Engineering Safety Management

The two day Yellow Book 4 Engineers' Overview training course provides project managers, line managers, engineers and others involved with changes to a railway with a detailed understanding of the fundamentals of Yellow Book Engineering Safety Management ( ESM ) and guidance on their implementation. The course is examined with a certificate given to successful candidates.

Learning objectives

• Understand rationale for Engineering Safety Management ( ESM )
• Understand key safety terminology, concepts and processes
• Identify roles and responsibilities of engineers, auditors and assessors
• Awareness of the safety approval processes operated by the rail industryModule 1: Background and concepts
  Policy, regulations, standards
  Rationale for ESM
  Key safety terminology and concepts
  History of the Yellow Book
  Structure of the Yellow Book

Module 2: Project fundamentals

• Project lifecycles
• Producing a safety plan
• Configuration management

Module 3: Change fundamentals

• Defining changes
• Identifying hazards and assessing and reducing risk
• The "seven stage process"
• Hazard identification
• Causal analysis
• Consequence analysis
• Loss analysis
• Options analysis
• Impact analysis
• Demonstration of ALARP and compliance

Module 4: Safety requirements and safety evidence

• Establishing safety requirements
• Preparing a safety case

Module 5: Organisational fundamentals

• Defining safety responsibilities
• Instilling a safety culture
• Assuring competence

Module 6: Independent professional review

• Safety audit and safety assessment
• Auditor and assessor competence and independence
• Commissioning, performing and writing up an audit or assessment

Module 7: Management considerations

• Discharging safety responsibilities through contractors and communicating safety related information
• Hazard logs and the management of safety records