Catalis - Health and Safety Courses for the Rail Industry

Every organisation working within the rail industry must comply with Network Rail Group Standards. Safety is a fundamental issue for the rail industry ensuring workers and passengers are protected. Breaches of health & safety legislation can often result in delays on working and maintaining rail infrastructures, possible staff injuries, work related absence or worse.

Rail training provides businesses and contractors with the right knowledge, skills and legal certification required to work in rail, ensuring rail standards are met and crucial contract deadlines can be met.

Catalis has operated at the forefront of the training solutions market for over 70 years. We understand that our customers in this safety critical environment expect a high quality service, ensuring Railway Group and Network Rail Group Standards are met.

Railway health and safely training courses

Catalis have also been instrumental in forming many of the training events in the safety arena which have now become the industry standard.

In addition to offering quality training, Catalis boast some of the best equipped training facilities in Derby and Clapham, UK. This enables all delegates to obtain the theoretical knowledge to fulfil their roles, as well as providing practical hands on experience.

Open programme, reserved events and bespoke solutions can be provided within the following sectors:

• Sentinel Scheme Training & Assessment
• Rail Awareness
• Health & Safety (Rail)
• Train Operations
• Traction & Rolling Stock

Sentinel Scheme Training & Assessment

Our Sentinel Scheme Training & Assessment programme consists of:

• Bridge strike nominee
• Controller of site safety
• Controller of site safety (re-certification)
• Engineering supervisor
• Hand signaller
• Individual working alone
• Individual working alone (re-certification)
• Look out
• Look out (re-certification)
• Person in charge of possession
• Person in charge of possession (re-certification)
• Personal track safety
• Personal track safety (re-certification)
• Points operator
• Protection controller
• Senior person in charge of possession
• Core planner 1
• Core planner 2
• Hand trolley controller

Rail awareness course

Our rail awareness course consists of:

• Course introduction and a Rail Awareness quiz which has been designed to be a fact finding session on how much people know about the railway
• Basic health & safety considerations including signage linked to rail infrastructure
• Rail infrastructure overview identifying rail areas, stating positions of safety, crossing rails, basic identification of electrification systems used near to depots and sidings, acknowledgment of train horns. PPE requirements and use of walking routes
• Emergency procedures on how to stop trains, who to contact, and what to say
• A visit to the siding is undertaken where a practical assessment is taken of candidates 'on or near' the line
• A basic theory assessment is also undertaken

The course can be adapted to encompass possible company related topics that are linked to rail. For example, companies have internal safety policies which would be appropriate to include into the Rail Awareness event.  This can be discussed with the Rail Awareness Training & Development manager.

Rail health and safety Course

Our Rail Health and Safety course consists of:

• COSHH Management
• First Aid at Work
• IOSH Managing Safely for the Railway Industry
• Manual Handling Techniques
• NEBOSH Diploma
• NEBOSH National General Certificate
• Working at Heights

Train Operations course

Our Train Operations course consists of:

• Basic Principles of Rail Operation
• Basic Shunter
• Blue Card COSS (Designated Person)
• Guards/Conductor Rules
• Orange Card PTS
• Rail Accident Investigation
• Safe Evacuation of Trains in Emergency
• Train Driver Rules
• Train Operating Liaison Officer (TOLO)

Traction & Rolling Stock course

Our Traction & Rolling Stock course consists of:

• Breakdown Supervisor
• Database Maintenance
• Incident Management
• Maintenance Depot Safety
• New Entrant/Graduate Modules
• New Fleet Introduction to Service
• Powered Plant Proficiency
• Train Fault Finding & Diagnosis
• Train into Rail
• Train Refurbishment & Overhaul
• Train Systems Description & Operation
• Wheel Lathe Operator