SIGNALLER WORKLOAD EXPLORATION AND ASSESSMENT TOOL (SWEAT)

Signaller workload is a major issue for the railways, especially as signallers are increasingly re-located to area signalling centres and are allocated ever more responsibilities. One significant aspect of this re-allocation of tasks is the frequent requirement for signallers to manage additional level crossings controlled remotely via CCTV. Although Network Rail has a powerful set of workload tools, none of the extant tools specifically addresses this issue of adding CCTV crossings to an existing job. This paper describes an extension to the Network Rail's existing ODEC tool designed to assist in assessing the workload implications of allocating additional CCTV crossings to a signaller's workload.