Title: NRC Resources To Comply with FRA Part 243 Minimum Training Standards
Headings: FRA Part 243 Minimum Training Standards
FRA Part 243 Minimum Training Standards
Take Advantage of FRA Part 243 Training Templates Provided by the NRC
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Content: NRC Resources To Comply with FRA Part 243 Minimum Training Standards
FRA Part 243 Minimum Training Standards
FRA Part 243 Minimum Training Standards requires each railroad or contractor that employs one or more safety-related railroad employee to develop and submit a training program to FRA for approval and to designate the minimum training qualifications for each occupational category of employee. The rule also requires most employers to conduct periodic oversight of their employees and to develop annual written reviews of their training programs to close performance gaps. This rule places railroad contractors under direct regulation of the FRA for the first time. Employers with more than 400,000 employee work hours had until January 1, 2020 to submit training programs to the FRA and employers with less than 400,000 employee work hours had up until May 1, 2021 to submit programs. With these deadlines behind, employers that submitted training programs must begin and/or have already begun the minimum training qualifications outlined in the submitted FRA templates by January 1, 2022. Additionally, training organizations and learning institutions (TO/LI) that have provided training to safety-related employees prior to January 1, 2019 may continue without FRA approval until January 1, 2020. If you have any questions about FRA Part 243, the NRC model templates, or the training materials available to NRC members, please contact NRC staff at info@nrcma.org or by phone at 202-975-0365. Take Advantage of FRA Part 243 Training Templates Provided by the NRC
The NRC provides members with 10 FRA-approved training templates that comply with FRA Part 243. They are free to members who log in. These model programs cover the tasks contained in the following FRA Parts: