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Best Practice Documents
IMPORTANT: THIS IS NOT YOUR ORGANISATION'S SMS. This is a template. If you have found this document when looking for your organisation's SMS documents then please contact your manager for details of the location of the applicable SMS in force where you work.
SMS Document Template - HOPS/SMS/T/1 - Track Safety
Workshop 18 Slides - Brainstorm Session
Workshop 19 Slides - PTS Briefing
Workshop 20 Slides - SMS Document
Map Template (Thank you to the SDR for allowing publication)
Lookout Sighting Chart
These documents are a compilation of SMS best-practice drawn from research, experience and input from a number of heritage railways. It is the responsibility of the individual Duty Holder to ensure this text is appropriate for their undertaking, and amending it where required, before adopting it as policy. No guarantee is given that the processes described in this document are adequate to control all the risks for every duty holder.
Copyright & Usage. Template documents are copyright (c) HOPS. A licence is given to HOPS Advanced Member organisations to use and amend the text as required to suit local circumstances for their heritage railway undertaking and to adopt the result in their SMS. Not to be used for commercial purposes or re-distributed.
The files are presented here in Word format to enable local editing. Save as PDF before circulating.
These template documents must not be re-hosted elsewhere.
Track Safety
Workshop 18 - Track Safety - Brainstorm Session
Workshop first broadcast 17 August 2021.
(If the video does not show above, watch it here.)
Workshop 19 - Track Safety - PTS Briefing
Workshop first broadcast 31 August 2021.
(If the video does not show above, watch it here.)
Workshop 20 - Track Safety - SMS Document
Workshop first broadcast 14 September 2021.
(If the video does not show above, watch it here.)
Best Practice Documents
IMPORTANT: THIS IS NOT YOUR ORGANISATION'S SMS. This is a template. If you have found this document when looking for your organisation's SMS documents then please contact your manager for details of the location of the applicable SMS in force where you work.
SMS Document Template - HOPS/SMS/T/1 - Track Safety
Workshop 18 Slides - Brainstorm Session
Workshop 19 Slides - PTS Briefing
Workshop 20 Slides - SMS Document
Map Template (Thank you to the SDR for allowing publication)
Lookout Sighting Chart
These documents are a compilation of SMS best-practice drawn from research, experience and input from a number of heritage railways. It is the responsibility of the individual Duty Holder to ensure this text is appropriate for their undertaking, and amending it where required, before adopting it as policy. No guarantee is given that the processes described in this document are adequate to control all the risks for every duty holder.
Copyright & Usage. Template documents are copyright (c) HOPS. A licence is given to HOPS Advanced Member organisations to use and amend the text as required to suit local circumstances for their heritage railway undertaking and to adopt the result in their SMS. Not to be used for commercial purposes or re-distributed.
The files are presented here in Word format to enable local editing. Save as PDF before circulating.
These template documents must not be re-hosted elsewhere.