RISSB Connect Edition 68, June 2024

Edition 68 June 2024 

INSIDE THIS EDITION

+ CEO message
+ Sharing safety ideas to ‘Make a Change’
+ Another successful Investigate Rail Safety Course in Melbourne
+ Want to present at a RISSB MasterClass Webinar?
+ Call for Development Group Members – Review of AS 7522 Access and Egress
+ Call for Development Group Members – Review of AS 7715 Train Detection 
+ Member Spotlight

CEO MESSAGE

As part of RISSB’s new strategy, we are currently undertaking a review of our existing portfolio of training products and asking ourselves 'why'? Our training products are already well regarded and well subscribed (including overseas interest), and our new strategy has a much greater emphasis on driving the wider adoption of RISSB’s products.

In summary, to continue to drive the adoption of RISSB’s products we need to be ensuring that we are:

• Working on industry’s most important challenges and opportunities
• Developing products that deliver greater value that industry wants to adopt
• Considering barriers to adoption during our product development processes
• Offering services that can assist in the adoption of products.

The final point above is where training comes into the equation. While much of our current training is about upskilling at an individual level, the ability to assist the uptake of RISSB’s products will require 'training' at an organisational level. This might involve some form of gap analysis to assist in due diligence when a new or updated RISSB product is introduced. It might be some simple online training to highlight changes, and to identify improvement opportunities. Or it might involve RISSB developing proforma Work Instructions of Procedures to support the implementation.

RISSB has always had a very keen interest in the uptake of its products – they are of course developed by industry, for industry – and, our new strategy is focused on RISSB playing a much more active role in understanding barriers to adoption and in assisting industry reap the safety, productivity and sustainability benefits of the work we do.

If you have any ideas of how we can further improve the adoption of our products, either through alternative approaches to training or any other ideas please let us know your thoughts at info@rissb.com.au.

Damien White
RISSB CEO

Want to present at a RISSB MasterClass Webinar?

RISSB’s popular MasterClass Webinar series has become a regular and highly regarded aspect of industry engagement. They continue to highlight industry's hottest topics, covering a broad range of subjects that are driving discussions in the Australian rail industry. 

Do you have a topic you think would be of interest to the rail industry? We encourage you to submit your ideas to info@rissb.com.au.

Our webinars are delivered by some of industry's most prominent leaders and technical experts, hearing from a range of Australian and international speakers each fortnight. The series provide industry with the opportunity to hear from a wide range of perspectives on a number of topics.

Don't miss out on this opportunity to take advantage of our MasterClass Webinar program! This year alone our webinars have attracted on average 200 participants each fortnight, with many of our RISSB members also viewing them later through our Grand Central portal.

We look forward to hearing your ideas. You can view our webinar schedule for 2024 on our website here.

MEMBER SPOTLIGHT ON
Transport for NSW

Transport for NSW (TfNSW) is the lead agency of the NSW Transport cluster. TfNSW's role is to lead the development of a safe, efficient, integrated transport system that keeps people and goods moving, connects communities and shapes the future of our cities, centres and regions.

TfNSW has been a participating member of RISSB since 2015.

Last week, TfNSW and Victoria’s Department of Transport and Planning signed a Memorandum of Understanding and started trialling a harmonised process for approving road and rail infrastructure products, such as signalling and electrical equipment. This first-of-its-kind cross-border partnership is designed to create efficiencies, reduce costs and remove barriers to new technologies that will enhance performance and improve our rail and road networks. 

Find out more here.