scope:

This specification applies to all employers and individuals who undertake maintenance, faulting, defect rectification, installation and testing and commissioning of Network Rail owned Telecoms infrastructure equipment on managed infrastructure, unless the employer can demonstrate fundamental equality in the assurance of employee competence by using an alternative system.

The requirements of this specification do not apply to individuals who undertake maintenance, faulting, defect rectification, installation and testing and commissioning of services or assets leased from Third Party suppliers, such as British Telecom.

Purpose.

This document sets out the minimum requirements for the training and assessment of individuals who undertake Telecoms engineering activities on Network Rail managed infrastructure. It defines processes that are to be implemented and the standards that are to be achieved to confirm that individuals who undertake Telecoms engineering work are competent to perform the work.