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www.cpa.uk.net CPA Bulletin > November 2022 49 RAIL PLANT ASSOCIATION: 2 prepared when reporting for duty and comply with all road-rail vehicle operating instructions. The full report and others can be viewed on the RAIB web page. All Change at No. 10 The transport sector has a new secretary, Anne-Marie Trevelyan (at time of writing!). As the Government look at industrial sectors which can help with the UK’s future success and prosperity, the railway supply chain is ready and willing to play its part in delivering plans to generate economic growth, to level up and to help the Government deliver its net carbon zero targets. As we all know rail is key to the UK’s future. It is clear that rail not only has a prosperous future but can play a key role in the wider national recovery, in what are uncertain times ahead. To enable the rail plant community to fully support these strategies, there are key elements that must be addressed and agreed upon. There are some key points below, but many of the finer points will be carried forward through the consultation process previously mentioned in the article. Ensuring transparency and certainty of work-bank to enable Members to make practical investment decisions on plant and machinery acquisition, development and future proofing of that equipment, is vital. Hand in hand with this, is the investment in our people, future recruitment, growth and upskilling is imperative. If we don’t act now upon these key elements in a collaborative approach immediately, the short term goals maybe achieved. But from a mid term and long term strategy the future will be hindered. Rail Industry Standards Review At a recent RPA Management Committee meeting, the Committee highlighted the time consuming practice that company compliance teams regularly have to perform reviewing the rail industry standards for their individual businesses. An RPA Management Committee Working Group has now been established to carry out periodic reviews of all of the current Rail industry standards and legislation on behalf of the RPA members, with the aim of producing comprehensive review documents which will enable members, to see at a glance, which industry standards have been amended and what those amendments are. We will soon be notifying RPA members how they can access the RPA Standards & Legislation - Update and RPA Standards & Legislation - Register documents from the RPA website pages. Fatigue Risk Management NR/ L2/OHS/003 Compliance Date We would also like to remind RPA members that the Fatigue Risk Management NR/ L2/OHS/003 compliance date is the 29th October 2022. To assist with your company’s preparedness for the compliance date please visit the Network Rail Safety Central website page at https://safety.networkrail . co.uk/fatigue-improvement-programme/ . Further information can also be found on the RSSB and ORR web sites. Thank you for reading our article. The Management Committee is always open to discussion for members and non-members. Please have a look at RPA website pages which can be found at https://www.cpa.uk.net/special-interest- groups/rail-plant-association-rpa Stay Well, Stay Safe. GEDA Construction Hoists – Professional Hoist solutions Made In Germany GEDA 1500 Z/ZP Frankreich, Paris www.geda.de/25 Your official sales partner in the UK: Mace Industries Limitied Units 1-3 Macadam Road Earlstrees Industrial Estate Corby Northamptionshire NN17 4JN www.maceindustries.co.uk 01536 2016600 geda@maceindustries.co.uk JAHRE · YEARS