Acknowledgments and Resources

Links to Standards are provided with the permission of the Rail Safety and Standards Board

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Rule Handbooks

Rule Handbooks

HB1: General duties and track safety for track workers (Issue 8)

HB2: Instructions for track workers who use emergency protection equipment (Issue 2)

HB3: Duties of the Lookout and Site Warden (Issue 3)

HB4: Duties of a Points Operator and Route-Setting Agent (Issue 2)

HB5: Handsignalling Duties (Issue 2.1)

HB6: General duties of an Individual Working Alone (IWA) (Issue 8)

HB7: General duties of a controller of site safety (COSS) (Issue 9)

HB8: IWA, COSS or PC blocking a line (Issue 10)

HB9: IWA or COSS setting up safe systems of work within possessions (Issue 8.1)

HB9 ERTMS: IWA or COSS setting up safe systems of work on ERTMS lines (Issue 2)

HB10: Duties of the COSS and person in charge when using a hand trolley (Issue 5)

HB11: Duties of the person in charge of possession (PICOP) (Issue 11)

HB11: Duties of the person in charge of possession (PICOP) with ERTMS (Issue 2)

HB12: Duties of the engineering supervisor (ES) in a possession (Issue 10)

HB13: Duties of the person in charge of the siding possession (PICOS) (Issue 4)

HB14: Duties of the person in charge of loading and unloading rail vehicles during engineering work (Issue 3

HB15: Duties of the machine controller (MC) and on- track plant operator (Issue 7)

HB16: AC Electrified Lines (Issue 6)

HB17: DC Electrified Lines (Issue 5)

HB18: Duties of a Level Crossing Attendant (Issue 4)

HB19: Working on Signalling Equipment - Duties of the Signalling Technician

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