Scot-Train was originally set up to provide quality safety training to the rail industry, using standard training programmes and courses supplemented by the supply of bespoke events suited to the needs of our clients.

Never wishing to stand still, the management of the organisation have promoted it’s capability and skills to a wider range of specialised industries and companies, where it’s proven ability and experience is able to contribute to activities and work of potential clients, add value to their business streams and enhance the clients' safety and performance capabilities across their range of activities.

As a result, the company was approached to deliver bespoke courses to the emergency services in order to provide them with the proper knowledge at incidents and accidents ON and/or WITHIN the railway boundaries. This need was identified by running a trial/pilot course and analysing the response, questions, understanding and feedback both during and after the course.

The personnel within these organisations are skilled, dedicated and well trained and may well be aware of the dangers normally found outwith the railway, but within the railway there were some concerns such as:

• Personal safety
• Obvious dangers from rail traffic movements [together with attendance and recovery at site]
• Vehicle access, travelling and parking
• Electrical supply types and hazards
• Dangers from cargos, loads and rolling stock (wagons & coaches etc.)

These concerns were met by a classroom presentation followed by various site visits to experience typical railway environments including-

1. A non-operational training track in Scot-Train depot - the facility boasts one of only three such bespoke tracks in Scotland.
2. A platform at an operational train station with overhead line electrification
3. At a fully operational line with train movements up to 100 miles per hour together with access and a visit to wagons within a depot yard.

At the completion of the site visits there was further classroom input [including video] for debrief and a feedback session, to review the sessions and evaluate the outcomes.

The successful outcome has resulted in this being utilised by other organisations and services.