Re: guard/driver training (was: "Olympic Sprint Platform - Lidcombe")

[keithm@commslab.gov.au (Keith Malcolm)]

In article <mauried.310.3737CD3B@commslab.gov.au> mauried@commslab.gov.au (Maurie Daly) writes:
>From: mauried@commslab.gov.au (Maurie Daly)
>Subject: Re: guard/driver training (was: "Olympic Sprint Platform - Lidcombe")
>Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 06:24:59 GMT

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>>> This has got to be the most ludicrous move I have ever heard of, since the
>>> person at RSA has no current safeworking accreditation (according to what
>>> a certain person has told me) and is only has management qualifications,
>>> so how can someone without safeworking accreditation be in charge of
>>> safeworking standards? Interesting question, isn't it?
>>> 
>>> I wonder if Eddie Oliver can add some comments about this?

>>Yes. It is not RSA but RAC. It is surely appropriate that the owner of
>>the track should control the safeworking procedures for movements over
>>those tracks (subject of course to overview by the Department of
>>Transport under the Rail Safety Act). The staffing situation is only
>>transitional.

>>Eddie

>It makes sense if the RAC themselves have persons qualified in the safeworking 
>procedures that they are responsible for regulating,but I suspect that this is 
>not the case.
>The same silly situation exists with the NSW DOT who are responsible for 
>administering the NSW Rail Safety Act,and acrediting organizations to operate 
>trains even though Im pretty sure that NSW DOT have no qualified 
>drivers,safeworking inspectors etc.
>There seems to be a general belief within Govt regulatory agencies that such 
>agencies can qualify and grant accreditation to organizations ,even though the 
>regulators themselves dont have the qualifications.
>An ananolgy would be universities handing out degrees to students when the 
>lecturers / examiners etc dont hold similar degrees themselves.

>MD


I could be wrong, but I was under the impression that NO one in NSW is infact 
safe working qualified due to a lack of re-accreditaion until the new 
ammendments come in.

Dave Malcolm