9Monitoring of traffic controller safety attire by site supervisors and employers#

All employers of traffic controllers and site supervisors should be conversant with the Traffic Management for Construction or Maintenance Work Code of Practice 2008. The Code of Practice gives practical advice on how to manage workplace health and safety risks posed by traffic to workers and others while construction or maintenance work is occurring on or adjacent to roads.

Traffic controller employers and site supervisors have an obligation to monitor traffic control stations closely to ensure that the traffic controllers at the site are adequately attired and equipped for the prevailing climatic and site conditions.

Traffic controllers must be made aware of any hazardous road surfacing operations at the site, so that traffic control stations are not placed nearby. Accordingly, this standard does not provide any suitable clothing options for performing stop/slow traffic control duties in close proximity to hot asphalt operations.

No traffic controller is to be placed in an unsafe situation on account of inadequate preparation. (Such as a traffic controller removing their high visibility safety garment in order to achieve the comfort needed to continue to perform stop/slow duties on a very hot day). Traffic controllers must be relieved of their duties at the first sign of fatigue.