Unit 2 - Prepare For Duty Flashcards
What are the maximum hours a driver can work in one week?
72 hours
What are the minimum rest period between turns of duty?
12 hours
What are the maximum of consecutive days a driver can work?
13 days
Give examples of risks associated with fatigue / lifestyle and what are your personal responsibilities in relation to this?
Not alert, Can be aggressive, Easily distracted, Does not take all the information in when given, Reaction time slower, memory, Poor situational awareness.
What must you do if you are unable to attend for duty at booked time?
Contact resources,
Swindon control, then
Driver management if required to do so.
Describe the requirements of company alcohol and drugs policy?
Responses You must inform your manager if convicted for driving offences related to drink and drugs, both in writing and verbally, all medication needs to be checked by occupational health via line manager or Resource Control. When being prescribed drugs it is best practice to advise the prescriber of your safety critical status. Instant dismissal for offences under this policy, possibly prosecution. Limits for alcohol on the rail substantially lower than that for driving a car, less than 1 third of that permitted. No substances of abuse to be used.
Who is a appropriate manager to contact for any given situation within this element?
Line manager,
Any other competent manager available,
possibly an on-call via the Senior Controller.
What actions are you required to take within the signing on time?
Check notices relevant to you turn of duty,
Obtain the correct schedule card,
Check leaf status if in season,
Check for any traction changes and station stopping patterns
When must you check for any alterations to planned diagram or work schedules?
When booking off your previous turn of duty, and
When you book on for your turn of duty.
Also the day before resuming from rest days / Annual Leave.
Check and mark schedule card for unusual stopping patterns or other unusual working / risks.
What types of notice case are at a depot and what information is contained in each?
New Notice case contains all new notices,
Traction notice case has all relevant traction information,
General notice case contains notices that are not operational information,
Permanent notice case contains information that needs to be transferred over after 8 weeks from the New notice case,
SPAD Notice Case,
Rosters case
Who must you contact to clarify information regarding published notices?
Driver Management, Competence Team,
Author of the notice via email. (All traincrew notices must be signed by the author, and dated).
Give reasons for checking work diagram, schedule card and location of train?
To make sure there are no changes to your turn of duty,
No additional stopping points,
Arrive at the correct platform to prevent any late start,
To check calling schedules and familiarise yourself with them – prevent fail to calls or overruns
What are the actions to take for submitting reports and what types of forms must be used?
At the end of your turn of duty,
Fill in report for signal irregularity RT3185,
General incident report, place in tray after faxed off to safety section.
How do you maintain and re-certify route competence?
It is the driver’s responsibility to maintain all route knowledge in their link they work in if overdue request route refresher.
Yearly re-certification is carried out by line manager
What must you do prior to leaving duty?
Fax any forms off,
Check when you are next required for duty
