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Civil Contractors Federation, Version 1, 3 October 2006 1

Civil Contractors Federation

Welcome to the CFA

Traffic Controller

Operating Stop-Slow Bat Course

(BCCCM2013B) Victoria

Presenter: Nino Capogreco0402 481 389

[email protected]


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Preliminaries

Mobile Phones: off or in silent mode

Facilities


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Duration

10:00am 12noon First session

12 noon 12:30pm Lunch

12:30pm 3pm Second session

Conclusion


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Program

Part 1 Plan & Prepare

Part 2 Co-ordinate Traffic, Monitor, Remove

Part 3 Radio Operation

Part 4 Clean Up


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Principles of Knowledge

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Flagman

Source: National OHS CommissionWork related deaths of road-workers 1989-1992

A road gang of labourers were carrying out flagmans duties,directing traffic, at roadworks on a highway near a bridge.

There was one car already stopped at the stop sign when asemi-trailer travelling behind this car failed to see the stopsign and veered to the incorrect side of the road.

The semi-trailer then side-swiped a vehicle travelling in theopposite direction, and then continued on to hit three otherstationary vehicles (two being table top trucks).

The semi-trailer then collided with the rear of the car that wasstopped at the flagmans stop sign and also hit the flagman.


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Legal Foundations

OH&S laws are State laws

OH&S laws are criminal in nature

OH&S laws apply to employers andemployees (including volunteers)

Cannot insure against a fine / imprisonment


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Legal Foundations

OH&S laws have 3 layers:

Acts (example: OH&S Act 2004)

Regulations

Codes


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Worksite Safety Traffic ManagementCode of Practice 2004

This Code will be the most

important part of the course


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Worksite Safety Traffic Management

Code of Practice 2004

You need to understand key aspects ofthe Code

AND

Learn in detail the requirements thatrelate to Traffic Controllers


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The Code

Gazetted on 22 December 2004

Operative from 1 January 2005.

Made pursuant to the Road Management

Act 2004


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Application

Clause 4.1

This Code applies to any personconducting, or proposing to conduct any

works on a highway (being a road or roadrelated area).

Areas on side of roads (footpaths, verges

etc) are covered if the risk of a roadaccident exists.


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Application

Does the Code apply to firefightersperforming burning off duties along ahighway?

Does it apply to firefighters fighting a fireon a gravel road?


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Definitions

long termdescribes works where thetraffic management plan is required tooperate both day and night and may be left

unattended.


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Definitions

mobile worksareworks which entailvehicles moving along the roadwaycontinually at a speed significantly lower

than other traffic and obstructing or partiallyobstructing traffic lanes.


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Definitions

short termare works where the trafficmanagement plan is required only whilework personnel are in attendance and

generally limited to the duration of a singleshift or lesser period where road conditionsare returned to normal when the shift or

lesser period ends.


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Definitions

very short termare works that take nolonger than five minutes to complete.

worksiteis an area which includes thework area(s) and any additional length ofroad required for advance signing, tapers,

side-tracks, or other areas needed forassociated purposes.


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Contractor Responsibilities

Clause 10 (4)a) manage traffic at the worksite through the

preparation and operation of a trafficmanagement plan.

b) carry out risk assessments of each worksiteor each generic worksite.

c) obtain any necessary approvals for the works

and/or the use of certain traffic controldevices (eg. speed limit signs, portabletraffic signals).


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Clause 10 (4) cont.

d) Contractor to manage traffic engineers,road safety auditors and subcontractors.

e) Carry out, where appropriate, complianceaudits, road safety audits and surveillanceon itself or its subcontractors.

f) ensure traffic control signs and devices areused for their intended purposes.


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Clause 10 (4) cont.

g) Ensure the minimisation of health andsafety risks to others and/or himself/herself.

h) Comply with any relevant contractualrequirements.


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Main Duty

Clause 11 (2) any person responsible forconducting works on a road that is open to

traffic has a duty of care under common law totake all reasonable measures to preventaccident or injury to persons carrying out theworks and also to members of the public usingthe road.


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What Records To Keep

Clause 12

Traffic management plan

Any application seeking a written authorisation

or consent for the erection of traffic controldevices

Records of any traffic related incident or

accident that occurred during the works Records of audit and surveillance activities

undertaken.


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Duty to have TMP

Clause 13 (2) any person conductingworks on a road to have in operation a

traffic management plan


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TMP can be generic

Clause 13 (3) Where a standard diagramas contained in the Standards Australia FieldGuides is used as a traffic management

plan, or forms part of a traffic managementplan, the standard diagram should clearlyidentify any relevant variations necessary to

relate the standard diagram to the specificconditions of the worksite.


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Risk Assessment

Clause 17 A systematic approach is

necessary to identify areas of risk, to

prioritise the critical risks from the lesser

risks, and to identify effective ways ofeliminating or significantly reducing risks that

may have an undesired or unexpected

outcome.


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Risk Assessment Steps

Step 1 Ask yourself what risks are there?

Step 2 List those risks

Step 3 Assess the risks having regard to howlikely they are to occur and what injurywill you suffer (use matrix)

Step 4 Deal with the high and medium risks first


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Risk Assessment Steps

Step 5 If practical, can you eliminate them?

If yes, do so.

Step 6 If they cannot be eliminated, what shouldyou do to minimise them?

Step 7 Record your risks, their levels (high

medium etc.) and your actions to eliminateor minimise them in the TMP.


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Controls

1st Eliminate

2nd Substitute

3rd Engineering

4th Administration

5th Personal Protection (PPE)


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Major Risk

Clause 18 (4)A major risk at any worksite(whether located on the roadway or roadside) iswhere an errant vehicle runs out of control andcollides with workers or roadworks plan orequipment at the worksite, or another vehicle orperson passing through the worksite.

Every effort should be made to eliminate orreduce the risk of such an occurrence.


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Emergency Works

Clause 44When traffic speeds are low,whether due to the inherent nature of the road

or the effects of the emergency, the initial traffic

control may be achieved by using a work

vehicle with suitable warning signs or devices

mounted on it. After the worksite is protected,

other signs and warning devices should be

deployed in accordance with the requirementsof this Code as determined by the expected

duration of the works.


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All WorksUse of Vehicle

If the vehicle is part of the work site (usedfrequently during work and you are alwaysnear it, as opposed to being parked by theroadside like any other vehicle and you workaway from vehicle) it must have flashing lighton and positioned so that it forms a barrierbetween you and on-coming traffic.

Hazard lights are not enough!


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All WorksUse of Vehicle

Use the vehicle as a barrier, consider that thevehicle will move forward if hit from behind,therefore do not stay close to it.


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Clearances

1.2m to 3.0m

Safety barrier inplace Worksite SpeedLimit (km/h)

Local Traffic Road No 60

Collector Road or RuralArterial C Road

No 60

Yes Speed limit

Secondary Road orRural Arterial A and BRoad

No 40

Yes 80

Arterial Road (urbanarea) or Rural M Road

No 40

Yes 80

Freeway (urban) No 40

Yes 80


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Clearances

Clearance toTraffic

(metres)Road Type

Safety Barrierin place

WorksiteSpeed Limit

(km/h)

Within 1.2m All No 40


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Barriers

A barrier must resist vehicle impact.

The proper and most common

barrier is the concrete barrier.

Table 7 specifies NO GO zones fordifferent barrier types (next slide).


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SAFETY BARRIER NO GO ZONES

The following were calculated using theoretical analysis only. If the manufacturers

instructions are available, they take precedence over the information below.

Safety Barrier type Maximum Speed Limit

(km/h)

Recommended

Clearance or No-Go

Zone (metres)

Precast Concrete Barrier (6metre Units) with Units not

connected

30 Not recommended foruse

Precast Concrete Barrier with

Units connected by steel pin or

equivalent and a 30 metre

minimum length

100

80

60

1.6

1.0

0.6

Plastic Water Filled Barrier with

TL3 compliance

100

80

60

6.0

4.0

2.5

(Part extract from Code of Practice, December 2004, table 7)


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Clause 52. Traffic Management at Night

1. Whenever practicable, any restrictions ontraffic should be removed

2. Check that all signs are readily visible toroad users

3. Single lane operation without any trafficcontrol should not normally operate at nightunless the traffic volume is less than 200vehicles per day and the length of road

involved is not greater than 60 metres.Otherwise install traffic signals

4. Use Table 6 to determine speed limit.


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Tapers60 km/h or less

15 to 30 metres from works

Longer if

Parked cars hinder sight

Bus stop is in the taper zone

Driveways are in the taper zone

Corner, hill or other hindrance is present


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TapersMore than 60 km/h

General rules Create a buffer at end of taper (no set length)

Close lane for D (speed in metres)

Taper for 2D with Advance Warning Sign

Repeat Advance Warning Sign at .5D

buffer

2D

.5Dworksite

D


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TapersMore than 60 km/h

Preferable to taper one lane at a time

Taper at 2D and space taper 1.5 to 2D

1.5 to 2D 2D2D


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(Extract from AS1742.3-2002, figure 4.6)

Required taper length:

30 metres Greater than or equal to 1D Greater than or equal to 2D


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High Visibility Clothing

The Code recommends all vests or shirts

to be Class F fluorescent material.

Vests must be zipped / tied at all times.

Vest must be clean and not torn.

If within 10 m of railway, you require

special vest and VicTrack permit.

See Clause 68.


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High Visibility Clothing

Night works

Wear a Class N outer-torso garment

made from a retroreflective materialto Class R standard in AS/NZS 4602


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Speed Limits

See Clause 73 (4) for speedvariations and buffer zone speedreductions

Generally speed should be reduced at

20 km/h intervals


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Speed Limits

Clause 77 if there are trafficcontrollers, the max speed is 60 kmh.

VicRoads / Council must be contactedbefore speed restrictions are set.


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Signs

Clause 79 (4) by 1 July 2005 allroadworks signs should be at leastClass 1 retroreflective material.


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Signs

See table D1 on p. 79 onwards for sign

sizes and requirements

Example:

Must be black on fluorescent red or orange


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Traffic Controllers


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Traffic Controllers

Rules for Traffic Controllers

(Refer Trainees to Participants Course Notes)


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Traffic Controllers

Speed must be 60 km/h

or less


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Traffic Controllers

1. Must be highly visible; high visibility vests mustbe worn. For night work, light coloured clothingis required with reflective bands on arms andlegs as well as around the waist (please be

mindful that reflective bands only reflect light,therefore are of no use is there is no light atall, in such cases the area should beilluminated).

2. Must face the on-coming traffic so that he/sheis aware of traffic and can react to situationsas they arise.


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Traffic Controllers

3. Must give clear instructions to traffic. He/shemust never assume that the motorists will seehim/her or that they will obey signals without aclear instruction.

4. Must never leave the position unless relief isgiven, even if there appears that there is notraffic at that moment.

5. The STOP-SLOW sign should never bedisplayed without the controller holding it.


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Traffic Controllers

6. Only give the SLOW sign after being confidentthat the workers or other motorists from otherdirection have understood they must stop.

7. Must have an escape route to get out of the way oftraffic.

8. Must be able to see on-coming traffic at least at adistance equal to one and a half times the traffic

speed (km/h).9. Always face on-coming traffic.


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Traffic Controllers

Motorists must obey a STOP sign

held by Traffic Controller but canonly be fined by police(Road Safety Rule 101).


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101. Hand-held stop signs

1) A driver approaching a hand-held stop sign must stop before

reaching the sign.

Penalty: 3 penalty units.

2) The driver must not proceed until the holder of the sign -

a) no longer displays the sign towards the driver; or

b) otherwise indicates that the driver may proceed

Penalty: 3 penalty units3) This rule does not apply to a driver approaching or at a hand-

held stop signat a children crossing.

Note: Rule 80 defines childrens crossing, and deals with hand-held

stop signat childrens crossings.

Hand-held stop signs.


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Correct Sign


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Traffic Flow Rules

1. Look for a break in the traffic flow.

2. Stand clear of traffic, face the on-

coming traffic with the bat onSLOW.

3. Gain eye contact with the driver and

hold the bat in front of you, turn toSTOP and hold at approx 45o.


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Traffic Flow Rules

4. Move onto the road with the bat heldvertical when the first vehicle has stopped.

5. Reinforce the stop with a hand signal.

6. If the following drivers cannot see you

Ice Creams

Haulage


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Traffic Flow Rules

7. Ensure you keep the STOP sign showingto the driver till you get off the road.

8. Check it is all clear. Turn the bat to

SLOW and wave the traffic on.

Ice Creams Haulage


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Signs for Traffic Controllers

First sign: Advance Warning Sign andsubsequent second sign: PREPARE TOSTOP.

Sign spacing rule:

From the controller to the Prepare to Stopsign 2D times travel speed = metres.

Then to the symbolic workman sign at halftravel speed = metres.


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2D .5D



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Set up signs from farthest point to nearestto worksite


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Traffic Controllers - Behaviour

Not under the influence of drugs oralcohol

Must stand alone (for best visibility and

concentration)

Bat must be hand held

Traffic Controller with bat on SLOW is incontrol or traffic flow.


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CFA SOP 9.30Traffic Control

1. Traffic control is to be done by the Police.

2. If Police are not present, CFA must only closea road or part of road.

3. Do not direct traffic unless authorised byPolice.

4. In the event of fire/incident IncidentController/CFA Commander shall develop

traffic plan and appoint Sector Commander toimplement it.


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CFA SOP 9.30Traffic Control

5. Sector Commander to decide:a. emergency vehicles accessb. locations of traffic controllers;c. duration.

6. CFA members on traffic control duties must have:a. Wildfire PPCb. High vis. vest (day/night)c. STOP-SLOW batsd. Radios.

If these are not available, police should carry out trafficcontrol.


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Wildfire Firefighter Learners Manual.

See Chapter 12 of the Manual for RadioOperation.

The Traffic Controller must have been

trained in this Manual and haveexperience at applying the procedure.


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Traffic Field Guides

Please use them in conjunction with theCode.

They may be used as the TMP but you

must ensure that the Guide diagramapplies to your site.

T ffi Fi ld G id


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Traffic Field Guides


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Monitoring

Check before you start your duties.

What to check.

Record Inspections.

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Removal

Removal occurs in the reverse order oferection

Start from the work area out toward the

approaches.

Aft Thi C


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After This Course

Please build up your skills with a mentor.

Your first few traffic control duties shouldbe under the direct supervision of anexperienced Traffic Controller.

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Questions?

P ti l A t


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Practical Assessment

Hand in yourAssessment Workbook first

Enrolment form

Course Evaluation

Have you signed the Attendance List?

Assemble as directed

Th E d


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The End

Thank you

Presenter: Nino Capogreco

0402 481 389

[email protected]

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