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Portable Traffic Signals

This course - 

  • Has been designed to provide the delegates with a knowledge and understanding of the legal requirements to enable them to follow the procedures for setting out Signing and Guarding of an Excavation on the Highway.

Duration - 

  • 1 day maximum 6 delegates.

Objectives -  

  • By the end of the course delegates SHOULD be able to -

  • Identify various types of signing and guarding.

  • Recognise the safety procedures required.

  • Assess the legal requirements.

The course covers -

  • New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 - Chapter 8.

  • Review the codes of practice.

  • Drawing site plans.

  • Notices required by local authorities.

  • Site surveys.

  • Code of Practice - safety at Street Works and Road Works.

  • The introduction of vehicle actuated portable traffic signals.

  • Practical - Signing, Lighting and Guarding.

Tests - 

  • Multiple choice paper, 75% pass mark

Who should attend - 

  • Operatives who are engaged in road works.

Awarding Body -         

  • RSUK