NRSWA - New Roads & Street Works Training - Unit 2 (O1) - Signing, Lighting and Guarding - For Operatives

Course overview:

This course is designed for all operatives employed by local authorities, utilities and their contractors to sign, light and guard any road works in the highway.

Course Overview:

• Understand the safety implications of carrying out Streetworks, with particular reference to the protection of persons engaged on the works and avoidance of danger to the general public.
- Appreciate the need to maintain the free movement of vehicular and pedestrian traffic at the site, if the works are to comply with the restrictions imposed by the works and the adoption of safe working practices.
- Demonstrate the correct layout of appropriate signs, barriers, lamps, warning notices etc in compliance with the relevant advisory documents.
- Recognise conditions that may necessitate the introduction of special measures such as the installation of portable traffic signals, traffic diversion, road closure etc.
- Maintain the correct operation of portable traffic signals and reposition equipment as work.