Glossary
Plain explanations of the terms used in this guide. Where a term is defined by an official body, the source is shown.
- Audit module
- A defined part of a RISQS audit covering one area, such as Core or CDM. Every supplier subject to audit is audited against one of the Core modules. Whether other modules apply depends on your activities and the RICCL codes you select, and on the requirements of infrastructure managers and buyers.
- CDMConstruction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015
- The regulations for managing health, safety and welfare on construction projects in Great Britain. They set duties for clients, designers, principal designers, principal contractors and contractors.Sources, legislation.gov.uk: . Health and Safety Executive: .
- CIRASConfidential Incident Reporting and Analysis Service
- The confidential safety hotline for the transport sector in the UK and the Republic of Ireland, including rail. People can use it to raise health, safety and wellbeing concerns in confidence. It is funded by its member organisations.Sources, CIRAS: .
- Objective evidence
- Records and other verifiable information that show something has actually been done, as opposed to a statement that it will be.
- On or near the line
- Work on, or close to, the operational railway where specific safety arrangements apply. Confirm the definition that applies to your work with the relevant infrastructure manager or client.
- PQQPre-qualification questionnaire
- A set of questions a buyer uses to check a supplier's suitability, often before inviting it to tender.
- Principal Contractor
- Under CDM 2015, the contractor appointed by the client to control the construction phase of a project involving more than one contractor. To act as Principal Contractor on Network Rail Managed Infrastructure, a supplier must hold a Network Rail Principal Contractor Licence.Sources, Health and Safety Executive: . legislation.gov.uk: . RISQS: .
- RICCLRailway Industry Commodity Classification List
- The standard list the rail industry uses to classify products, services and materials. Selecting your codes is how you define the scope of work for which your organisation seeks qualification, and buyers use the codes to find suppliers. Your codes influence which audit requirements apply, but they are not the only factor: buyer requirements and where you will work can also matter.
- RISQSRailway Industry Supplier Qualification Scheme
- One of the rail industry's supplier assurance schemes. It verifies information about suppliers, benchmarks them, and connects them with the buyers who use it to find and check suppliers.
- Safe Work Planning
- In RISQS, the audit module for organisations that plan safe systems of work: how staff are protected when their work interfaces with the operational railway. It applies to organisations that select safe system of work planning as a service. Not to be confused with a Safe Work Pack, which is also abbreviated to SWP.
- Sentinel
- The rail industry's authority to work system, owned and run by Network Rail. It acts as a passport for people working on the railway infrastructure.Source, Sentinel: .