Railway operations manager

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Railway operations managers (EBL) manage and monitor the safety-relevant processes in a railway company ( railway company or railway infrastructure company ).

designation

The term Oberster Betriebsleiter (OBL) was used as a synonym for railway operations manager, especially in older publications. Due to the lack of reference to the topic of railways for outsiders , this term is no longer in use today.

In Austria the designation is only manager .

entry requirements

Germany

The admission requirements are determined by the Railway Operations Manager Examination Ordinance. Required are

  • a completed degree in civil engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, a related engineering science or an engineering science of transport at a German academic university, a German state or state-recognized university of applied sciences or a foreign university recognized as equivalent by the competent authority in the state and
  • At least three years of experience with railways as an engineer for the construction or operation of the railway or at least three years of experience as a confirmed tram operations manager. Activities in other positions as an engineer in a specialist area, which includes the planning, construction, operation or monitoring of rail-bound railways to a considerable extent, can be credited for up to one year.

Those who meet these requirements can be admitted to the Federal Railway Authority (EBA) or the responsible state authority (e.g. state representative for railway supervision ) and receive a certificate of proficiency upon successful completion, whereby the certificate of competence from a state authority usually also from other state authorities is recognized.

Anyone who has passed the major state examination for the higher technical administrative service and at least three years essential for the safety of a railway can also work as an EBL without the examination Who has already worked as an engineer, as well as who is already a confirmed tram operations manager and is active in a company that has the approval as a tram company and as a railway company or in simple operating conditions.

After a successful examination, the competent supervisory authority issues a certificate of competence. Between 2005 and 2009, around 40–50 people took the farm manager exam each year.

Austria

The entry requirements are determined by the Railway Ordinance 2003 (EisbVO 2003):

  1. Completion of a technical college (HTL) and ten years of business experience or completion of a relevant degree and at least five years of business experience;
  2. Proof of knowledge of the following specialist areas: safety technology, railway construction technology, railway operation, securing level crossings, electrical engineering, driving equipment technology, accident prevention, operational fire protection, legal regulations;
  3. Knowledge of the railway company itself (to be confirmed by the railway company).

Order

Germany

In Germany, the assignment as a railway operations manager at a railway company requires proof of the access requirements to the respective supervisory authority. As a rule, the same qualification requirements are imposed on the deputy railway operations manager, previously: the deputy of the supreme operations manager (Deputy OBl), unless the supervisory authority deviates from them. Several deputies are also possible, especially in the case of regionally separate companies.

The appointment or appointment can relate to the established direction of the company as a railway operations manager for a railway or railway infrastructure company. Particularly in the case of smaller companies with both business areas, the railway operations manager regularly performs both areas of responsibility. In this case, however, the deputies are usually responsible for one specific task area.

Austria

In Austria, the confirmation of the manager after all the evidence is by the railway authority by notice required.

In Austria, too, the deputy of the operations manager must meet all the requirements for the operations manager. The authorities can make it easier for branch lines and regionally active companies. In the case of large railway companies, it is also possible for technically competent operations managers to support the operations manager.

EU legislation

With the introduction of the fourth railway package in 2016 and the entry into force of the national implementation in Germany on June 16, 2020, numerous railway companies have been required to provide evidence of a safety management system (SMS). The possibility of issuing a safety certificate with simplified verification in accordance with Section 7a (3) AEG without a full examination of the SMS ("EBL verification") is no longer applicable. Up until this point in time, it was possible for smaller RUs to bypass the time-consuming introduction and auditing of an SMS by appointing a railway operations manager . This is no longer possible.

tasks

The deployment of a railway operations manager in the management of a railway company takes place on the basis of the railway company professional access ordinance on the basis of a formal appointment or appointment.

Railway operations managers have special powers and are particularly qualified in safety issues. Without prejudice to the responsibility of the railway company, you are responsible for ensuring that railway operations run safely.

Railway operations managers organize the training and further education of the employees, carry out the corresponding tests, issue necessary instructions and orders, monitor the activities of the employees and clarify the causes of irregularities.

In the case of railway undertakings, the railway operations manager is essentially responsible for the organization and responsibility for railway operations and the running equipment; in the case of railway infrastructure companies, he is primarily responsible for the organization of the maintenance and safe maintenance of railway systems and structures.

With the implementation of the fourth railway package, the railway operations managers of the EVU are also responsible for the internal implementation of the SMS, provided that there is no separate SMS manager available. The job description is therefore subject to a formal change. While in the past the competence of the EBL to ensure safe and reliable rail operations was determined by an examination at the EBA and regular training courses, today the auditing of the SMS for which the EBL is responsible and the maintenance of the safety certificate are the yardstick for a successful activity as an EBL. In addition, day-to-day business in company organization is an important professional component.

See also

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ § 7 Ordinance on the Examination for Operations Manager for Railways (Railway Operations Manager Examination Ordinance - EBPV)
  2. ↑ § 2 (3) Ordinance on the appointment and confirmation as well as the tasks and powers of operations managers for railways (Railway Operations Manager Ordinance - EBV)
  3. ↑ § 3 Ordinance on the appointment and confirmation as well as the tasks and powers of operations managers for railways (Railway Operations Manager Ordinance - EBV)
  4. ↑ EBA annual report 2009/2010 , p. 37
  5. ↑ Railway Ordinance 2003 (EisbVO 2003)
  6. ↑ EBA - Technical reports - Safety certificates based on assignment to the higher-level network and implementation of the 4th railway package on June 16, 2020. Retrieved July 25, 2020 .
  7. ↑ Railway Entrepreneurs' Vocational Access Ordinance ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.eba.bund.de
  8. ↑ Janicki, p. 182.