Director / Owner
Joe Thompson
As a rail operations safety professional with many years of senior level management experience in Australia and private sector organisations, Joe is well known and has the respect of many within the Australian rail industry.
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Bio
Over his 30+ years, Joe has worked with a wide cross-section of rail industry stakeholders in passenger and freight operations, network infrastructure, regulation and investigation, consulting, and associated organisations.
His Clients include:
- Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC)
- Public Transport Authority of Western Australia (PTA WA)
- Carmichael Rail Network (Rail Safety)
- RQHSE Consultant (Rail Safety consulting for TMA Global on Doha Metro and Light Rail)
- Australian Industry Standards – Technical Advisory Committee member (Pro Bono)
His previous positions include:
- Lecturer CQUniversity – Rail Accident and Derailment Investigations
- Specialist Rail (BHP Coal)
- Manager Operations and Systems (Rail Industry Safety and Standards Board “RISSB”)
- Rail Safety Investigator (QR Network)
- Senior Operations Analyst (QR Network)
- Train Operations Inspector (Queensland Rail)
- Tutor Driver and Train Driver (Queensland Rail)
Joe has a keen customer focus on risk management and opportunity-based approaches that support our clients objectives, Joe brings extensive expert and specialist knowledge to key areas of operational rail safety, safety management systems and safe operating procedures, systems audit and independent accident investigation.
Joe’s qualifications include:
- Master of Safety Science – Major in Rail Safety (CQUniversity)
- Graduate Diploma Accident Investigations (CQUniversity)
- Graduate Certificate Transport Safety Investigations (RMIT)
- Graduate Certificate Accident Phenomenology (CQUniversity)
- Diploma of Project Management (AIM)
- Human Factors for Transport Safety Investigators (ATSB)
- international Engineering Safety Management (iESM Practitioner)
- SAFEmap Safety Leadership Program
- Joe is a registered holder of a Rail Industry Worker Card.
- Professional membership:
- Australian Institute of Company Directors – Member
- Australasian Railway Association
- Rail Industry Safety and Standards Board
- Chartered Institute of Railway Operators
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