Since 28 March, our test crew have been performing test runs of the new B sets – our Waratah Series 2 trains.
The feedback from the test crew has been really positive and it’s been a great opportunity to put the newest fleet to join Sydney Trains through its paces.
Continue reading “You’re invited to Waratah 2 Info Sessions”
Earlier this year, Health Services launched the ‘Stretch it Out’ program for Train Crew. This is a stretching and mobilisation program developed specifically for Train Crew by a professional exercise physiologist.
Following a review completed by Safety last year, which looked at the number of musculoskeletal injuries amongst train crew, it was decided to have an exercise physiologist accompany guards and drivers on multiple train sets to analyse their day-to-day movements.
The Master Roster is an area where we have consistently high levels of feedback from employees and the RTBU.
We’ve listened to your feedback and committed to making changes to improve the process and what’s included.
Continue reading “An improved approach to Master Roster creation”
Feedback has been received that many guards expected Working on Book Off Day (WOBOD) payments to be made in the same fortnight that the WOBOD was accrued.
We have held several discussions with Payroll to investigate if this is possible, however, there are practical issues that prevent this happening, including the risk of delaying the entire pay run and the risk of inaccuracy.
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On Tuesday 22 May, Sydney Trains held its Staff Excellence Awards ceremony, celebrating 21 awards work across the organisation.
These awards are designed to recognise staff members that have made an outstanding contribution to our organisation and embody our SPACE behaviours whilst delivering safe, customer-focused, reliable and clean rail services.
Congratulations to our two winners from Train Crewing and Support Directorate:
This year the flu vaccine is in high demand and this has created an Australia-wide shortage. If you haven’t been able to attend an onsite flu vaccination session, you can still receive a voucher for a free flu vaccination at a participating chemist.
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