Who Should Attend?
The course is for operatives who are required to set up signing, lighting and guarding equipment on highways.
Duration
1 Day
Location
Ipswich / Essex / In-house Availability
Certifications
Provided on completion
Course PDF
View course details as PDFCourse Aims and Objectives
The aim of the course is to provide delegates with the knowledge and understanding of the legal requirements to enable them to set out Signing and Guarding on the highway.
By the end of the course delegates will be able to:
- Survey the work site
- Protect pedestrians from vehicular traffic and site personnel
- Provide temporary traffic control
Course Outline
- Legal requirements
- Types of Works
- Basic principles of signing and guarding
- On-site risk assessment
- Single vehicle operating
- Works on footways
- Cycle lanes, cycle track and cycle routes
- Methods of traffic control
- Testing and operating portable traffic signals
- New signs
- Speed control
- Procedures for works near tramways and railways
- Planning a signing, lighting and guarding project
