NR NR/L3/CTM/122 ISSUE 3 PDF

This procedure applies to all Network Rail employees who are involved in initial competence assessments, annual reviews and verification of any competences contained in the following Network Rail standards:

• NR/SP/CTM/011 - Competence & Training in Track Engineering

• NR/SP/CTM/012 - Competence & Training in Signal Engineering

• NR/SP/CTM/013 - Competence & Training in Telecoms Engineering

• NR/SP/CTM/014 - Competence & Training in OHL Engineering

• NR/SP/CTM/015 - Competence & Training in Conductor Rail Engineering

• NR/SP/CTM/016 - Competence & Training in Fixed Plant Engineering

• NR/SP/CTM/017 - Competence & Training in Civil Engineering

• NR/SP/CTM/018 - Competence & Training in Power Distribution

• NR/SP/CTM/021 - Competence & Training in Track Safety

• NR/OP/TM/C07 - Machine Control

The documents listed detail the competence framework and competence standards for the relevant discipline. For the purpose of the procedure any competence contained in these standards is referred to as a competence in scope and any person who holds one of these competences is referred to as a person in scope.

Purpose

This procedure sets out the processes to be followed to confirm the current competence of the person who occupies a post and establish what training a person needs to develop their competence so that it matches the requirements of the post.

• (Section 4 - Annual Review)

Before and after a person attends a training course

• (Section 6 - Training)

To define what support a newly trained person may need

• (Section 7 - Mentoring)

To complete an initial competence assessment

• (Section 8 - Initial Competence Assessment)

When a person joins the company or moves from one job to another

• (Section 10 - New Recruits, Transfer or Promotion)

To confirm that initial competence assessments are conducted in consistent manner.

• (Section 11 - Verification)