PUBLICATIONS

Open Calls For Public Consultation

AS 7531 Lighting and Visibility

AS 7482 Railway Rolling Stock – Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC)

AS 7486 Railway Energy Storage: Rolling Stock Onboard Electrical Energy Storage

AS 7666 Train Protection and Control Interoperability
 

Open Calls For Development Group Members

AS 7513.3 Interior Environment – Part 3 – Passenger Rolling Stock

AS 7510.3 Braking Systems – Part 3 – Multiple Unit Passenger Rolling Stock.
 

AS 7739.1 Digital Engineering Part 1: Principles and Concepts Update

Submissions from the public consultation phase have been collated and sent to the Development Group for further consideration. A series of meetings is now planned to assess what, if any change, is needed prior to the Standard being finalised for approval and publication.

Code of Practice Safety Critical Operational Information Update

The Development Group are currently considering a proposed data model that, if adopted by rail transport managers, will help drive harmonisation in the collection, collation, and distribution of safety critical operational information.

This is expected to be the final work required prior to the Code being made available for public consultation in June this year.

Rail Safety Conference Photos

A big thank you once again to all our guest speakers, panel moderators and attendees for asking the hard questions and bringing sustainability, safety, culture, and risk management to the fore at this annual event.

For those who attended, below is a sneak peek at some of the photos that were taken over the two-day event.

INDUSTRY CONNECTIONS

National Rail Skills Hub Reference Group Meets

The Stakeholder Reference Group for the National Rail Skills Hub met last week  to discuss how the hub will help improve access to pathways to rail skills, and coordinate state-based academies and industry training initiatives to recognise each other's credentials. After this initial fruitful discussion, more meetings have been planned.

RISSB Derailment Investigation Delivered in Melbourne and Sydney

The first RISSB Derailment Investigation and Analysis Workshop was delivered in Melbourne to a full house.  Great stories were shared by participants and those stories added to the richness of the experience.  A big thank you to V/Line for the use of their training space for this course. 

A further Derailment and Analysis Workshop  is planned for Sydney commencing 18^th July.  This course is filling fast, so please register your interest via our website or send an email to sweston@rissb.com.au.
 

Did You Know RISSB Offers Online Training?

In addition to offering face to face training, did you know that RISSB also offers online training in safety critical communications (for protection officers), risk management, rail safety workers obligations , and fundamentals of rail safety?

These short courses are ideal for anyone new to the rail industry or those wanting to upskill or improve their knowledge of rail safety, risk, or safety critical communications.

Each course takes from 1-2 hours to complete and are available on RISSB's Learning Express page.