Yellow Book Training: Engineers' overview

Lloyd's Register is renowned for its Yellow Book training and in this two day course engineers, managers and others involved in safety-related projects are provided with a detailed walk-through of the fundamentals of the UK railway's handbook on Engineering Safety Management (ESM).

Objective

The Yellow Book is the UK railway's handbook on Engineering Safety Management (ESM). If you are involved with changes to the railway, you need to have an understanding of the Yellow Book.

We are renowned for our Yellow Book training, with our experts able to draw upon years of experience in either developing, teaching or applying its key principles.

This two day course provides engineers, managers and others involved in safety-related projects with a detailed understanding of the fundamentals of Yellow Book Engineering Safety Management (ESM). Guidance on implementation is provided throughout the course, and a certificate is awarded to candidates successful in the course examination.

Content

Through a mix of formal classroom presentations and practical exercises, attendees will gain:

• An understanding of the fundamentals of ESM and the ability to apply Yellow Book guidance

• Recognition of the need for a systematic approach to ESM

• Experience of carrying out ESM activities and analyses

 Following completion of this course, attendees will be able to:

• Contribute to a safety plan

• Demonstrate a sound understanding of the principles of ESM

• Identify hazards and assess risks

• Communicate safety-related information

• Manage hazard logs and other safety records
  

Comprehensive guidance on implementation is provided throughout and all attendees will have the opportunity to gain hands-on experience of the main techniques involved.

The course content is supported by a range of handouts that will serve as ideal reference material for future use and each attendee will receive a personal copy of the Yellow Book.

A certificate is also issued to attendees upon successfully passing the course exam.

Structure

The training course is structured around six modules. The opening module provides background to the Yellow Book and a brief history of its development. The following modules then introduce a number of ESM fundamentals and the approach suggested by the Yellow Book for putting them into practice.

Lectures are interspersed with practical exercises, allowing attendees to gain hands-on experience of the techniques involved.

Module 1: Scope, concepts and background
- Scope of Yellow Book 4
- Key safety terminology and concepts
- Requirements and standards
- Business benefits
- History of the Yellow Book
- Structure of the Yellow Book
- Yellow Book and EU Legislation

Module 2: Initiating a project
- ESM activities within a project lifecycle
- Safety planning and producing a Safety Plan
- Configuration management
- Safety records, including Hazard Logs

Module 3: Safety requirements and evidence
- Establishing safety requirements
- Assumptions Dependencies and Caveats (ADCs)
- Target apportionment
- Safety Integrity Levels (SILs)
- Types of Safety Case
- Preparing a Safety Case
- Acceptance and approval

Module 4: Organisational issues
- Defining, allocating and transferring safety responsibilities
- Organisational goals and safety culture
- Safety Policy
- Safety competence and training
- Working with suppliers
- Communicating and co-ordinating

Module 5: Assessing and reducing risk
- Defining changes
- Identifying hazards
- Monitoring risk
- Seven Stage Risk Assessment Process:

i) Hazard identification
ii) Causal analysis
iii) Consequence analysis
iv) Loss analysis
v) Options analysis
vi) Impact analysis
vii) Demonstration of ALARP and compliance.

Module 6: Independent Professional Review
- Safety audit and safety assessment
- Levels of independence
- Commissioning, performing and writing up an audit or assessment.
- Course examination 

Who should attend?

Any member of staff - Project managers, line managers, engineers and others -  involved with changes to the railway need an understanding of the UK Yellow Book.

For those involved with projects outside the UK, the course provides a structured and robust approach to managing complex railway projects safely that is aligned with CENELEC standard EN50126. 

Previous experience

Attendees should have a general understanding of engineering and project management principles and practice.

Duration

Two days

Also available

Engineering Safety Management (Yellow Book) - Senior managers’ overview (Half-day)
Engineering Safety Management (the Yellow Book) - Asset management and maintenance (Two-day)