Training and Mentoring Workshop Details
Whether you are seasoned in temporary traffic management (TTM) or are starting from square one, Training and Mentoring NZ can provide the training required to help you (or your staff) gain the unit standards required for your industry.
To assist PCBUs to ensure they comply with their Health and Safety at Work Act obligations, please click here regarding T&MNZ’s recommendations for the future of TTM training. T&MNZ recommends the following training pathway for anyone new to TTM:
- General Worker: NZQA Standard 31957 - Demonstrate knowledge of working safely as a general worker on a worksite under temporary traffic management
- TTM Worker: NZQA Standard 31958 - Explain the role of and operate as a TTM worker on the worksite under temporary traffic management
- TMO -NP: NZQA Standard 31959 - Demonstrate knowledge of stakeholders and operational requirements for temporary traffic management
- TMO Mentoring and Practical Assessment: NZQA Standard 31960 - Maintain the TTM worksite, install and remove a worksite, and undertake an inspection activity
- STMS Universal: NZQA Standard 31961 - Explain the requirements for the worksite under temporary traffic management
- STMS Cat A and B -NP: NZQA Standard 31962 - Explain the requirements for the worksite under temporary traffic management for a road environment
- STMS Cat A and/or B Mentoring and Practical Assessments: NZQA Standard 31963 - Operate as a practicing Site Traffic Management Specialist (STMS) within a road environment
- Risk Assessment: NZQA Standard 30265 - Apply health and safety risk assessment to a job role
There are a few things to note regarding the training we provide:
• Catering is not provided for any of our training.
• When participating in any workshop containing a classroom component, participants should bring a pen, some paper, and photo ID.
• For any training containing assessments in a live lane, i.e. Temporary Traffic Management Worker (TTM Worker), Traffic Management Operative (TMO) or Site Traffic Management Supervisor (STMS), appropriate PPE is required. This consists of Safety Glasses, Safety Helmet, Cut-resistant Safety Gloves, Safety Boots, Long Pants and High Visibility Garment - TTMCW17 (Orange) for TTM Worker and TMO training or standard High Visibility STMS garment for STMS training.
Please be aware, PPE is not part of the training price and is the responsibility of the administrant and/or participants.
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General Worker
NZQA Standard 31957 - Demonstrate knowledge of working safely as a general worker on a worksite under temporary traffic management
Level 2, Credits 3
Summary
The General Worker Workshop is a 2-4 hour introduction to Temporary Traffic Management (TTM).
It assists PCBUs to ensure they comply with their Health and Safety at Work Act obligations by providing the basic knowledge for working on or around a TTM worksite.
Description
This workshop is for workers, labourers or those from other industries who will be working on, or likely to visit, a worksite being managed under TTM.
During this workshop you will learn about:
• Common hazards within the working space of a TTM worksite
• The roles and responsibilities of personnel working on or alongside a TTM worksite
• The importance of attending a TTM safety briefing
• Personal protective equipment for working within or alongside a TTM worksite
• Safety zones and no-go zones on a TTM worksite
• TTM equipment used to control worksite access, exit, and haul routes
• How to safely act as a spotter for vehicle manoevres.
Recommendation
This workshop is recommended for employees that visit a TTM site, that don't always actively assist with TTM activities.
TTM Worker
NZQA Standard 31958 - Explain the role of and operate as a TTM worker on the worksite under temporary traffic management
Level 3, Credits 5
Summary
The TTM Worker workshop consists of a half day in the classroom, followed by a half day training in a safe zone and an assessment in a live lane environment.
This workshop provides participants with the ability to set up and take down worksites clear of a live lane, operate a stop/go paddle, and demonstrate competence as a TTM Worker, under the supervision of a TMO or STMS.
Description
This workshop is for workers who assist with temporary traffic managements under direction of the STMS, such as installing, maintaining and removing traffic worksites and operating stop/go paddles.
This workshop gives you knowledge of the TTM Worker’s roles and responsibilities, including:
• No go zones (including safety zones)
• Manual handling/lifting of TTM equipment
• Using a stop/go paddle
• Using radio communications
• Setting out TTM equipment
• The role of a spotter
• Interaction with people (good/bad practises and dealing with conflict)
• About Traffic Management Planning (TMP)
• Site traffic movements with a Vehicle Management Plan (VMP)
• Skills in performing the TTM Worker role.
PPE (Safety Glasses, Safety Helmet, Cut-resistant Safety Gloves, Safety Boots, Long Pants and High Visibility Garment - TTMCW23 (Orange)) is required for this training.
TMO -NP
NZQA - Standard 31959 - Demonstrate knowledge of stakeholders and operational requirements for temporary traffic management
Level 3, Credits 5
Summary
This workshop consists of a one-day knowledge workshop delivered in a classroom by a TTM Trainer. It covers the theoretical information necessary for the TMO Practicing unit standard (31960).
Description
This workshop should be completed by anyone who is working towards unit standard 31960 (Traffic Management Operative) that will be required to:
• Mind a worksite in the absence of the STMS
• Set up a worksite where TTM is clear of the live lane
• Undertake a roadside activity (on 60km/h or less road) where the vehicle is legally parked and accessed from the non-traffic side
• Complete an inspection activity.
Topics covered include:
• The TMO role (what you can and cannot do)
• Risk assessment and managing risks
• How to read a TMP
• Completing inspection activities
• Minding a worksite when STMS is absent
• Completing worksite checks and paperwork
• Briefing visitors
• Managing manual traffic controller (MTC) activities
• Dealing with common worksite situations
• Dealing with the public and working with staff.
Recommendation
It is recommended that learners have completed the TTM Worker Workshop or has a significant amount of previous industry experience.
Traffic Management Operative (TMO)
NZQA - Standard 31960 - Maintain the TTM worksite, install and remove a worksite, and undertake an inspection activity
Level 3, Credits 10
Summary
This live-lane training includes all closures required to achieve NZQA standard 31960. It takes place over two days in a live lane environment.
Description
This training should be completed by anyone that will be required to:
• Mind a worksite in the absence of the STMS
• Set up a worksite where TTM is clear of the live lane
• Undertake a roadside activity (on 60km/h or less road) where the vehicle is legally parked and accessed from the non-traffic side
• Complete an inspection activity.
Mentoring
This training requires you to be observed:
• Maintaining a closure – berm activity or footpath control
• Maintaining a closure – lane merge, lane shift, cycle lane diversion, or priority control with TSL
• Undertaking an inspection activity on the shoulder of a category B road environment
• Using techniques to deal with conflict on the worksite
Practical Assessment
This training requires you to be observed:
• Maintaining a closure – controlling alternating flow
• Installing, maintaining, and removing a shoulder closure worksite clear of the live lane
• Undertaking an inspection activity on a category A road environment.
All closures require completion to obtain the unit standard.
You must follow requirements and carry out tasks according to your job role and responsibilities at all times.
PPE (Safety Glasses, Safety Helmet, Cut-resistant Safety Gloves, Safety Boots, Long Pants and High Visibility Garment - TTMCW23 (Orange)) is required for this training.
Recommendation
It is recommended that learners complete the TMO -NP theory prior to this course.
STMS Universal
NZQA Standard 31961 - Explain the requirements for the worksite under temporary traffic management
Level 3, Credits 5
Summary
This workshop consists of a two-day knowledge workshop delivered in a classroom by a TTM Trainer.
This workshop provides base STMS knowledge for the STMS category A, B, or C learning blocks and the STMS Mobile learning block.
Description
This workshop should be completed by anyone who is intending to be:
• An onsite STMS on a category A, B, or C road environment or in a mobile operation
• A Traffic Operations Manager
• A TTM Mentor, TTM Assessor, or TTM Trainer
• A TTM Planner, TMP Approver, TTM Auditor, Traffic Management Coordinator, or Corridor Manager.
This workshop teaches you about:
• Reading a TMP and checking that it is suitable for a site (fit for purpose)
• Identifying, assessing, and managing risk
• Understanding layout distances
• Planning a deployment (site setup) and calculating resources
• Completing a TTM crew briefing
• Checking a worksite
• Being a leader.
Recommendation
The learner should have a significant amount of previous TTM working experience and at least hold the TTM Worker NZQA standard (31958).
STMS Cat A and B -NP
NZQA Standard 31962 - Explain the requirements for the worksite under temporary traffic management for a road environment
Level 3, Credits 5
Summary
These workshops consist of two days (one day for each category) delivered in a classroom by a TTM Trainer.
They provide the base STMS knowledge for working on category A and B road environments.
Description
This workshop should be completed by any person wishing to work on category A and/or B roads as an onsite STMS, or any person wishing to work on category A and/or B roads while fulfilling one of the following roles:
• Traffic Operations Manager
• TTM Mentor, TTM Assessor, or TTM Trainer
• TTM Planner, TMP Approver, TTM Auditor, Traffic Management Coordinator or Corridor Manager.
The STMS Category A workshop teaches you to:
• Deliver site safety briefings and inductions
• Calculate layout distances for Category A road environments
• Set up, maintain, and remove TTM for static operations (shoulder closures, two-way two-lane closures, and multi-lane closures)
• Complete mobile operations and closures
• Set up, maintain, and remove TTM for semi-static operations and closures.
The STMS Category B workshop teaches you to:
• Deliver site safety briefings and inductions
• Calculate layout distances for Category B road environments
• Set up, maintain, and remove TTM for static operations including shoulder closures, lane closures, lane diversions, and ramp closures
• Complete mobile operations and closures.
Recommendation
It is recommended that learners complete the STMS Universal theory (unit standard 31961) prior to this course.
STMS Cat A and B Mentoring and Practical Assessments
NZQA Standard 31963 - Operate as a practicing Site Traffic Management Specialist (STMS) within a road environment
Level 3, Credits 20
Summary
This live-lane training includes all closures required to achieve the unit standard for STMS Cat A and B road environments.
Description
This training is for any person wishing to work on category A or B roads as an onsite STMS, or any person wishing to work on category A, B, or C roads while fulfilling one of the following roles:
• Traffic Operations Manager
• TTM Mentor, TTM Assessor, or TTM Trainer
• TTM Planner, TMP Approver, TTM Auditor, Traffic Management Coordinator or Corridor Manager.
Mentoring
You are required to be observed completing the closures as set out in the Trainee Assessment document for NZQA Standard 31963 relevant to the category of road you are being assessed for.
Practical Assessment
The assessments will be based on your company and site-specific equipment, Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), and practices. Tasks must reflect industry best practice and comply with legislative requirements.
You must follow requirements and carry out tasks according to your job role and responsibilities at all times.
PPE (Safety Glasses, Safety Helmet, Cut-resistant Safety Gloves, Steel-capped Safety Boots, Long Pants, High Visibility STMS garment) is required for this training.
Recommendation
It is recommended that learners complete the STMS Cat A and/or B non-practicing theory prior to this course.
Risk Assessment
NZQA Standard 30265 - Apply health and safety risk assessment to a job role
Level 3, Credits 8
Summary
NZQA Standard 30265 - this workshop consists of a half day workshop in a classroom environment. People credited with this unit standard are able to describe the principles of health and safety risk assessment; and apply health and safety risk assessment to a job role in accordance with regulatory requirements and industry good practice.
Description
This workshop teaches you to:
• Describe the principles of health and safety risk assessment.
• Apply health and safety risk assessment to a job role in accordance with regulatory requirements and industry good practice.
Recommendation
NZQA Standard 30265 is recommended for individuals who require operational knowledge of the application of routine health and safety risk management to a job role and is suitable for a wide range of industries.