Competency requirements

• This competency is only awarded by Queensland Rail RIW system RTO user.
• Competency is awarded on successful completion of the annual Queensland Rail trainer forum.
• First award for new RCPO trainer is Queensland Rail's Rail Corridor Protection Officer, CoA: 3.10_CoA_QR – RCPO
• The first award of the RCPO CoA has a 12 month validity period from the date attained.
• First award of this competency is the RCPO Certificate of Achievement
• Next award of this competency is the Monitoring Checklist is a Queensland Rail internal document used to monitor continuous competency of people with this role.
• Whilst no expiry is set against the trainer job role, there are on going currency maintenance requirements.
• The approved trainer must deliver this training at least 2 times per year and submit course attendance sheets as evidence to Queensland Rail.
• Monitoring for the trainer role can be achieved via the new trainer forum process or if a practising Safeworking PO, then through normal monitoring activity.
• Recertification must be done every 36 months through either the trainer forum process or practical on the job assessment as a practising Safeworking PO.
• Trainer forums and associated monitoring outcomes do not contribute in any way to acquiring monitoring as a practising Safeworking PO. Practising Safeworking POs who hold trainer job roles must be monitored as a practising
• Safeworking PO to operate as a Safeworking PO (separate to the Safeworking PO trainer job role).
• For the Monitoring Checklist to be accepted, it will need to meet the following:

  - Protection Officer Name

  - Card No. and Valid until date shown for the qualification Manage Rail Traffic

  - Please note that in Section 2 not all boxes need to be ticked

  - Identify monitoring outcome for RCPO and set expiry date

  - Confirm supervisor name has signed, dated and ticked yes

  - Confirm Protection Officer confirmation has been signed, dated and ticked yes.

Upload requirements

• Whilst no expiry is set against the trainer job role, there are ongoing currency maintenance requirements.

• No example provided.