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Edition 31, September 2023
INSIDE THIS EDITION+ CEO Message - RISSB's 2023/24 Work Plan
+ New Standard AS 7655: Wayside Electrical Charging Interface for Low Emissions Rolling Stock
+ Review of Standard AS 7502: Road Rail Vehicles
+ People Spotlight for RISSB's 20th Anniversary
CEO MESSAGE - RISSB's 2023/24 Work PlanI’m pleased to announce that we have just launched our 2023/24 Work Plan. This year, our Work Plan features a number of exciting key updates and differences, in comparison to our previous plans. These changes include: - Capturing key industry safety
risks informed by the Australian Rail Industry Risk Model and ONRSR national priorities
- Informed by engagement with industry leaders and governments
- Including current industry and government focus on interoperability and harmonisation, and findings from major incident investigations.
Another significant change, informed through engagement with industry leaders and governments, is an increased focus on product adoption. The work that RISSB undertakes is valuable, and we know we can add further value by having a greater emphasis on helping industry realise the benefits of our products. This can range from identifying potential barriers to adoption during our product development process, to offering targeted training to assist members imbed RISSB products into their operation. The 2023/24 Work Plan can be found here, and as always, we invite and encourage any feedback on the Work
Plan (info@rissb.com.au), particularly ideas that can assist in improving product adoption and benefit realisation. Damien White
RISSB CEO
New Standard – AS 7655: Wayside Electrical Charging Interface for Low Emissions Rolling Stock.We are now accepting nominations from people interested in joining a Development Group to develop a new Australian Standard® – AS 7655: Wayside Electrical Charging Interface for Low Emissions Rolling Stock.
The purpose of this new Standard is to leverage off technologies developed for passenger trains, electric cars, busses, light rail and road freight vehicles to develop electrical charging interface requirements for battery electric rolling stock. The definition of a standard set of interfaces would provide optionality for RSOs to choose their preferred method(s) whilst aligning with OEM solutions.
The closing date for nominations is Friday, 22 September 2023. For more information about this opportunity, please visit here.
Review of Standard AS 7502: Road Rail Vehicles We are currently seeking nominations from people to join a Development Group to review and update Australian Standard® – AS 7502: Road Rail Vehicles. AS 7502 describes known good practice core requirements for the safe design, manufacturing, testing,
maintenance, decommissioning and modifications of road rail vehicles to give industry a means of utilising this equipment for railway construction, maintenance and operations whilst reducing risks relating to road rail vehicle usage. Since the original version of AS 7502 was published in 2016, different types of road rail vehicles including excavators and shunt vehicles are becoming more prevalent in the rail industry. This review may also consider engineering innovations especially involving emerging technologies and low emission options such as electric vehicles, hybrids and alternate fuels. The closing date for nominations is Friday, 22
September 2023. For more information about this opportunity, please visit here.
PEOPLE SPOTLIGHT ON...
RISSB's key contributors over the last 20 yearsThis year, RISSB is celebrating it's 20th year Anniversary! Our organisation was established in June 2003 as the 'Code Management Company', then from 2007 onwards, we were formally known as the Rail Industry Safety Standards Board (RISSB). For the last 20 years, RISSB has been supported by, and worked with, some incredible people that have contributed greatly to our business. For the next few months, we will be recognising some of RISSB's key contributors, as they share their experiences working with RISSB.
Jodie TaloneGeneral Manager Safety, Melbourne Metro "I have been involved with RISSB across my last three roles in the rail Industry over the past 11 years. I was a standing member of the RISSB Safety Managers Group from 2012-2016 and the RISSB Safety Policy Group from 2014-2016. I was involved in inputting many codes of practices and guidelines, most notably as a part of the development working groups for the Guideline Safety Data in June 2014 and the Guideline Measuring Safety Performance in 2015. I helped with the coordination of member representation for RISSB's work, when I worked with Pacific National, providing reviews for many initiatives particularly the Australian Rail Risk Model (ARRM) and the Safety Culture Tools and Surveys."
Lex CameronManager Regional Rail Safety (Regional Safety, Risk & Assurance), Queensland Rail "I have been actively associated with RISSB since the inception of the National Trackworker Safety Forum around 10 years ago. Since then, I have also been involved in the development of numerous RISSB Standards and processes, and have also chaired, and been a representative
for Queensland Rail on several of the RISSB Standing Committees, working groups and forums. My association with RISSB over the years, has been a great experience, enabling me to form strong networks with like-minded people across in the rail industry from all areas of Australia and beyond our boundaries. I would recommend the experience to all."
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