Recommendation Date
Recipient Name
Tranz Rail
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ensure that following initial training and certification, new entrant train controllers do not commence training on another train control desk until they have completed at least 12 months duty on their first train control desk
Reply Text
Tranz Rail do not accept this recommendation in its present form. The report provides no basis for arriving at a minimum period of twelve months for a new Train Controller on their initial desk. However, as suggested in our response to the preliminary safety recommendation, Tranz Rail intends to gather information from overseas railway organisations with similar Train Control systems regarding their approach to this matter with a view of establishing a minimum period based on industry practice.
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