Railway Medical & D&A Railway Medical & Drugs & Alcohol
Any employee must have a PTS Medical before attending a PTS course to work on Network Rail Infrastructure. You are required to undertake Network Rail D&A screening before sitting a PTS Training Initial course.
Description
The PTS medical is designed to ensure that all individuals in safety critical roles have physical capacity to be reliably safe when working on tracks, for their own benefit and for those around them.
The competency-specific assessment covers a medical questionnaire, height/weight/BMI, blood pressure, pulse, blood glucose level, mobility, vision testing (including colour vision), hearing test.
The NWR drug test is a lab analysis of a urine sample. The rail industry has an alcohol cut off level of 13 micrograms of alcohol per 100ml of breath.
Network Rail’s drug and alcohol policy is zero-tolerance. If you test positive for any of the substances in the 7 panel, your Sentinel card will be cancelled, and you will not be able to work on their infrastructure for 5 years.
Identification
Must Bring Photo ID - For British Nationals, one of the following (original hard copy - not electronically): a current and valid branded form of identity token, used for accessing the RMI (Railway Maintained Infrastructure) such as a Sentinel Card; in-date and valid full driving licence; in-date and valid UK Provisional Photo Card Driving Licence; in-date and valid passport, a UK biometric ID Card/Residence Permit (BRP), an Armed Forces Identity Card, a proof of age card recognised under PASS with a unique reference number (this includes the Citizen ID Card), N.I. Electoral Identity Card or a resident permit as per Home Office guidance.
For Non-British Nationals - an in-date and valid passport, Identity Card or Driving Licence from an EU or European Economic Area (EEA) country or a US Passport Card is required (original hard copy - not electronically).