This unit involves the skills and knowledge required to drive and monitor medium/heavy self-propelled on-track equipment in accordance with safeworking requirements, network owner and/or organisational policies and procedures.

It includes driving and monitoring medium/heavy self-propelled on-track equipment, controlling and monitoring medium/heavy self-propelled on-track equipment, and responding to changed operating factors.

Medium/heavy on-track equipment generally weighs more than 10 tonnes and is permanently railed. Medium/heavy self-propelled track vehicles may include:

• ballast cleaner
• ballast regulator
• dynamic stabiliser
• inserter/remover (TR10)
• rail crane
• rail grinder
• spot tamper
• tamper
• track layer
• track recorder.

People achieving competence in this unit will need to fulfil the applicable state/territory legislated rail safety requirements and to comply with any codes of practice and/or guidelines as they apply to driving and monitoring medium or heavy self-propelled on-track equipment.

This unit does not cover operating medium/heavy self-propelled on-track equipment to complete work activities. This must be covered by individual assessments for the equipment concerned.

No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.