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Key Learning Objectives

• Demonstrate a sound understanding of the principles and language of EDSM.
• Appreciate risk in the context of railway design and safety management
• Describe how design and the safety lifecycle interact and influence each other
• Appreciate how current best practice in safety standards (particularly the latest EN50126) pull the topic together
• Understand the need for a risk-based system engineering lifecycle approach to enable built-in safety, value and performance
• Understand how to review case studies to understand the potential for things to go wrong on the railway
• Understand the complexity of railway accidents
• Help understanding of practical risk management skills
• Discover relevant standards and illustrate how risks in general should be managed
• Relate current best practice including safety standards such as EN50126 Identify hazards, assess risks and understand risk assessment and its approaches
• demonstration of SFAIRP and compliance
• A detailed look at the SFAIRP principle and other Risk Acceptance criteria from around the world including compliance with standards, comparable systems and formal risk assessment
• Understand safety – management systems, organisation issues, acceptance/approval process
• Identify and mitigate Security issues from Cyber Threats
• Understand how safety and reliability interact
• Relate to the complexities of Railway systems engineering and integration
• Appreciate the railway context now and in the new Digital railway

About the Course

• This 3-day course provides engineers, managers and others involved in safety-related projects with a detailed understanding of the fundamentals of EDSM supported by a competency-based structure.
• The opening module provides background to EDSM and a brief overview of its application in the railway drawing upon best practice. The next modules introduce a number of EDSM fundamentals and the approach suggested by good practice and standards for putting them into place.
• Comprehensive guidance on implementing safe work systems in the railway is provided and all participants will have the opportunity to gain hands-on experience of the main techniques involved.
• The course content is mapped to:
  o Industry standard competencies, skills and evidence requirements relevant to rail safety work (see our website for details)
  o Industry regulations
  o National and international standards
• Information is interspersed with practical exercises. There is a short multiple-choice examination at the end to assess the identified learning outcomes.

Who should enroll?

Any member of staff – decision makers, project managers, line managers, engineers, designers and others – involved with changes to the railway need an understanding of the latest best practice. The course provides a structured and robust approach to managing complex railway projects safely that is aligned with the LATEST CENELEC standard EN50126-1/2:2017, EN50129:2018 and EN50128:2011 and AS4292.2006 for infrastructure, rolling stock, hardware and software.

Level: Fundamental Recommended Pre-requisites
Participants should have a general understanding of engineering and project management principles and practice.