The traffic marshal course gives you the competence to confidently direct and manage traffic. This banksman training course will teach you everything about the duties of a traffic marshal such as the Health and Safety Executive’s guidance on the signals that you will present to vehicle and crane operators.
This course meets the requirements for organisations by following the standards and regulations set by the HSE. You will go through the learning material, completing short quizzes along the way.
- Health and safety
- Construction law, regarding traffic management
- Who should be allowed on site
- Safety of vehicle access
- Hazard analysis
- Risk management for directing vehicles
- Identifying dangerous manoeuvres (reversing)
- Health and safety
- Safeguarding pedestrians and other staff where vehicles may be reversing
- Demonstrating the code of hand signals recommended by the HSE
- Legal obligations and responsibilities of employers and their employees
- Safety signs
- Accident prevention
- How to plan the use of vehicles
The Course will be assessed in 2 ways:
Part 1: Practical Assessment:
- Individuals will demonstrate the correct knowledge for directing a vehicle
Part 2: Theoretical
- Assessment and learning.
- Understanding the roles of both the Driver and the Banksman.
- Following a multi-choice question paper at the end of the course
- Learners will be made aware of the Current Legislation (Safety signs & signals Regulations 1996)