PLANNING AND DELIVERING SAFE WORK
Edition 4
21 January 2015
Key Programme
Dates:
Welcome to the Planning and Delivering Safe Work
Cascade
Happy New Year, and welcome to the first Planning and Delivering Safe Work
(P&DSW) Cascade of 2015.
The immediate key
programme milestones are:
In the run in to Christmas the programme built up some great momentum, which we
have carried into the 2015. We now have over 850 delegates that have passed
through SWL, Planner and AA training, and we are maintaining a healthy pass rate
means.
8 Jan – SVP Panel
meeting
In the first few weeks of 2015 we have also completed another run of train the
trainers’ courses, which has brought our trained strength of “Trainers” up to 91, so
the number of courses being run will continue to increase, which is great news.
19 Jan – SWM Pilot
courses run
13-14 Jan – Control
system trials
20 Jan – System UAT
One of our key developments, since the last cascade, has been the initial drafting of
“The Code of Practice for Planning and Delivering Safe Work”. A lot of work has
already gone into this document, which when complete, approved and published will
replace Network Rail’s 019 standard. There is still some work to do but the initial
drafts are promising and we have received positive feedback from stakeholder
reviews.
We are really keen to keep you informed about the programme and hope you find
these cascades a useful update on the progress we are making. If you are a line
manager, and members of your team are touched by the changes we are making
then please share this cascade with them.
Martin Frobisher
Programme Director (P&DSW)
21 Jan – Controller
Consultation (TSSA)
9 Feb – Safety
Consultation Follow up
Feb 15 – IWA e-learning
goes live
Feb 15 – Publish “The
Code of Practice for
Planning and Delivering
Safe Work”
If you have any feedback on
this cascade or on any
questions regarding the
Planning and Delivering Safe
Work programme, then
please email us at:
[email protected]
http://www.safety.networkrail.co.uk/
[email protected]
Training News
The momentum for our SWL training continues to grow and we have now fully opened up the training for our
suppliers too. Your implementation manager will be able to forward details of the training plan, and will be
publishing further guidance on Safety Central soon.
It’s been really exciting hearing the feedback from the delegates on course and we are committed to continue
to make the journey through the training as smooth and straightforward as possible. We have uploaded a
video to Safety Central of delegates that have undertaken the course which can be viewed at the link:
Delegates Training Experience
Pre-Course Qualifier
Due to a number of technical issues, we had removed our SWL pre-course qualifier and delegates were
completing it as a test on day one of the course. The technical issues have now been fixed and the pre-course
qualifier can now be completed prior to attending the course. The details of how to log in to the pre-course
qualifier can be found at the links below:
For NR internal colleagues follow NR pre-course qualifier instructions
For our suppliers follow Suppliers pre-course qualifier instructions
If you are booked on to the SWL course you are actively encouraged to complete the pre-course qualifier.
PDSW Handbook – The
Code of Practice for
Planning and Delivering
Safe Work (PDSW)
Previously known as the PDSW
Handbook, the Code of Practice for PDSW
is a level 2 standard, which introduces
Network Rails new “Permit to Work
System”. With associated reference
material, and disposition to existing
standards
It formally introduces the new ePermit
technology, the SWL competency and
other system roles. Formal briefing will
begin at the end of February.
Roles and Responsibilities Update
Recently, we’ve had a number of questions and queries about the number of Safe Work Leaders (SWLs)
that can be present within a worksite/site of work. One of the key principles of the programme is that there
will only be one SWL responsible for a worksite/site of work. Within a possession there could be multiple
worksites and each worksite would require their own individual SWL2; within each worksite, there could
potentially be multiple work areas, which would be led in the same manner as they are today.
We have also had a number of questions regarding the definition of a SWL and Employed status. In order
to be selected for SWL training the delegate must satisfy the requirements of the SWL Employed Definition
Letter, issued 17 September 2014 and can be found at the following link SWL Employed Letter.
http://www.safety.networkrail.co.uk/
[email protected]
SWM Identification
We’ve finalised the design of the Safe Work Manager (SWM) headwear cover. It’s very similar to the SWL
headwear cover, but it’s all black with reflective ‘SWM’ writing. This will be work by those who are required
to perform to SWL Level 3, also known as the SWM.
Visit SWL Products on Safety Central for more information.
Trade Union Consultation and Validation
Both consultation and Validation are proceeding well. Our
last Safety Validation Panel meeting was held on 8 January
and was very successful in closing out the final queries. We
have one more round of meetings which we believe will be
our last before we conclude safety validation.
We will also shortly be entering into area consultation, with
LNE, Anglia and Scotland being the first areas to go through
the process.
Railway Contractors Certificate (RCC) –
Review Panel
We are continuing to hold RCC Review Panels on a
fortnightly basis, the next one will be held on 22 January
2015 to cover any additional suppliers which require an
RCC.
SWL Products
Control of Work (CoW) Update
We have received the latest version of the
ePermit software (Proscient), which has been
uploaded onto Network Rail servers; it has gone
through rigorous load testing and is now
available to supplement our training
environments. The software is proceeding
through a final round of testing.
Although the software has been updated, we
have uploaded a video of proscient to show how
the system will look, work and feel: click the link
Proscient Demo Video.
As part of the PDSW Programme, we’ll be introducing a number of new products, which can be found on Safety
Central. As these products are designed and created, we’ll update the content.
We’ll be sending an initial batch of some of these products, to both Suppliers and Network Rail. This will be done
free of charge. Further and future product requirements over that which is initially sent will need to be ordered
and purchased themselves direct from the product suppliers. We cannot mandate which product supplier external
Suppliers choose to use, so we have not listed our chosen suppliers.
Internally within Network Rail, these products will be found on i-store, and Catalogue Numbers will be added to
Safety Central in due course, so you can more easily locate them. These new products will be available to order
in early 2015.
http://www.safety.networkrail.co.uk/
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