{"id":55,"date":"2023-03-10T06:58:13","date_gmt":"2023-03-10T06:58:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/watcoaustralia.com.au\/?page_id=55"},"modified":"2023-07-17T06:50:52","modified_gmt":"2023-07-17T06:50:52","slug":"rail-safety","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/watcoaustralia.com.au\/index.php\/rail-safety\/","title":{"rendered":"Rail safety"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"l-section wpb_row us_custom_5b644a2d height_auto width_full with_img parallax_ver\"><div class=\"l-section-img\" data-img-width=\"1920\" data-img-height=\"681\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/watcoaustralia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/SafetyBanner-e1688004838626.png);background-repeat: no-repeat;background-size: contain;\"><\/div><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_grid cols_1 laptops-cols_inherit tablets-cols_inherit mobiles-cols_1 valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column us_custom_21444c0d has_text_color us_animate_this\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Rail Safety<\/h1>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"l-section wpb_row us_custom_3a99d699 height_auto\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_grid cols_1 laptops-cols_inherit tablets-cols_inherit mobiles-cols_1 valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>Watco operates under the Rail Safety National Law Act and Regulations (2012). Watco is accredited as a Rail Transport Operator for rail freight services in Western Australia, Queensland and New South Wales, and can obtain accreditation in all other states.\u00a0 This accreditation, initially gained on 28th February 2012, is underpinned by Watco\u2019s Rail Safety and Quality Management System.<\/p>\n<div class=\"join-family-out\">\n<h3 style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Monitoring and Review<\/h3>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Watco understands it is vital that rail haulage safety controls remain effective and are enduring, and as such, are monitored regularly and reviewed annually in addition to Watco\u2019s audit program.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Training and Competency<\/h3>\n<p>Watco acknowledges the importance of ensuring that all team members understand the risk management process. The Watco Safety Team provides processes and ongoing support to the key risk management stakeholders within the business to ensure they remain cognizant of the current controls and are competent in the management of their risks. Rail safety training is developed and delivered in line with recognized industry standards utilizing experienced Watco trainer and assessors and external subject matter experts.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Incident Response Capability<\/h3>\n<p>Due to the strictly regulated rail environment that Watco operates in, it is standard practice to have a robust and proven emergency management plan in place. These plans must meet legislative obligations and additionally align with the below rail infrastructure operator\u2019s strict requirements to be registered to operate on their rail network.<\/p>\n<p>Our customers have stringent quality assurance codes of practice for the haulage of their products.\u00a0 Contamination of products must be avoided at all costs, Watco collaborates with incident response agencies to ensure any potential product spillage or contamination scenario is responded to in a timely and effective manner.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_large\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rail Safety Watco operates under the Rail Safety National Law Act and Regulations (2012). Watco is accredited as a Rail Transport Operator for rail freight services in Western Australia, Queensland and New South Wales, and can obtain accreditation in all other states.\u00a0 This accreditation, initially gained on 28th February 2012, is underpinned by Watco\u2019s Rail...","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-55","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/watcoaustralia.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/55","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/watcoaustralia.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/watcoaustralia.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watcoaustralia.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watcoaustralia.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/watcoaustralia.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/55\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/watcoaustralia.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}