AS 7529.1 - Australian Railway Rolling Stock - Fire Safety - Locomotive

This Standard has been prepared to support Human Factors Integration (HFI) into the system lifecycle within the Australian Rail Industry. The information presented in this Standard is consistent with the Rail Safety National Law (RSNL) in providing assistance for RTOs to meet their requirements under RSNL Regulations 2012, Schedule 1, Clause 17. Specifically, RTOs are required to have procedures to ensure that human factor (HF) matters are taken into account during the development, operation and maintenance of the safety management system and for the integration of HF principles and knowledge into all relevant aspects of operational and business systems. This Standard describes the requirements for organisations conducting or procuring engineering design activities, services, or products to incorporate HFI into the engineering design process and facilitate a high level of system acceptance amongst end users.

The aim of the HFI process is to identify then mitigate and prevent HF related risk and ensure that human-system interactions are optimized for system performance, safety, and fitness for purpose.

The aim of the requirements specified in this document is to optimize overall system performance through the systematic consideration of human capabilities and limitations as inputs to an iterative design process.

For an operational system to deliver the expected benefits, it is essential that the human interactions with or within the system and system elements are well designed through the application of established HF principles, knowledge, and methods. The process for achieving this is HFI.

A supplier of engineered assets to the Australian rail industry is responsible for ensuring that the assets and systems they provide are safe to operate and maintain, and that all safety risks have either been eliminated or managed so far as is reasonably practicable (SFAIRP). Supporting evidence, demonstrating HFI in safety risk management activities, will provide an important contribution to an overall safety and operational assurance argument for most assets.

The benefits of considering HF in the design process are not limited to safety. Equally valuable benefits can be gained regarding the operation and maintenance of the system. These include but are not limited to: improving effectiveness; and improved user comfort; and increased system acceptance; and minimising errors. To achieve these benefits, it is important to take HF into account early, starting with feasibility, solution optioneering, conceptualising, and throughout the full design process. In addition, information can be found in the supporting RISSB Guidelines for the Integration of Human Factors Across the Project Lifecycle and the Integration of Human Factors in Engineering Design.

This document describes requirements for the whole of life management of railway operational signage.

*This Standard has been superseded by AS 7503, Rail vehicle identification and markings.*

This standard describes requirements for the identification of freight rolling stock.