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Assist with temporary traffic management site closure for Level 2 and 3 roads

Level / 2
Credits / 2

PurposeThis unit standard is for people working as part of a team, assisting with temporary traffic management (TTM) site closure for Level 2 and 3 roads.

People credited with this unit standard are able to work safely as part of a team during TTM closure for Level 2 and/or 3 road/s, and enter and exit the site safely.

Subfield / Highway Construction and Maintenance
Domain / Temporary Traffic Management
Status / Registered
Status date / 27 October 2004
Date version published / 26 November 2007
Planned review date / 31 October 2008
Entry information / Open.
Accreditation / Evaluation of documentation by NZQA and industry.
Standard setting body (SSB) / Infrastructure ITO
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference / 0101

This AMAP can be accessed at

Special notes

1Compliance is required with the following legislation and Rule:

Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992;

Health and Safety in Employment Regulations 1995;

Transport Act 1962;

Land Transport Act 1998;

Traffic Regulations 1976;

Land Transport Rule (Rule 54001) (Setting of Speed Limits) 2003.

2Relevant specifications

The current issue of the Code of Practice for Temporary Traffic Management (CoPTTM) produced by Transit New Zealand; and such other specifications as are required by the road controlling authority (RCA) on its network must be complied with. CoPTTM replaces outdated codes, including the G/1 Specification for Temporary Traffic Control (G1). Due to existing contractual arrangements, there may be instances where G1 is still an applicable specification; in such instances CoPTTM in this unit standard is to be read as G1.

3Range

Night safety is included for both elements of this unit standard.

4Definitions

Company procedures means all documented policies, procedures, and methodologies of the candidate’s employer at the time of assessment, including but not limited to those relating to health, safety, environment, quality, administration, and operations.

Level 2 and 3 roads are designated as such by an RCA. They are normally multi-lane, high-speed roads with annual average daily traffic in excess of 10,000 vehicles and high daily peaks approaching maximum lane capacity. Level 2 and 3 roads generally require a mobile operation to install, modify, and remove temporary traffic management.

Site, for the purpose of this unit standard, includes a worksite within a road reserve.

Road reserve refers to the area between legal boundaries, usually fence line to fence line, and dedicated to allow the passage of road users including any safety run-off areas. It also includes 6m airspace directly above the road surface. Where activity takes place outside the road reserve, but has the potential to impact on the road reserve, this activity would be included as a worksite within the road reserve.

Elements and performance criteria

Element 1

Work safely as part of a team during TTM closure for Level 2 and/or 3 road/s.

Rangeany of – lane, shoulder, berm, footpath.

Performance criteria

1.1Job requirements, hazards and their controls, and contingency measures for the closure are described in accordance with the Traffic Management Plan (TMP) and toolbox brief.

1.2Personal protective items are worn in accordance with CoPTTM and company procedures.

Rangeincludes but is not limited to – high-visibility clothing, foot protection.

1.3Closure activities are carried out solely within the area protected by work vehicles and the attenuated protection vehicle.

1.4Signs and delineation devices are placed in accordance with the TMP.

Rangesequence, order.

1.5Communication is maintained with team members on the same vehicle and with drivers of other work vehicles on site, in accordance with company procedures.

Element 2

Enter and exit the site safely.

Performance criteria

2.1Entry and exit by vehicle are made in accordance with the TMP.

Rangeexception allowed only under direction of the Site Traffic Management Supervisor (STMS).

2.2Entry and exit on foot are carried out without walking across or on any live lane.

Please note

Providers must be accredited by NZQA, or an inter-institutional body with delegated authority for quality assurance, before they can report credits from assessment against unit standards or deliver courses of study leading to that assessment.

Industry Training Organisations must be accredited by NZQA before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.

Accredited providers and Industry Training Organisations assessing against unit standards must engage with the moderation system that applies to those standards.

Accreditation requirements and an outline of the moderation system that applies to this standard are outlined in the Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP). The AMAP also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations wishing to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for tutors and assessors, and special resource requirements.

Comments on this unit standard

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 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2018