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The Train Driving Licences and Certificates Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010
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LANGUAGE TESTS
8. Drivers who have to communicate with the infrastructure manager on critical safety issues must have language skills in the language indicated by the infrastructure manager concerned. Their language skills must be such that they can communicate actively and effectively in routine, adverse and emergency situations.
They must be able to use the messages and communication method specified in Commission Decision 2006/920/EC concerning the technical specification of interoperability relating to the subsystem “Traffic Operation and Management” of the trans-European conventional rail system
Drivers must be able to communicate according to level 3 of the following table:
Language and communication level
The oral qualification in a language can be subdivided into five levels:
| Level | Description |
|---|---|
| 5 | Can adapt the way he or she speaks to any interlocutor |
| Can put forward opinions | |
| Can negotiate | |
| Can persuade | |
| Can give advice | |
| 4 | Can cope with totally unforeseen situations |
| Can make assumptions | |
| Can express an argued opinion | |
| 3 | Can cope with practical situations involving an unforeseen element |
| Can describe | |
| Can keep a simple conversation going | |
| 2 | Can cope with simple practical situations |
| Can ask questions | |
| Can answer questions | |
| 1 | Can talk using memorised sentences |
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