June 11, 2007
Safety
Traffic Control Regulation Changes - what do they mean for you?
Vancouver
To view the changes in full, go to WorkSafeBC’s website at www.worksafebc.com. These changes will be of particular interest to those in the traffic control industry or companies who use traffic control in their operations as they deal with the training of traffic control persons.
The changed requirement for the training of Traffic Control Persons (TCPs) is addressed in 18.4 (c) which states: “any person assigned to be a traffic control person is adequately trained in a manner acceptable to the Board and effectively performs their role in the traffic control arrangements and procedures for the work.”
Up until now, the regulation stated that TCPs must be trained in a course acceptable to the Board. Since 2003, the only course acceptable to WorkSafeBC was the Construction Safty Network’s two-day TCP course.
This change in wording now means that for groups that don’t face typical construction zone traffic control situations, there is a potential for more flexibility and industry-specific safety training.
The new regulation opens the door to the development of additional courses to meet the needs of groups who face different types of risks, such as school crossing guards and emergency response personnel.
Furthermore, the regulation puts the onus on the employer to determine the risks of the traffic control situation at hand through a job task analysis and must also prove that the training their TCPs have received is of a standard acceptable to WorkSafeBC.
Employers must demonstrate that they have provided a standard of training for their TCPs that matches the risk they’re exposed to. It remains WorkSafeBC’s responsibility to determine acceptability.
The Construction Safety Network will continue to manage and administer the current standardized program and ensure that TCPs and TCP instructors receive the highest standard of training. We will also look into opportunities to utilize our existing resources to develop additional job-specific traffic control training programs to increase safety where other special training needs exist.
Leah Altizer is Program Coordinator with the Construction Safety Network.
| MOST POPULAR STORIES |
- Olympic construction goes down to the wire
- Two more Fort McMurray projects moving forward
- Nexen, OPTI Canada get approval for cogeneration power plant near Fort McMurray
- 5,000-room modular lodging project taking shape near Fort McMurray, Alberta
- Public-private partnerships working as intended, new report finds
- 20 Most Popular Stories
| TODAY’S TOP CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS |
These projects have been selected from 350 projects with a total value of $6,260,468,758 that Reed Construction Data Building Reports reported on yesterday.
$1,000,000,000 Peace River RD BC Prebid
$500,000,000 Saanich BC Prebid
$500,000,000 Victoria BC Prebid
| CURRENT STORIES |
- New deal allows Canadian construction firms to bid on U.S. stimulus projects
- Construction continues on Canadian Natural Resource office in St. Albert, Alberta
- Canadian Construction Association summit zeroes in on industry concerns
- Art Gallery of Alberta addition showcases steel
- 5,000-room modular lodging project taking shape near Fort McMurray, Alberta
- Five-year forecast looking up for British Columbia construction industry
- Saskatchewan gets new natural gas trades training centre
- B.C. permit numbers rise while Alberta’s fall
- Trades lack LEED understanding
- Nexen, OPTI Canada get approval for cogeneration power plant near Fort McMurray
- Aecon wins $22 million in contracts for steam generators
- SNC-Lavalin partners with Russian bank to form engineering company
- Work continues on Pearl Condos in Toronto
- ‘A good first step forward,’ Canadian construction industry says of agreement
- Government should be more flexible with stimulus project deadline, outgoing ORBA president says
- Steel provides structure for historic hotel revival in Port Hope, Ontario
- Ontario businesses scramble to ready for arrival of HST
- Construction continues on Atira Women’s Resource Society housing project in Vancouver
- Five still unaccounted for after Connecticut power plant explosion
- U.S. manufacturing employment up, but construction losses continue
- Peterborough Utilities unveils plan for 10-megawatt wind farm
- China orders local governments to pay workers on private sites
| ALEX’S ECONOMICS BLOG |
Reed Construction Data Chief Economist Alex Carrick discusses current developments in the North American economic environment with emphasis on the construction industry.
- A review of some global economic and policy expectations for 2010 (February 3, 2010)
- Synopsis of RCD’s webinar on the economic and construction outlooks (January 28, 2010)
- Increasing signs of world and U.S. economies getting back on track (January 28, 2010)
- More
| PROJECT NEWS BRIEFS |
Updates on Canadian construction projects from Reed Construction Data’s research team. More
- Rounthwaite Dick & Hadley Architects begin work on arena plans for Flamborough, Ontario (Aug 17, 2009)
- Orillia Market Square aims for LEED Silver certification (Jun 25, 2009)
- Designs for new York Region District School Board building features energy efficiency (Jun 23, 2009)
- IPC Energy considers Milford location for future wind farm (May 22, 2009)
- Waterloo partnership seeks LEED Silver for West Side Family YMCA and District Library (May 22, 2009)
