6.Training and accreditation#

6.1Introduction#

Where legislative requirements dictate that a licence or accreditation is required to perform a specific activity, a person must comply with those requirements. All other people who are required to perform duties associated with road works should have suitable training to perform those duties.

6.2General construction safety induction training#

All PCBUs and workers doing construction work in Queensland must have successfully completed a general construction safety induction training course, recognised by Queensland law. All workers should be also be provided with site-specific induction for the workplace before they start construction work.

6.3Level of MUTCD Part 3 training#

Workers working on, or adjacent to, a road should be provided with training in the basic application of the MUTCD Part 3. The training package that provides this information in Queensland is the online Working in Proximity to Traffic course Parts 1 and Part 2 available from the Department of Transport and Main Roads. Persons required to implement a traffic management plan should be trained in the application of the MUTCD Part 3, provided by approved training providers. The training package that provides this information in Queensland is Traffic Management Implement course.

Persons required to design a traffic management plan and associated traffic guidance schemes should be trained in temporary traffic management planning and the application of the MUTCD Part 3, provided by approved training providers. The training package that provides this information in Queensland is the Traffic Management Design course.