25 Mar 2025
AS 7457 Management of SPADs and Proceed Authority Exceeded Events
The closing date for nominations – Monday 14 April 2025
The Rail Industry Safety and Standards Board (RISSB) is seeking nominations to join a Development Group to review AS 7457 Management of SPADs and Proceed Authority Exceeded Events.
How will this help the rail industry?
This product aims to ensure that risks and hazards associated with proceed authority exceedance incident types are managed in a consistent manner.
Aligning the categorisation, reporting and management of these occurrences can lead to greater understanding of PAEs which can help in understanding how they can be prevented.
This leads to an overall safer network and increases harmonisation across the rail industry.
About
AS 7457 is undergoing a targeted review and will align with ONRSR notifiable occurrence categorisation and reporting requirements as well as consider updates from the upcoming release of RISSB Guideline Rail Traffic PAE Risk Management.
The RISSB SPAD/LRTAE working group has also identified the need for this product to undergo review which considers modern Human Factors and just culture approach to incident management.
Time commitment
Development Group membership is voluntary and requires the support of your organisation to attend and contribute. There will be 6-8 meetings held between April and December 2025. Further information on the responsibilities of a Development Group member can be obtained from the RISSB Website.
How to contribute
Stakeholders and interested parties are invited to submit nominations for Subject Matter Experts to join this Development Group to contribute to the overall depth and quality of the product.
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The closing date for nominations is Monday 14 April 2025.
As the rail industry’s accredited Standards Development Organisation (SDO), RISSB continues to collaborate with government, rail operators and industry leaders to improve the efficiency and harmonisation of the Australia and New Zealand’s rail network, ensuring national interoperability, safety and sustainability into the future.