Mobile Works – Signing & Guarding
Course Overview
This practical training course is suitable for street works unit 002 or 010 qualified personnel who are working on the carriageway or footway, from a single vehicle or small number of vehicles.
At the conclusion of this training course candidates will have updated their knowledge & techniques to conduct short duration works from a single vehicle, using correct signing and guarding techniques.
Course Details
| Course duration | 1 day |
| No of learners | Max. 8 |
| Course fees | POA |
| Additional costs | Travel @ 45 pence per mile Overnight accommodation at cost (If applicable) |
| Training record management | No charge for business to business |
| Course references: |
Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 Safety at street works and road works: a code of practice 2013 DFT – Working Together: A Good Practice Guide to Managing Works in the Street |
Mobile Works Signing & Guarding Syllabus
- Introduction to mobile working
- The Safety at street works and road works: a code of practice 2013 update
- Understanding short duration and mobile working
- Specification of personal protective equipment
- Marking of vehicles used for mobile working
- Parking the works vehicle
- Importance of planning and risk assessment for mobile working
- Consideration for vulnerable road users
- Works on the footway
- Works on the carriageway
- Selection and specification of signing and guarding equipment
- Using the vehicle for protection – access and egress considerations
- Sequence for loading signs and guards to minimise risk during setup
- Sequence for placing and securing of signings to protect the working area and space
- Factors effecting site safety
- Sequence for the safe removal of signs from the working area
- Pulling off the site
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