Courses - NSW Prepare a Work Zone Traffic Management Plan
NSW-PWZ
NSW Prepare a Work Zone Traffic Management Plan
- Successful students will receive a Statement of Completion at the end of training days
- A Statement of Attainment and SafeWork NSW Card will be processed and issued upon successful final assessment
Introduction
This short course provides the skills and knowledge required for individuals responsible for developing traffic management plans and traffic guidance schemes to perform a preliminary risk assessment of a temporary traffic management site and select, modify and design traffic management plans and traffic guidance schemes.
This course applies to those individuals responsible for developing traffic management plans and traffic guidance schemes.
This course does not qualify a participant to control traffic with a stop-slow bat or boom gate‚ or set up work with traffic control plans.
Target Audience
Course requirements:
Learners are required to:- Be 18 years of age or over
- Have language, literacy and numeracy skills to ACSF level 2 or above
- Provide 100 points Evidence of Identity (EOI) - you are required to bring original ID documents on the training day (click here to see EOI requirements in your State).
- You'll not be allowed to participate in the training if you do not bring the IDs.
If you are keen to work as a Traffic Controller in NSW it is also highly recommended that you have a White Card and hold a provisional or open drivers licence as you will be required to travel to work sites and may be required to drive work vehicles.
Learning Outcomes
- Prepare a work zone traffic management plan (TMP)
- Collect all required information about a given roadwork project to enable the preparation of a TGS/TMP
- Design a TGS/TMP, based on risk assessment, statutory and regulatory requirements, standards, road authority requirements and project brief
- Select and modify a TGS/TMP based on risk assessment, statutory and regulatory requirements, standards, road authority requirements and project brief
- Draw up a TGS/TMP to recognise other graphical representations such as pedestrian movement plans, vehicle movement plans, and notification of authorities
- Determine the recommended spacing between signs and traffic control devices in line with standards; measure width of trafficable surface; calculate edge clearances to barriers, cones and clearance to work personnel
- Incorporate environmental management plans
- Conduct an onsite check and inspection of the plan and to identify any unexpected hazards/risks
- Identify approvals required; identify approval agencies, types of approvals for roadway access, railway reserve access, authority to install signs on roads, variation to standards
- Understand speed, environment, type and class of vehicles, traffic density, sight lines, environmental condition, weather patterns and surface type
- Monitor and interpret control systems to apply to the drawing, selection and design.
- Use approved methods and follow recognised local legislation
- Use the site/location assessment, distinguish topographical landmarks and carry out authorised risk control
- Collate traffic volume data, type and class of vehicles
- Determine lane capacity, road network performance and lane closure restrictions
- Identify impacts from any concurrent or adjacent works
- Identify times and dates of any planned public events that may result in increased or redistributed traffic patterns
- Identify affected stakeholders and type of notification required and prepare notifications
- Calculate costings for TMP development and implementation
Learning Methods
Training for this course is delivered over 3-days and includes the following:
- Classroom activities
- Theory questionnaires and group activities
- Use of regulatory and statutory manuals and documents
- Project management that includes case studies and document preparation
- Use of TMP/TGS development software
- Theory questionnaires and activities
- Practical activities and observation
- Development of TGS/TMPs
- Development of two Traffic Management Plan projects, one of which will be completed post the course and is expect to take around 6 hours
- Provision of workplace samples and documents
Course Modules
- RIICWD503E Prepare traffic management plans and traffic guidance schemes
- RIIRIS402E Carry out the risk management process
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