Austroads Safety at Road Worksites Strategic Priority Project

Safety at Road Worksites

Austroads Strategic Priority Project

Dr Dan Sullivan

Harmonised practice and accreditation.

Agility to adopt changes to guidance and practice.

Adopting a safe systems approach.

Accessibility of information for a mobile workforce and industry

Industry reform for improved safety outcomes

Austroads • Board members (TAS, WA)• Network Program Manager

Road authorities• NZ• QLD

Industry• TMAA• Roads Australia• AAPA• Standards Australia

Austroads Safety at Road Worksites Government and Industry Partnership

Existing practice - decades old devices

Emerging technology - rethink how we communicate

RA Forum in October 2015

Why the need for change?

The Current Model

Australian Road Agency NZTA

Australian Standard

Austroads Accredited Training

Practitioner Guidance

Road Worker Training

Certification

COPTTMGuidance

Training

Certification

Reform and the development of a new model

Supported by Industry, Road Authorites and Contracting partners

State supplementary training (minimised)

State Supplements (minimised)

Existing• NZTA CoPTTM• AS1742.3 • State Road Authority & Industry

guidance

Nationally (Australia and New Zealand) harmonised guidance for all aspects of temporary traffic management practice

Nationally harmonised approach to guidance

Partnering with

Section A

Contemporary practice

Nationally harmonised

Agile to technology changes

Retain Australian Standard

A preliminary framework for the ten-part Guide series

Nationally harmonised approach to guidance

Guide to Temporary Traffic Management Practice Part 1Introduction and General

1

Nationally adopted and harmonised Austroads accredited training

program• 8 units of competency • across 5 skills sets

Modified program of training to provide for • Varying road types / risk profile• Practitioner or non-practitioner

National approach to traffic control trainingAustroads Accredited Training

Registration of individuals• Database / record of all qualifications• Allow recognition across jurisdictions• Audit and performance of individuals

Company registration• Harmonisation of company requirements• Single database for use across jurisdictions• Audit and performance reporting

National Registration scheme

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Dr Dan Sullivan dan.sullivan@solutionsintransport.com.au