Download - Phil Allan - ARA
Continuous Collaboration with Industry
for Safety HarmonisationPhil Allan
Chief Operating Officer
ARA
4 April 2017
Safety Harmonisation – why?
• It leads to improved safety – more certainty, simpler,
nationally consistent
• It can be about interoperability
• It can apply across an organisation from signalling to
customer information
• It can lower costs
• It should not hold back innovation
Collaboration - why
• Share expertise and knowledge
• Maximise the benefits
• Work to common goals
• Not about competition
• There is no IP on safety!
Collaboration – with whom?
WITHIN
INDUSTRYWITH
INDUSTRY
Within industry
The good thing is industry does come together
But we don’t get everyone – ONRSR 180, ARA 140, RISSB 40
Safety Culture (RISSB’s WHS Culture Tool)
The CAP process is working – mailing list growing
With Industry
Co-regulation is alive and well – safety vision, safety strategy,
risk model, definition of co-regulation
Strong and appropriate level of collaboration between
regulators and investigators and industry – ONRSR survey
illustrated this
Full national ONRSR will provide further opportunities for
efficiencies and a reduced regulatory burden
8 + 8 = 10
How can we get to 10?
• Industry working more cohesively – common standards,
codes of practice, guidelines etc (as per national rail vision)
• Industry engaging/stepping up the safety culture
• Recognising the expertise of industry
• Consistent, appropriate and targeted regulation
• Investigations with lessons adopted
• Appropriate relationships between industry and
regulators/investigators
• Appropriate level of regulation/investigation
Four areas
SAFEWORKING SPADS
TELECOMS ASSETS
Safeworking
• New group – linked to the national track safety worker forum
• Focused on:
• National definition
• Common categorisation of breaches
• Risk ranking
• Reducing breaches e.g. 4Tel Safety Zone technology
SPADs
• Long established
• Focused on:
• Common categorisation
• Vulnerability/risk ranking
• Reducing SPADS
• All outcomes to the RISSB SPAD Management Guideline
Telecommunications/Technology
• RIO
• 450.050 MHz
• Parallel Tracks
• Digital Route Map – Smart Rail
• Network Control
Route Maps
• Drivers currently have different formats for route maps
depending on the RIM
• ARA working with industry to standardise the format
• Safer, easier, smarter
Asset Management
• Asset maturity
• Obsolescent stock
• ISO55000
• Culture
• Inventory Management
Barcoding
• Adopting common GS1 standards across the industry for
making and identifying parts and components
• Grocery has done this for 40 years
• From 1 January 2019
Tracking the widget
• Will then link the identification element to whole of life cycle
management
• Safety links to incidents
Overall
Collaboration within industry:
• Industry has some work to do so we are one industry
• Industry is progressing a range of initiatives to harmonise
across industry
Collaboration with industry:
• Foundation is solid
• Maturity of national reform will enhance collaboration
Lets work together for a
10