Duration
7 hours
Group Size
Maximum 12 learners
Who should attend?
All persons starting work for the first time in the Highway Electrical industry, and those persons that do not hold a HERS registration card.
Pre-requisites
None.
Course aims
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.
Course 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 risk assessments and method statements
- Identify the relevant codes of practice and other associated documentation involved in traffic management
- State the main requirements for signing and guarding road works to national standards.
- Identify the equipment required in temporary traffic management
- State the requirements for signing and guarding of road works for mobile and short duration works
- Identify the different methods of positive traffic control
- State how to deal with pedestrians
- Identify the main steps for installing, maintaining and removing any positive traffic control systems.
Certification:
On completion, a multiple-choice assessment is to be completed. A HESA certificates will be issued for successful candidates for each module.
