on-time running or bust" mentality to a "work safe and the on-time
> > running
> > > should happen by itself" focus?  I dunno, coz I don't live in Sydney,
> but
> > from
> > > afar, it sounds like it...
> > >
> > > <slaps forehead>
> > > Hey, why am I arguing with someone who is too gutless to put his real
> name
> > on
> > > an email??
> > > :->
> > >
> > > Cheers.
> > > --
> > >    .sig
> > >
> >
> >
>
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