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1
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What legislation applies to rail work?

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  • OHS Act 2004
  • Transport Act (Section 29)
  • 1994 Book of rules and procedures
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When must you speak up for safety?

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Always

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What management + identification is required for a rail safety worker?

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  • must hold appropriate certificate of competency
  • must carry ID that identifies you as being competent
  • must have passed rail safety worker medical to required level
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4
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Is fatigue a hazard?

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Yes and managing it is a collective responsibility

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5
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What are the 3 types of drug and alcohol testing?

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  • randomly
  • show cause (having reasonable suspicion)
  • after an incident/accident (within 3 hours)
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6
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What should your drug and alcohol levels be?

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0 for both

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What should you do if you need to take over the counter prescription drugs?

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Declare it via the appropriate form and inform supervisor/manager before starting work

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Can you refuse to do a drug and alcohol test?

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Yes but you will be treated as ‘confirmed positive’ and you will be stood down immediately

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What are the 6 mandatory PPE requirements?

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  • hard hat
  • eye protection
  • high-vis vest
  • long sleeved shirt
  • long sleeved pants
  • safety boots
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What are a drivers mandatory PPE?

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  • high vis vest
  • safety boots
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11
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What colour clothing is not allowed to be worn in the rail corridor?

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  • red
  • yellow
  • green
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12
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What is the danger zone?

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  • All space within 3m from the nearest rail horizontally
  • infinite distance above and below the rail
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13
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What is a position of safety?

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A place where workers and equipment can’t be struck by rail traffic

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14
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What is the rail corridor?

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  • fence line to fence line; or
  • 15m from the nearest rail
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What is safe working?

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Controlled movement of trains to protect passengers, infrastructure and workers

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16
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What is a Track Force Protection Coordinator?

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Person appointed to assess and implement worksite protection arrangements

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17
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What is the platform danger zone?

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  • between the yellow line and platform edge; or
  • 1.5m from platform edge
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18
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What do you need before you can enter the danger zone?

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Reactive Track Access Request Form

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19
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What is a Position of Safety and what is a driver’s responsibility with them?

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  • a place where people and equipment can’t be struck by rail traffic
  • drivers are responsible to identify and allocated a POS
  • Ensure a POS is available at all time
  • maintain continuous visual assessment and walk towards approaching rail traffic where possible
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20
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When must you stay in a POS until?

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  • rail traffic has passed
  • certain you won’t be in any danger
  • confirmed there is no danger from traffic on another line if safe to do so
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21
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What is an underbridge?

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Where road traffic/waterway goes UNDER the track

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22
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What is an overbridge?

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When road traffic/water goes OVER the track

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23
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What is a culvert?

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  • drain or acces path for livestock
  • typically smaller than a bridge
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24
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What is a tunnel?

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Allows passage of rail traffic through hills or under roads/structures etc.

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25
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What is the track system composed of?

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  • rails
  • sleepers
  • ballast
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26
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What do sleepers do?

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Maintain correct spacing/gauge between the rails

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27
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What does ballast do?

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Provides support and drainage

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28
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What do rails do?

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Guide the train

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29
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What are kilometre posts?

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Indicate how many km you are from SOUTHERN CROSS STATION

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30
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What are overhead structure numbers?

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Indicate how many feet you are from FLINDERS STREET STATION. Add 00 to the end of the number for the distance

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31
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What are points/turnouts?

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Provide the means of altering the route of trains

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32
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What are crossovers?

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Two sets of points linked together to allow trains to cross from one line to another

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33
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What do signals do?

A

Control rail traffic movements

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34
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What is an Automatic Train Stop?

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Device used to stop rail traffic if passing a signal at stop (trip arm will raise)

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35
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What is the maximum track speed in the Inner Suburban?

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65km/h

36
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What is the minimum sighting distance in the Inner Suburban?

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455m

37
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What are the 2 types of pedestrian crossing?

A
  1. Actively protected
  2. Passively protected
38
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What is safety critical communications?

A

Those that occur when:
- sending/receiving emergency messages
- sending/receiving safeworking directions
- driving/operating rail traffic movements
- controlling and/or signalling rail traffic movements
- reporting state of equipment, infrastructure or people that might impact safety

39
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What are some main communication errors?

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  • wrong information communicated
  • incomplete information communicated
  • no information communicated
  • unclear/ambiguous information communicated
  • safety critical communication fundamentals
40
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What are the ABCs of safety critical comms?

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A - accurate
B - brief
C - clear

41
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What is active listening?

A

Where you make a conscious effort to HEAR and UNDERSTAND what the other person is trying to say

42
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When must you challenge, correct or clarify a message?

A

When it is incorrect, incomplete, unclear, ambiguous or not understood

43
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What are some common barriers to communication?

A
  • loud environment
  • poor connection
  • ambiguous wording
  • making assumptions
  • speaking to someone with a stron accent
44
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What information should be providing during communication procedure?

A
  • TDN (train describer number)
  • origin/destination
  • location
45
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What is special about the phonetic alphabet?

A
  • each letter name picked specifically so they sound distinct from the others
  • no two words sound alike
  • only 2 words have one syllable
46
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What must be done when completing safe working documents?

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  • Completed all required items on form
  • write legibly
  • write number in numerals and not words
  • write clearly in blue or black pen
  • draw a single line through errors + initial, or start a new form if no longer legible
47
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When can mobile phones be used?

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  • in the danger zone = Never
  • in the rail corridor = when in a POS
48
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What 6 things must you have before entering the rail corridor?

A
  • metro ID
  • PPE
  • Cat 1 medical
  • be fit for work
  • rostered to work
  • TTSA - level 1
49
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What is used to access the danger zone when there is no POS and one needs to be created?

A

Reactive Track Access Request Form

50
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Who must you obtain permission from to access the danger zone?

A
  • train controller
  • controlling signaller (depending on location)
51
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What are the four sections of a Reactive Track Access Request Form?

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A) access request
B) stationary train or absolute signal/blocking facilities
C) cancellation
D) additional site attendees

52
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What must you give the fleet maintainer before they start working on the train?

A
  • Train Driver’s Controller Key
  • reactive track access request form
53
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What must you do when in the danger zone?

A
  • advise others when approaching rail traffic is detected
  • obey warning devices
  • constantly look and listen for approaching rail traffic
54
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How must you ensure your safety when in the danger zone?

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  • have a POS available at all times
  • continuous visual assessment, walking facing towards the direction of approaching rail traffic
  • walk on designated pathways
  • walk carefully on unstable surfaces
  • never wear/use anything that hinders your ability to see/hear approaching rail traffic
  • never allow yourself to be distracted
  • never used a mobile phone in danger zone
55
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What are the hazards when walking/working in the rail corridor?

A
  • uneven surfaces
  • points
  • electrical infrastructure
  • oncoming trains
56
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What are Audible Track Warning signals (ATWs)?

A

Devices that explode when train wheels run over them (used to attract attention of train crew)

57
Q

What is a drivers responsibility to an electric shock victim?

A
  • personal safety
  • safety of passenger
  • isolate power (contact TC and/or Electrol)
  • attend to victim
58
Q

What must you do when working around electrical equipment/infrastructure?

A
  • maintain a safe distance
  • do NOT touch/sit/walk on anything
  • report and damage to supervisor as soon as possible
59
Q

What are the distances for the Electrical infrastructure exclusion zone

A

2m = for personnel
6.4m = plant

60
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What is a rail shorting device?

A

Used as a safety measure to short circuit overhead if power is accidentally restored

61
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What is cable trunking?

A

It’s what carries the signalling equipment to signal boxes along the network

62
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How much electricity runs through the overhead?

A

1500V D.C.

63
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How much power runs through the transmission wires?

A

22 000V A.C.

64
Q

When are Stand Off Stanchions used?

A
  • where there are curves
  • used to keep the overhead taut and in position
65
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What do droppers do?

A

They suspend the contact wire from the catenary wire

66
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What do dropper feeders do?

A

Places between contact and catenary wires to conduct electricity

67
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What are the 3 types of stanchions?

A
  • portal
  • cantilever
  • stand off
68
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What are steady arms?

A
  • Used to hold the contact wire in position from the stanchion towards the centre of the track
  • are at different distance to provide the stagger in the overhead
69
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What are spark gaps?

A

Used to short circuit the overhead if the stanchion becomes live by connecting to the rail head

70
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What are section insulators?

A

Used to isolate sections of overhead when needed

71
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What are the 3 types of section insulator?

A
  • fibreglass
  • porcelain
  • wood
72
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What are guy wires?

A

Used as an anchor point to the ground to provide stability to stanchions

73
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What are tension structures?

A

Used to provide continual automatic tensioning of contact wire

74
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What are the 2 types of tension structures?

A
  • spring
  • weighted
75
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What is a terminal stop sign?

A
  • Used to warn the overhead will finish (in 15m where possible).
  • Must stop 3m before the sign
76
Q

What must be done if pantograph is leaving the contact wire?

A
  • emergency brakes
  • lower the pantographs
77
Q

Can you dispose of asbestos in general rubbish?

A

No

78
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What are the 5 steps of incident reporting/reporting unsafe conditions?

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  1. Identify yourself, TDN, desination-origin
  2. Location
  3. Describe the situation
  4. Indicate urgency of response required
  5. Identify the immediate hazards
79
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Who must you report rolling stock faults to?

A

Train controller

80
Q

What is the act used to protect the environment?

A

Environmental protection amendment act 2018

81
Q

What are the 4 train types?

A
  • comeng (oldest)
  • Siemens (white on front with flat sides)
  • x’trapolis (slanted front with slight curved sides)
  • HCMT (newest?
82
Q

Which train is the v-set?

A
  • velocity train
  • purple
83
Q

Which rolling stock type is the Tamper?

A

Yellow track work vehicle

84
Q

Which rolling stock is the hi-rail

A

Truck that can drive on train tracks

85
Q

Which rolling stock is the EV120?

A

Yellow trailer that gets pulled to check condition of the tracks

86
Q

Which rolling stock is the EV120?

A

Yellow trailer that gets pulled to check condition of the tracks

87
Q

What does track class refer to?

A

Maximum speed allowed for that track

Cert IV in Train Driving (Metro Trains) (7 decks)

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