Lead traffic management operative

Awareness of legislation and regulations: Health and Safety at Work Act, Provision and Use of Workplace Equipment (PUWER), Manual Handling Operations Regulations Working at Height (and from platforms), Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations (LOLER), Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) and COSHH-based assessments.

Safe systems of work: Static and dynamic risk assessments, production methods and requirements, method statements.

Awareness of regulatory and statutory requirements: National Highways Sector Schemes, Traffic Signs Manuals, New Roads and Street Works Acts, Industry Codes of Practice, permit-to-work systems.

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE): Requirements and use in TTM operations.

TTM system installation planning and organisation techniques.

Risks and precautions when loading, unloading and securing TTM equipment and systems from and to TTM vehicles and plant.

Types of signals and verbal instructions (including radio use) required for the movement of vehicles and plant.

Sources of information, guidance and interpretation methods: Designs, technical specifications and road traffic layouts.

TTM documentation requirements.

The methods and techniques for the installation, securing and removal of traffic management systems. How they support those with mobility and sensory issues.

The methods and techniques for the inspection, maintenance and repair of traffic management systems and equipment. Replacement procedures.

TTM equipment and systems: Types, purpose and preparation.

Characteristics and features of road types, categories and layouts.

Range, purpose, characteristics and features of vehicles, plant and equipment: Specially adapted lorries and vans, impact protection vehicles (IPVs), their barrier systems, and usage.

TTM vehicles and plant: Operation, operator checking, maintenance, minor repair and fault or defect escalation techniques.

TTM signage: Types, colours, shapes, design layouts, positioning, scale and proportion.

Statutory controls implemented by permanent road signs and road markings, and requirements for temporary traffic orders or permits for specific equipment and systems.

Incident management protocols for operations adjacent to live traffic on highway networks.

Incident response techniques: Emergencies, traffic accidents and persons in crisis.

Verbal communication techniques and TTM terminology.

Digital and real-time technologies and application in the TTM industry: How these can be used to improve TTM operations, sustainability, record and report defects in real time, and prevent and reduce injuries and fatalities.

The purpose of General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and its use to protect personal and commercial data.

Environmental and sustainability regulations. Efficient use of resources, recycling, reuse, surface water contamination and safe disposal of waste. TTM impacts on the wider environment.

The wider construction sector, where the lead traffic management operative role fits and who they interact with.

Principles of team working.

The impact of mental health issues on the construction industry. Signs and symptoms of mental health issues, tools and techniques to improve mental health and support others.

Manual and mechanical lifting and moving techniques.

Comply with health and safety regulations.

Follows safe systems of work including carrying out static and dynamic risk assessments.

Carry out operator maintenance and minor repair, checks and configuration requirements to TTM vehicles within limits of responsibility, escalating defects. For example: impact protection vehicle (IPV), traffic management installation vehicle, traffic management maintenance vehicle, traffic management airlock or closure point vehicle or traffic management convoy vehicle.

Carry out operator maintenance and minor repair, checks and configuration requirements to TTM plant within limits of responsibility, escalating defects. For example: mobile lane closure signs & trailers, temporary traffic light units, ROBO stop and go signs, portable variable message signs or portable tower lights.

Move, handle and store TTM equipment and systems.

Load, unload and secure TTM equipment and systems to and from vehicles or plant.

Select and use TTM PPE.

Interpret traffic management layouts, design and technical specifications.

Select and prepare TTM equipment and systems.

Plan for and organise installation.

Inspect, maintain, repair and replace TTM equipment and systems.

Operate and guide plant and vehicles to create safe working zones within limits of responsibility.

Install, position, secure and remove TTM equipment and systems tailored to the road type, without disadvantaging those with mobility and sensory impairment.

Apply digital TTM technologies to a TTM system. For example, incursion warning systems, automated traffic signal controls, variable message signs or tablet-based work management systems.

Respond to and contain emergencies including traffic accidents and vulnerable persons in crisis and seek support of formal responders.

Restore the carriageway to a safe condition.

Comply with environmental and sustainability regulations, standards and guidance. Segregate resources for reuse, recycling and disposal.

Communicate with others verbally: internal and external customers, colleagues and managers.

Complete task documentation, paper-based or digital.

Applies team working principles.

Prioritise health and safety.

Committed to continued professional development (CPD) to maintain and enhance competence in their own area of practice.

Support an equal, diverse and inclusive culture.

Takes responsibility for own work.