Rail Safety National Law National Regulations 2012

The following work scheduling practices and procedures apply to a rail safety worker who drives a freight train—

in the case of a 2 person operation where the second driver is a qualified train driver (including a qualified train driver who is learning a route or undergoing an assessment)—the maximum shift length to be worked is 12 hours;

in the case of any other 2 person operation—the maximum shift length to be worked is 11 hours;

in the case of a 1 person operation—

the maximum shift length to be worked is 9 hours; and

a minimum break of not less than 30 minutes must be scheduled and taken some time between the third and fifth hour of each shift;

there is to be a break of at least 11 continuous hours between each shift worked by the rail safety worker if the worker ends a shift at the home depot;

there is to be a break of at least 7 continuous hours between each shift worked by the rail safety worker if the worker ends a shift away from the home depot and the break is taken away from the home depot;

in any 14 day period—the rail safety worker may work a maximum number of 12 shifts, but not more than 6 of these shifts may be 12 hour shifts.