Controller of Site Safety (COSS) Assessments Inc OLP and/or CRP.

Assessment & Candidate Requirements

To assess this competency, it is necessary to conduct the workplace assessment on Network Rail-owned infrastructure. Please note that this excludes NWR or TOC-owned and operated depot lines or sidings and private-owned depot lines and sidings.

Furthermore, the assessment must be conducted when a group works on or near the line, as defined in Handbook One. In all other circumstances, the assessment will not be allowed, except when there is foreseeable risk to the line. For instance, changing a station canopy, although the group is not explicitly on or near the line, the work poses a risk to the safety of the line. Therefore, the workgroup should be working with a line blockage or other suitable protection that might justify the need for a COSS. If they are not using any protection methods requiring a COSS (e.g., a SWP stating 3m+, as this is not possible on a station), the assessment will not proceed.

The candidate must hold the COSS/COSS OLP/COSS CRP (in any combination) and valid PTS certification, which must be shown as in-date and valid on the Sentinel database at the start time of the assessment.

Additionally, the candidate must conform to all standards regarding medicals, drugs, and alcohol usage and have a valid Sentinel profile.

Furthermore, the assessment must be completed in line with any notices and updates sent out by the assurance organisation or Network Rail.

The candidate must bring with them full mandatory PPE as defined in the relevant standards, and they must also bring any additional PPE required for the work their group is undertaking. 

Required Evidence

RTAS Requirements

• Signed booking form (Completed via On-Track) 
• Sent Joining instructions (Completed via On-Track)
• Copy of the candidate’s sentinel profile (Saved from the sentinel system ahead of the event or screenshotted on-site ahead of the assessment) 
• Evidence of proof of identification (Photo of an acceptable form of ID and/or Sentinel Smart card) 
• Record of reason as to why a candidate was turned away from an event (Completed via On-Track)
• Record of the result notification following recording the outcome on sentinel (Screen shot by the assessor after logging the result) OR (By the assessor re-saving the candidate’s sentinel profile after logging the event) 
• Evidence of feedback from the event (Completed via On-Track)
• Evidence that, as a minimum, the candidate and the assured staff member have been Swiped In/Out of the Sentinel Database for the entire training and/or assessment event.
• Fully and correctly completed assessment materials.
• Records of evidence that the Assured Assessor documents the start and finish times of the assessment.
• Record of the candidate’s result, detailing whether ‘Competent’, ‘Not yet competent’ or ‘Not competent’.  
• Supporting evidence of a trackside event must include the live environment track visit SWP. Where extracts only are achievable for assessments the minimum extracts required are: (i) cover information (ii) SWP Validation Form (iii) entire RT9909 [including General Information]
• As well as at least one of  (i)   method statements, or (ii) lifting plans, or (iii) records of procurement/invoice for the hire of facilities/on-track plant equipment.

Assessment Requirements – Always 

• Verified logbook correctly completed OR printed out / image of the logbook section of the candidate’s sentinel profile. Showing 4 x entries from the last assessment or recert event.
• A valid and authentic SWP, images or paper copies of the completed assessment.
• Other relevant job information examples include but are not limited to Sectional app, Line diagrams, WPP, TBS, and Permits.
• Good quality images of the site, job and or tasks relating to the COSS working group relevant to the assessment. 

Assessment Requirements – As applicable

• Line blockage procedure appendix (If a candidate is taking a line block)