Chapter 8 Signing, Lighting and Guarding

Select position, erect and maintain the correct signs, warning and information notices, lamps, cones, barriers, etc in the prescribed manner. Understand the need to permit and maintain controlled movement of pedestrian and vehicular traffic at the site of the works and other areas so affected by the works. Appreciate the requirements of safe practices whilst carrying out works in the highway with particular emphasis to the protection of the general public and those associated with the works. Understand the importance and procedures associated with correct operation and use of manual and automatic signals including their correct positioning in accordance with defined instructions. Identify, as works progress, the need for the introduction of revised control measures including road closures, traffic diversion, single-file traffic, one-way traffic, additional pedestrian protection etc.