NR NR/L2/TEL/013 ISSUE 3 PDF

This specification applies to all employers and individuals who undertake maintenance, faulting, defect rectification, installation, reinstating equipment and testing and commissioning of Network Rail owned and managed telecoms infrastructure and its associated telecom services, unless the employer can demonstrate fundamental equivalence in the assurance of employee competence by using an alternative system. This specification does not apply to individuals who undertake maintenance, faulting, defect rectification, installation and testing & commissioning of services or assets leased from third party suppliers.

Purpose

This document sets out the minimum requirements for the training and competency assessment of individuals who undertake telecoms engineering activities on Network Rail managed infrastructure to confirm that individuals who undertake telecoms engineering work are competent and have the appropriate individual role profile to perform the work safely and correctly.