GOGN3616 Iss 1

This document is aimed at Railway Undertakings and any other railway actors operating in or around the railway environment. It gives guidance on operational railway safety awareness, setting out the risks, hazards and control measures to be considered in training. It also includes a framework for competence review and assessment.

The objective associated with this change is to harmonise training and competence for railway undertakings' operational railway safety awareness. There is no existing common-training and competence approach associated with personal track safety for railway undertakings available to the industry.

The introduction of a common operational railway safety awareness competence framework can contribute to reducing the risk of harm to those working in the GB rail sector, including those working away from the GB mainline railway, for example, in depots, yards, sidings, and freight terminals.

Over the course of five years, the benefits will total £2,445,665.

16/07/2024 - TOM SC approved 12m review recommendation for a point release at its meeting in June 2024. 

Optional reading and resources:

Standards quarterly webinar - December 2023

Standards quarterly webinar - June 2023

Operational Railway Safety Awareness