Our Role

Some of the major tasks performed are:

• Safety accreditation of railways for the purpose of railway infrastructure ownership or rollingstock/train operation;

• Audits and inspections aimed at safety compliance monitoring;

• Monitoring of and/or participation in investigations of rail safety occurrences;

• Registration of private sidings;

• Collection and evaluation of occurrence reports;

• Development of regulatory guidelines, rules and other documents;

• Participation in development of legal documents related to rail safety;

• Provision of specialist advice to the Minister, the senior management of the Department, and the rail industry;

• Provision of advice to other internal and external clients on rail safety technical and regulatory matters;

• Development of Quality Assurance System for the Unit in order to achieve ISO quality certification;

• Extensive involvement in all areas of the national rail reform associated with or related to rail safety;

• Close cooperation with interstate rail safety regulators, the rail industry - including Australasian Railway Association (ARA), Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) and National Transport Commission (NTC).