Rail Training and Operational Consultant Graham Force and Competence Management and Incident Investigation expert Gabriel Stroud have been invited by the Institute of Railway Operators (IRO) to host a webinar on 7th April on the current landscape for competence management and the opportunities electronic competence management offers the Australian and New Zealand rail industry.

Electronic Competence Management is a relatively new phenomenon in the railway industry.  Based on his experience as an accomplished train driver, Rail Training and Operational Consultant Graham Force highlighted that, “During the 90’s train drivers went through a few checks including assessment checklists, train crews being asked signalling and route questions and basic competence checks i.e. compliance based assessments.  Not having a good understanding of competence resulted in multiple incidents and accidents.  At that time, the responsibility lay with the trainer to assess the trainee driver and identify their faults.”