Unit of competency

Modification History

Application

This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to set out, monitor and close down traffic management plans and traffic guidance schemes on high volume roads and signalised intersections requiring temporary traffic management.

It applies to those working in supervisory roles. They generally work in teams in live traffic environments and hold some responsibility for the outcomes of others. This unit applies to temporary traffic management on roads that include the following characteristics, excluding motorways and freeways:

• speeds limits greater than or equal to 60km/h and traffic volumes greater than or equal to 3,000 vehicles per day (Average Annual Daily Traffic (AADT)); or
• any speed limit and greater than 10,000 vehicles per day (AADT); or
• any signalised intersection.

This unit is appropriate for individuals who have completed at least 12 temporary traffic management set ups within the last 12 months, including at least one higher speed or higher volume road set up.

Licensing, legislative and certification requirements that apply to this unit can vary between states, territories, and industry sectors. Users must check requirements with relevant body before applying the unit.

Pre-requisite Unit

RIIWHS302E Implement traffic management plans

Unit Sector

Civil construction

Elements and Performance Criteria

Foundation Skills

This section describes those language, literacy, numeracy and employment skills that are essential to performance but not explicit in the performance criteria.

Unit Mapping Information

New unit

Links

Companion Volume Implementation Guide is found on VETNet - https://vetnet.gov.au/Pages/TrainingDocs.aspx?q=88a61002-9a21-4386-aaf8-69c76e675272

Assessment requirements

Modification History

Performance Evidence

The candidate must demonstrate the ability to complete the tasks outlined in the elements, performance criteria and foundation skills of this unit, including evidence of the ability to:

• implement traffic management plans on high volume roads and signalised intersections on at least three separate live traffic projects, including:

• completing at least two of the following:

• lane closure on a high volume road using an electronic signalling device
• static works involving a signalised intersection
• night works
• pedestrian controls at signalised intersections
• contra-flow
• shuttle flow

• setting out traffic guidance schemes for at least one of the following:

• truck mounted attenuators
• variable message signs
• variable speed limit signs
• safety barriers
• changing work site requirements
• over dimension vehicles
• portable traffic control devices.

During the above, the candidate must:

• locate and apply required legislation, documentation, policies and procedures including documentation required for worksite projects and required traffic management
• work with traffic controllers and other site personnel to implement, monitor and remove a traffic guidance scheme, with reference to the traffic management plan, that meets required outcomes, including:

• confirming necessary resources are available, including qualified personnel
• confirming personnel understand, and are able to implement, their roles, task requirements, safety requirements and reporting requirements
• communicating with others to resolve resourcing and coordination requirements prior to and during work activities
• confirming that aftercare and unattended sites and shut-down procedures are completed according to traffic management plan and traffic guidance scheme
• complying with reporting requirements and procedures, including reporting offending road users.

Knowledge Evidence

The candidate must be able to demonstrate knowledge to complete the tasks outlined in the elements, performance criteria and foundation skills of this unit, including knowledge of:

• legislation required to implement traffic management plans on high volume roads and signalised intersections
• policies, procedures and documentation required to implement traffic management plans on high volume roads and signalised intersection, including:

• Austroads Guide to Temporary Traffic Management
• work health and safety
• traffic management plans
• hazard and risk management
• traffic guidance scheme
• site requirements
• work instructions
• site incident and emergency procedures
• workplace recording and reporting
• manufacturer specifications for required plant and equipment

• temporary traffic management risk management principles and procedures, including those relating to:

• roads with speed limits greater than or equal to 60km/h and greater than 3,000 vehicles per day (Average Annual Daily Traffic (AADT))
• roads with any speed limit and greater than 10,000 vehicles per day (AADT)
• signalised intersections, including where traffic signals have been turned off
• high volume roads
• traffic signals
• variable message signs

• principles and techniques for reviewing on-site traffic management plans, identifying gaps and suggesting and implementing control measures to address the potential hazards and risks
• principles and techniques for calculating traffic volumes
• principles and techniques for providing site supervision, including:

• teamwork
• confirming roles and requirements of others
• coordinating tasks

• principles and techniques for monitoring traffic guidance schemes, including consideration of:

• impact of proximate events on the traffic management plan
• incident response and alternative detour routes
• public transport

• principles and techniques for closing down work activities, including consideration of:

• dismantling sequences
• after care
• variable message signs
• variable speed limit signs.

Assessment Conditions

Mandatory conditions for assessment of this unit are stipulated below. The assessment must:

• include access to:

• traffic management plan
• traffic guidance scheme
• personal protective equipment
• devices, equipment and signs specified in the performance criteria

• be conducted in a safe environment; and,
• be assessed in the context of this sector's work environment on a real live road setting under supervision, including evidence in at least one of the forms that this has occurred on at least three different temporary traffic management set ups:

• dash cam footage
• photos
• verbal interviews
• logbooks
• completed job packs

• be assessed in compliance with relevant legislation/regulation and using policies, procedures and processes directly related to the industry sector for which it is being assessed; and,
• confirm consistent performance can be applied in a range of relevant workplace circumstances.

Where personal safety or environmental damage are limiting factors, assessment may occur in a simulated work environment* provided it is realistic and sufficiently rigorous to cover all aspects of this sector’s workplace performance, including environment, task skills, task management skills, contingency management skills and job role environment skills.

Assessor requirements 

Assessors must be able to clearly demonstrate current and relevant industry knowledge and experience to satisfy the mandatory regulatory standards as set out in the Standards for Registered Training Organisations (RTOs) 2015/Australian Quality Training Framework mandatory requirements for assessors current at the time of assessment and any relevant licensing and certification requirements. This includes:

• vocational competencies at least to the level being delivered and assessed
• current industry skills directly relevant to the training and assessment being provided
• current knowledge and skills in vocational training and learning that informs their training and assessment
• formal relevant qualifications in training and assessment
• having knowledge of and/or experience using the latest techniques and processes
• possessing the required level of RII training product knowledge
• having an understanding and knowledge of legislation and regulations relevant to the industry and to employment and workplaces
• demonstrating the performance evidence, and knowledge evidence outlined in this unit of competency, and
• the minimum years of current** work experience after competency has been obtained as specified below in an industry sector relevant to the outcomes of the unit.

It is also acceptable for the appropriately qualified assessor to work with an industry expert to conduct assessment together and for the industry expert to be involved in the assessment judgement. The industry expert must have current industry skills directly relevant to the training and assessment being provided. This means the industry subject matter expert must demonstrate skills and knowledge from the minimum years of current work experience after competency has been obtained as specified below, including time spent in roles related to the unit being assessed:

*Guidance on simulated environments has been stipulated in the RII Companion Volume Implementation Guide located on VETNet.

**Assessors can demonstrate current work experience through employment within industry in a role relevant to the outcomes of the unit; or, for external assessors this can be demonstrated through exposure to industry by conducting a minimum number of site assessments as determined by the relevant industry sector, across various locations.

*** While a unit of competency does not have an AQF level, where a unit is being delivered outside of a qualification the first numeric character in the unit code should be considered as the AQF indicator level for assessment purposes.

Links

Companion Volume Implementation Guide is found on VETNet - https://vetnet.gov.au/Pages/TrainingDocs.aspx?q=88a61002-9a21-4386-aaf8-69c76e675272