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Civil Contractors Federation
Welcome to the CFA
Traffic Controller Operating Stop-Slow Bat Course (BCCCM2013B) Victoria
Presenter: Nino Capogreco 0402 481 389 nino@contractorss.com

Civil Contractors Federation, Version 1, 3 October 2006
Preliminaries
Mobile Phones: off or in silent mode
Facilities
Duration
10:00am 12noon First session 12 noon 12:30pm Lunch 12:30pm 3pm Second session Conclusion
Program
Part Part Part Part 1 2 3 4 Plan & Prepare Co-ordinate Traffic, Monitor, Remove Radio Operation Clean Up
Principles of Knowledge
Flagman
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 a semi-trailer travelling behind this car failed to see the stop sign and veered to the incorrect side of the road. The semi-trailer then side-swiped a vehicle travelling in the opposite direction, and then continued on to hit three other stationary vehicles (two being table top trucks). The semi-trailer then collided with the rear of the car that was stopped at the flagmans stop sign and also hit the flagman.
Source: National OHS Commission Work related deaths of road-workers 1989-1992
Legal Foundations
OH&S laws are State laws
OH&S laws are criminal in nature OH&S laws apply to employers and employees (including volunteers) Cannot insure against a fine / imprisonment
Legal Foundations
OH&S laws have 3 layers: Acts (example: OH&S Act 2004) Regulations Codes
Worksite Safety Traffic Management Code of Practice 2004
This Code will be the most important part of the course
Worksite Safety Traffic Management Code of Practice 2004

You need to understand key aspects of the Code AND
Learn in detail the requirements that relate 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 person conducting, or proposing to conduct any works on a highway (being a road or road related area). Areas on side of roads (footpaths, verges etc) are covered if the risk of a road accident exists.
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Application
Does the Code apply to firefighters performing burning off duties along a highway? Does it apply to firefighters fighting a fire on a gravel road?
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Definitions
long term describes works where the traffic management plan is required to operate both day and night and may be left unattended.
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Definitions
mobile works are works which entail vehicles moving along the roadway continually at a speed significantly lower than other traffic and obstructing or partially obstructing traffic lanes.
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Definitions
short term are works where the traffic management plan is required only while work personnel are in attendance and generally limited to the duration of a single shift or lesser period where road conditions are returned to normal when the shift or lesser period ends.
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Definitions
very short term are works that take no longer than five minutes to complete. worksite is an area which includes the work area(s) and any additional length of road required for advance signing, tapers, side-tracks, or other areas needed for associated purposes.
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Contractor Responsibilities
Clause 10 (4) a) manage traffic at the worksite through the preparation and operation of a traffic management plan. b) carry out risk assessments of each worksite or each generic worksite. c) obtain any necessary approvals for the works and/or the use of certain traffic control devices (eg. speed limit signs, portable traffic 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, compliance audits, road safety audits and surveillance on itself or its subcontractors. f) ensure traffic control signs and devices are used for their intended purposes.
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Clause 10 (4) cont. g) Ensure the minimisation of health and safety risks to others and/or himself/herself. h) Comply with any relevant contractual requirements.
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Main Duty
Clause 11 (2) any person responsible for conducting works on a road that is open to traffic has a duty of care under common law to take all reasonable measures to prevent accident or injury to persons carrying out the works and also to members of the public using the 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 control devices 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 conducting works 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 diagram as contained in the Standards Australia Field Guides is used as a traffic management plan, or forms part of a traffic management plan, the standard diagram should clearly identify any relevant variations necessary to relate the standard diagram to the specific conditions 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 of eliminating 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 how likely they are to occur and what injury will 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 should you do to minimise them? Step 7 Record your risks, their levels (high medium etc.) and your actions to eliminate or minimise them in the TMP.
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Controls
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th Eliminate Substitute Engineering Administration 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) is where an errant vehicle runs out of control and collides with workers or roadworks plan or equipment at the worksite, or another vehicle or person passing through the worksite.
Every effort should be made to eliminate or reduce the risk of such an occurrence.
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Emergency Works
Clause 44 When 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 requirements of this Code as determined by the expected duration of the works.
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All Works Use of Vehicle

If the vehicle is part of the work site (used frequently during work and you are always near it, as opposed to being parked by the roadside like any other vehicle and you work away from vehicle) it must have flashing light on and positioned so that it forms a barrier between you and on-coming traffic.
Hazard lights are not enough!
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All Works Use of Vehicle

Use the vehicle as a barrier, consider that the vehicle will move forward if hit from behind, therefore do not stay close to it.
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Clearances
Safety barrier in place Local Traffic Road Collector Road or Rural Arterial C Road No No Yes 1.2m to 3.0m Secondary Road or Rural Arterial A and B Road Arterial Road (urban area) or Rural M Road Freeway (urban) No Yes No Yes No Yes 60 60 Speed limit 40 80 40 80 40 80 Worksite Speed Limit (km/h)
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Clearances
Clearance to Traffic (metres) Within 1.2m Road Type Safety Barrier in place Worksite Speed Limit (km/h) 40
All
No
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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 for different 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 Precast Concrete Barrier (6 metre Units) with Units not connected Precast Concrete Barrier with Units connected by steel pin or equivalent and a 30 metre minimum length Plastic Water Filled Barrier with TL3 compliance
Maximum Speed Limit (km/h) 30
Recommended Clearance or No-Go Zone (metres)

Not recommended for use 1.6 1.0 0.6
100 80 60
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 on traffic should be removed 2. Check that all signs are readily visible to road users 3. Single lane operation without any traffic control should not normally operate at night unless the traffic volume is less than 200 vehicles 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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Tapers 60 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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Tapers More 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
.5D
D buffer
worksite 2D
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Tapers More than 60 km/h

Preferable to taper one lane at a time Taper at 2D and space taper 1.5 to 2D
2D
1.5 to 2D
2D
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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 material to Class R standard in AS/NZS 4602
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Speed Limits
See Clause 73 (4) for speed variations and buffer zone speed reductions Generally speed should be reduced at 20 km/h intervals
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Speed Limits
Clause 77 if there are traffic controllers, the max speed is 60 kmh. VicRoads / Council must be contacted before speed restrictions are set.
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Signs
Clause 79 (4) by 1 July 2005 all roadworks signs should be at least Class 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 must be worn. For night work, light coloured clothing is required with reflective bands on arms and legs 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 at all, in such cases the area should be illuminated). 2. Must face the on-coming traffic so that he/she is aware of traffic and can react to situations as they arise.
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Traffic Controllers
3. Must give clear instructions to traffic. He/she must never assume that the motorists will see him/her or that they will obey signals without a clear instruction. 4. Must never leave the position unless relief is given, even if there appears that there is no traffic at that moment. 5. The STOP-SLOW sign should never be displayed without the controller holding it.
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Traffic Controllers
6. Only give the SLOW sign after being confident that the workers or other motorists from other direction have understood they must stop. 7. Must have an escape route to get out of the way of traffic. 8. Must be able to see on-coming traffic at least at a distance 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 can only 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 units 3) This rule does not apply to a driver approaching or at a handheld stop sign at a children crossing. Note: Rule 80 defines childrens crossing, and deals with hand-held stop sign at 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 oncoming traffic with the bat on SLOW. 3. Gain eye contact with the driver and hold the bat in front of you, turn to STOP and hold at approx 45o.
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Traffic Flow Rules

4. Move onto the road with the bat held vertical when the first vehicle has stopped. 5. Reinforce the stop with a hand signal. 6. If the following drivers cannot see you
Haulage Ice Creams
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Traffic Flow Rules

7. Ensure you keep the STOP sign showing to 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 and subsequent second sign: PREPARE TO STOP. Sign spacing rule: From the controller to the Prepare to Stop sign 2D times travel speed = metres. Then to the symbolic workman sign at half travel speed = metres.
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2D
.5D
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Set up signs from farthest point to nearest to worksite
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Traffic Controllers - Behaviour

Not under the influence of drugs or alcohol Must stand alone (for best visibility and concentration) Bat must be hand held Traffic Controller with bat on SLOW is in control or traffic flow.
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CFA SOP 9.30 Traffic Control

1. Traffic control is to be done by the Police. 2. If Police are not present, CFA must only close a road or part of road. 3. Do not direct traffic unless authorised by Police. 4. In the event of fire/incident Incident Controller/CFA Commander shall develop traffic plan and appoint Sector Commander to implement it.
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CFA SOP 9.30 Traffic Control

5. Sector Commander to decide: a. emergency vehicles access b. locations of traffic controllers; c. duration. 6. CFA members on traffic control duties must have: a. Wildfire PPC b. High vis. vest (day/night) c. STOP-SLOW bats d. Radios.
If these are not available, police should carry out traffic control.
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Wildfire Firefighter Learners Manual.

See Chapter 12 of the Manual for Radio Operation. The Traffic Controller must have been trained in this Manual and have experience at applying the procedure.
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Traffic Field Guides

Please use them in conjunction with the Code. They may be used as the TMP but you must ensure that the Guide diagram applies to your site.
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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 of erection Start from the work area out toward the approaches.
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After This Course

Please build up your skills with a mentor. Your first few traffic control duties should be under the direct supervision of an experienced Traffic Controller.
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Questions?
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Practical Assessment
Hand in your
Assessment Workbook first Enrolment form Course Evaluation
Have you signed the Attendance List?
Assemble as directed
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The End
Thank you
Presenter: Nino Capogreco 0402 481 389 nino@contractorss.com
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Civil Contractors Federation

Welcome to the CFA

Traffic Controller Operating Stop-Slow Bat Course (BCCCM2013B) Victoria

Presenter: Nino Capogreco 0402 481 389 nino@contractorss.com

Civil Contractors Federation, Version 1, 3 October 2006

Civil Contractors Federation, Version 1, 3 October 2006

Civil Contractors Federation, Version 1, 3 October 2006

Civil Contractors Federation, Version 1, 3 October 2006

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

Civil Contractors Federation, Version 1, 3 October 2006

Civil Contractors Federation, Version 1, 3 October 2006

Worksite Safety Traffic Management Code of Practice 2004

This Code will be the most important part of the course

Civil Contractors Federation, Version 1, 3 October 2006

Worksite Safety Traffic Management Code of Practice 2004

Civil Contractors Federation, Version 1, 3 October 2006

Operative from 1 January 2005.

Civil Contractors Federation, Version 1, 3 October 2006

Civil Contractors Federation, Version 1, 3 October 2006

Civil Contractors Federation, Version 1, 3 October 2006

Civil Contractors Federation, Version 1, 3 October 2006

Civil Contractors Federation, Version 1, 3 October 2006

Civil Contractors Federation, Version 1, 3 October 2006

Civil Contractors Federation, Version 1, 3 October 2006

Civil Contractors Federation, Version 1, 3 October 2006

Civil Contractors Federation, Version 1, 3 October 2006

What Records To Keep

Duty to have TMP

Civil Contractors Federation, Version 1, 3 October 2006

TMP can be generic

Civil Contractors Federation, Version 1, 3 October 2006

Risk Assessment Steps

Risk Assessment Steps

Civil Contractors Federation, Version 1, 3 October 2006

Civil Contractors Federation, Version 1, 3 October 2006

All Works Use of Vehicle

All Works Use of Vehicle

Civil Contractors Federation, Version 1, 3 October 2006

Civil Contractors Federation, Version 1, 3 October 2006

Civil Contractors Federation, Version 1, 3 October 2006

SAFETY BARRIER NO GO ZONES

Maximum Speed Limit (km/h) 30

Recommended Clearance or No-Go Zone (metres)

6.0 4.0 2.5

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

Clause 52. Traffic Management at Night

Tapers 60 km/h or less

Civil Contractors Federation, Version 1, 3 October 2006

Tapers More than 60 km/h

Tapers More than 60 km/h

Civil Contractors Federation, Version 1, 3 October 2006

(Extract from AS1742.3-2002, figure 4.6) Required taper length:

Greater than or equal to 1D

Greater than or equal to 2D

Civil Contractors Federation, Version 1, 3 October 2006

High Visibility Clothing

Civil Contractors Federation, Version 1, 3 October 2006

High Visibility Clothing

Civil Contractors Federation, Version 1, 3 October 2006

Civil Contractors Federation, Version 1, 3 October 2006

Civil Contractors Federation, Version 1, 3 October 2006

Civil Contractors Federation, Version 1, 3 October 2006

Must be black on fluorescent red or orange