302.2 | Installing, maintaining and removing positive traffic control including temporary / portable traffic signal equipment on rural and urban roads

Duration: 1 day

Course Aim: This course aims to provide employees working within the Highway Electrical Sector the underpinning knowledge required for the understanding and use of equipment for Safety at Street Works and Road Works, as appropriate to the scope of their work on site. It aims to cover Moving / Minor Works / Short duration and Single Vehicle works signing and guarding, and provides an awareness of other forms of signing and guarding. It provides the underpinning knowledge to satisfy the training requirements of NHSS8 (as agreed with NHSS 12D) and does not confer NHSS12D registration on the Learner.

Assessment: Learners will be assessed through a summative assessment, which will be largely practical using actual equipment in a simulated environment. There should be available a sufficient quantity of good quality, working temporary/portable traffic signals, traffic signs and cones.

Course Objectives

Refresher of key points covered in course 302.1

• Temporary / portable traffic signals
• Dealing with pedestrians.

Objectives: On completion of the course candidates will be able to use the principles and take actions required to correctly sign and guard road works to the “Safety at Street Works and Road Works Code of Practice”. • Identify the correct sequence of actions for installing, maintaining and removing positive traffic control systems. • Identify the layout for the traffic management control by two way temporary traffic signals • Identify the correct sequence of actions for installing, maintaining and removing temporary traffic signals • Carry out the installation, testing, operation and removal of a two way temporary traffic signal installation

Practical: To enable maximum learning and benefit from this course, there will a summative practical session. This will be interactive to enhance the learning experience.