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Personal Track Safety



A Personal Track Safety (PTS) Certificate is required before anybody is allowed to work on, near or lineside of railway tracks belonging to Network Rail in the UK. Any potential employee must undergo a medical and a drug and alcohol test before attending training course covering matters of "personal track safety."


 


Deregulation in both the National Railway Service in the UK has meant that increasing numbers of subcontractors are being employed within the track environment. Contractors are often used for specific limited projects and are often from companies that have not previously been considered as having “railway pedigrees or cultureâ€.


 


To work on or around the track involves certification for the individual employee of which there are several levels of competence and responsibility which are assessed to appropriate medical standards.


Levels

The basic level for track access for Network Rail is the Personal Track Safety certificate (PTS) as defined by the railway safety standards GO/RT/8067. These levels of certification only assess the individual’s ability to work safely in the track environment.


 


This means that the individual is able to respond to circumstances which may arise in this potentially dangerous environment and therefore should not have any condition or be taking any medication that may lead to sudden incapacity, loss of consciousness, dizziness, impairment of awareness, concentration, balance, coordination, or any significant limitation of mobility or impairment of hearing and vision.


The medical assessment

The medical assessment undertaken for PTS certification does not address the medical specificity for tasks that an individual may be expected to undertake in their normal duties when actually working on the track. i.e. operating machinery or responsibility for other staff requires a higher level of assessment for the job specification and procedures.


 


The medical assessment for these certificates must be undertaken by an accredited medical provider. In the case of PTS this is authorised by the “Link up procedure†under the authority of Network Rail.


 


Providers of this service are registered appropriately and regular audit is undertaken to ensure that they meet the quality control levels for the specific standards of performance and training needed to reliably undertake the medical assessments.


 


Since 2006 the standards for a PTS have been regulated by The Office of Rail Regulation

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