Frequently asked
questions
Please select the appropriate level of Safeworking training via the training calendar
To qualify for a TAP, you must complete training to the required qualification level, and a Rail Safety Medical to the required category level.
We have an in-house Training Centre providing appropriate levels of training required for a TAP.
Arc Infrastructure Training Centre
Corner Abernethy and Terminal Roads
(Opposite BP Truck Stop)
Kewdale WA 6105
Phone: (08) 9212 2916
Email: asktraining@arcinfra.com
Category 1 – High Level Safety Critical Worker
This is for a worker performing critical tasks on the rail system, whose action, inaction or collapse due to ill health may lead directly to a serious incident affecting the public or rail network.
Category 3 – Around the track Personnel operating in an uncontrolled environment
Those required to operate on or near the track, but without engineering or administrative controls to protect them from moving rolling stock, and whose actions, inactions or collapse due to ill health may endanger their safety or that of work colleagues.
Please click here for a list of our Authorised Health Professionals, where you can undertake your medical.
For further information on the National Standard for Health Assessments of Rail Safety Workers, please refer to the National Transport Commission website.
Due to the number of applications the Learning and Development Administrators process daily we cannot assist with fast tracking applications. All applicants are processed in order received within 10 business days, once all required documentation has been submitted, completed and signed.
As per conditions of Track Access Permit accreditation 7; The loss of a Track Access Permit shall be reported immediately to asktraining@arcinfra.com.
The Supervised Worker accreditation eLearning must be completed every 3 years; other accreditation levels require renewal more frequently. Medicals have their own renewal periods.
| CAT1 / CAT2 | Every 5 years to the age of 50 |
| Every 2 years to the age of 60 | |
| After 60, every year | |
| In addition to the above, the worker must have a Rail Safety Medical conducted within 2 years after turning 50 and within 1 year after turning 60 | |
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| CAT3 | The first medical for the worker could last up to the age of 40 years depending on when it completed |
| Every 5 years from the age of 40 years |