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Training - Transit Rail
Courses
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Length: 4-1/2 days
Materials Fee: $90
Course
Overview
This course is an introduction to transit rail, terminology, systems (operations, mechanical, track, signal/control, human factors) functionality and their failure modes, accident investigation procedures and the tools utilized in support of a System Safety Program Plan and the State Safety Oversight Regulation. It includes application of investigative procedures and documentation, photographic documentation, conduct interviews, interface with the media, preparation of a written report, determination of contributing factors, probable cause, and recommendations to prevent future occurrences.
Course
Elements
- Rail components and terminology
- System safety, terms and definitions, hazard
identification/analysis/resolution, hazard reduction
process, safety critical processes
- Systems approach to accident investigation, types of
investigations, notification process
- Implementing the investigation, investigation tools,
managing and organizing the investigation, recovery and
security of evidence
- Collecting accident information on-site and off-site
- Accident analysis, fact-finding, relationships,
analytical techniques
- Determination of findings and conclusions, simultaneous
conditions and sequential events, degrees of certainty,
comparison of facts to the standard
- Recommendations, types of incidents, identification,
evaluation, follow-up
- Photography, planning and techniques
- Field sketching
- Media relations, role of the media, agency policies and
procedures, suggested responses and behavior
- Interview techniques, identification and arrangement,
factors that affect witness statements, interview questions
- Human factors, behavior, health and medical, training,
job and task evaluation, equipment design/ergonomics,
environment, internal/external records and documentation
- Fatigue awareness, effects on human performance, direct
and indirect costs, organizational culture, and suggested
countermeasures
- Report writing, purpose and use of accident reports,
report outline, preparation of draft and final reports
- Collision investigations, types of rail operations,
types of collisions, communication systems, mechanical
systems, signal/control systems, checklists, on-site
investigation, off-site investigation, case studies
- Derailment investigations, examples of derailments,
derailment causes (track, track structure, rail defects,
vehicles, lateral to vertical ration-1/v), determining the
original point of derailment, on-site investigation,
off-site investigation
- Pretest, derailment investigation field exercise, group
presentations, quizzes, homework, final exam
Who Should
Attend
| State Safety Oversight Reps |
SSPP Implementers |
Rail Accident Investigators |
| Safety Managers |
SSPP Managers |
Rail Accident Analyzers |
| Risk Managers |
Safety Supervisors |
Operations Managers |
| Operations Supervisors |
Inspectors and Auditors |
Design Engineers |
| Transit Emerg. Responders |
Maintenance Inspectors |
Federal, State, Local Officials |
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Length: 4-1/2 days
Materials Fee: $110
Course
Overview
This course provides information to conduct in-depth rail investigations that require an advanced level of training due to the growing technical advancements in rail operations and rail systems. The participant will develop an understanding of the inter-dependency and system interactions associated with rail so the agency can lessen its liability claims and reduce rail accidents and incidents. The training will enhance the understanding of rail issues, assist in determining causes, and expand contributing factors through a comprehensive investigation and systems approach to rail investigation.
Course
Prerequisites
1. Successful completion of FT00430 - Transit
Rail Incident Investigation
2. Seven years experience in rail operations,
safety, and investigation
Course
Elements
- Types of rail systems, incidents, and investigations
(review)
- System of elements (track, signals, traction power,
train control, vehicles)
- Track-Train Dynamic Forces (wheel/rail, train and grade
resistance, acceleration and braking, braking curves,
criteria tolerance)
- Change factors (track, signals, power, vehicles)
- Rules and Federal regulations
- Human factors
- Investigative tools and techniques
- Documentation report preparation
- Exercises: system, investigation - forces, table-top,
track-train dynamics
- Pretest, quizzes, final exam
Who Should
Attend
| Risk Managers |
Rail Operating Executives |
Rail Accident Investigators |
| Rail Supervisors |
Rail Managers |
Rail Maintenance Managers |
| Transit Police |
Claims/Insurance Adjusters |
Law Enforcement Personnel |
| Rail Vehicle Manufacturers |
Rail Safety Personnel |
Rail Security Personnel |
| Operations Managers |
Operations Staff |
Rail System Designers |
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Federal, State, Local Officials
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3.1 Continuing Education Units
Length: 4-1/2 days
Materials Fee: $130
Course
Overview
This course provides an explanation of State Safety Oversight Rule 49 CFR Part 659, and compliance with its requirements and implementation relative to new starts and expansions of service. It includes in-depth study of hazards analysis and its implication throughout the system life cycle, from planning and design through construction, implementation of revenue service, and disposition. System safety in the areas of acquisition and operations, bids, and specifications, safety certification program, certifiable items list, security, and emergency response are discussed. The training correlates the System Safety Program Plan (SSPP) to performing and proactively using the results of an internal safety audit program, investigating accidents and unacceptable hazardous conditions, developing corrective action plans, hazard resolution and tracking for effectiveness.
Course
Elements
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Program Management
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Program Standard Development
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Oversight of Rail Transit Agency Internal Safety and Security Reviews
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Oversight Agency Safety and Security Review
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Accident Notification
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Investigations
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Corrective Action Plans
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System Safety Program Plan: Administrative, Hazards/Modifications/Certification, Data Analysis/Investigations, Emergency Management, Management of the SSPP, Regulator Requirements, and Procurement
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Security Plan
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Tabletop exercises, pretest, final exam
Who Should
Attend
| SSPP Developers |
SSPP Administrators |
SSPP Implementers |
| Transit Auditors |
Rail Transit Safety Managers |
Transit Executive Managers |
| Risk Managers |
Human Resource Managers |
Construction Contractors |
| Design Engineers/Architects |
Operations Supervisors |
Facility Managers |
| Transit Consultants |
Federal Safety Personnel |
State Safety Personnel |
| State Safety Oversight Reps |
Rail Safety Supervisors |
Equipment Maint. Managers |
| Equip. Maint. Supervisors |
Technology Vendors |
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