Manager Course

Enhance leadership and decision-making skills to effectively manage teams and operations within the railway industry.

Course Overview

This course is for Railway Managers, who look after a team of people, measure risk, respond to incidents and investigate incidents on the railway. All training activities undertaken include use and implementation of company standards, procedures and any relevant software.

Booking Your Award

To book a Managers’ Course or to enquire for further information, please contact bookings@assesstech.com, where a member of the AssessTech team will be happy to assist.

Pre-requisites

The course is suitable for both existing and new Managers, however, we recommend one of the following:

Experience in a Manager role in the Railway Industry, OR
Attendance on a Railway Basic Principles Course (one-day course)

What's covered in the course

The Course covers the following:

Leading a team, setting and evaluating goals
Communicating effectively within the workplace
Conducting risk assessments using company processes
Conducting Planned General Inspections (PGIs) using company processes
Understanding health and safety issues in the workplace
Understanding how incidents occur
Responding to incidents
Investigating incidents

Qualification

There is no formal qualification associated with this course, however, coursework will be marked and an AssessTech Certificate of Completion will be issued to those successfully completing all work.

Course Delivery

The course is delivered over four days of classroom training, consisting of a mixture of formal learning and group exercises. Candidates will also receive an account on our online Learning Management System, AssessBook, where candidates can upload evidence and complete assignments to work towards completion of the course.

The classroom days are allocated in the following way:

Days 1 & 2
Days 3 & 4

Days 1 & 2

Managing risk and safety responsibilities

This will be a mix of theory and use of practical process and applications, to cover:

Managing safely/Introduction to safety on the railway
Why is safety important (consequences and responsibilities)
Risk Assessment (purpose, how, application)
PGIs (purpose, how, application)
Reporting and managing hazards (and taking remedial actions)

Days 3 & 4

Managing accidents, incidents and investigations

This will be a mix of theory and use of practical process and applications, to cover:

Introduction to managing accidents and incidents
Overview of different scenarios and how to work through them
72-hour reviews
Investigations
Causes (types/models)
Report writing
Actions and recommendations

We recommend training be delivered on two separate occasions (i.e. not four consecutive days) to allow candidates time to assimilate learning and submit relevant work online in between.