12AB Traffic Safety and Control Officer (TSCO) Training / Card Application

Introduction

NHSS 12AB Traffic Safety Control Officer TSCO

The finer details

This course will cover:

The Traffic Safety & Control Officer:

• Clients, Police, Traffic Officers, Maintaining Agents, Contractors
• Highways Act 1980
• Traffic Management Act 2004
• TSCO Roles, Responsibilities and Powers
• TSCO Knowledge
• TSCO record keeping

Planning and Controlling the Works:

• and (SRWID)
• RCC’s and VMS Signs
• Reviewing the TM Method Statement
• Assessing Work Site activities in relation to TM plan
• Communicating the plan to other parties
• Enforcement of the TTRO
• Recovery Operations
• Abnormal Loads

Emergency Planning and Liaison:

• Emergency Routes
• Dealing with Incidents
• Emergency Traffic Management
• and coordinating Rolling Blocks
• Reporting of Incidents
• Winter Maintenance

Who should attend?

All persons who will be required by their employer to work on motorways and or high-speed dual carriageways as a Traffic Safety and Control Officer

What will be covered?

On completion of this course you will be able to demonstrate that you have:

• A minimum satisfactory level of knowledge of the TSCO role
• A comprehensive awareness of the TSCO’s responsibilities
• A detailed level of knowledge of Temporary Traffic Management standards

Other areas of interest

To be registered by LANTRA Awards as a TSCO, you must:

• Hold a valid Lantra Awards NHSS12A Foreman certificate (certificates valid for 2 years)
• Hold a valid NHSS12AB TSCO certificate (certificates valid for 2 years)
• Prove that you hold a current 3 day First Aid at Work certificate in accordance with the H&S (First Aid) Regulations 1981
• Prove that you hold, as a minimum, a 1 Day Safety Awareness training Course Award issued by IOSH, NeBOSH or CITB, please contact Lantra Awards for a full list of acceptable alternatives
• Complete and return a TSCO application form and return it, along with supporting evidence of the above, to

Please check the above with your Provider for requirements after 1st September 2021