Traffic Management WHS Manual

This is the traffic management edition of the WHS Manual. It has the same chapters as the general WHS Manual, written for traffic control and temporary traffic management on roadworks, so choose it instead of the general manual and you only need one of the two. It follows a job in order, from the traffic management plan and approvals to set-up, live traffic control and pack-up, and it points to the traffic SWMS, plans, checklists and registers in our range that match. The cover page is ready for your business name and logo. Part A is the management system, in 23 numbered chapters. Part B holds the full text of 64 policies and procedures (41 that apply to every business and 23 for traffic management work), each on its own pages in the same editable file, so you can edit, issue and sign off each one without buying it separately.

What Is Included In Our Traffic Management WHS Manual?

• WHS policy statement with an approval sign-off
• Duties and roles for the road authority, principal contractor, traffic management company, designer, nominated traffic officer, traffic controllers and TMA drivers
• Traffic controller accreditation, the 60 km/h rule, trainees and the Transport Operations (Road Use Management) rules
• When a SWMS is required for work on or beside a road, and how to write one
• Traffic management plans, traffic guidance schemes, approvals and the Traffic Management for Construction or Maintenance Work Code of Practice 2008
• Setting up, stations, escape routes, portable traffic signals and boom barriers
• Truck-mounted attenuators, reversing and plant in the work zone
• Night work, fatigue and breaks, heat, UV and lightning
• Aggression from road users, incidents and notification
• Overhead power lines, signs and ladders
• Fuel, dust, asbestos and silica where roadworks happen
• A table of the matching traffic SWMS, plans, checklists and registers
• Part B: the full text of 64 policies and procedures, from risk, hazard and incident management to manual handling, hazardous substances, emergencies and return to work, plus 23 for traffic management work

Legislation and Codes of Practice Referenced

• Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (Qld): the meaning of a business or undertaking and of a structure (ss 4 and 5), workers including contractors, labour hire workers and volunteers (s 7), more than one duty holder (s 16), reasonably practicable (s 18), our primary duty of care (s 19), duties of persons who manage or control a workplace (s 20), codes of practice (ss 26A, 274 and 275), duties of officers (s 27), duties of workers and others (ss 28 and 29), notifiable incidents (ss 35 to 39), consultation (ss 46 to 49), the right to cease unsafe work (ss 84 to 86), no levy on workers (s 273), and the extent to which it applies where the Electrical Safety Act applies (schedule 1 part 2 division 2 item 4)
• Transport Operations (Road Use Management) Act 1995 (Qld): official traffic signs are installed in the way the Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices specifies (s 72A), and driving under the influence of liquor or a drug (s 79)
• Electrical Safety Act 2002 (Qld): serious electrical incidents and dangerous electrical events (ss 11 and 12), the primary duty (s 30), and codes of practice (ss 44 and 45)
• Heavy Vehicle National Law (Queensland): driving a heavy vehicle while impaired by fatigue, and the duty not to ask or require it (ss 228 and 26E)
• Workers’ Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003 (Qld): claims and the employer’s injury report (ss 131 and 133), and rehabilitation and return to work (ss 226 to 232)
• Environmental Protection Act 1994 (Qld): the general environmental duty (s 319) and environmental harm
• Anti-Discrimination Act 1991 (Qld): discrimination, including against workers with an impairment
• Penalties and Sentences Act 1992 (Qld): the value of a penalty unit (s 5(1)(d))
• Work Health and Safety Regulation 2011 (Qld): managing risks (ss 32 to 38), information, training and instruction (s 39), facilities, first aid, emergency plans and personal protective equipment (ss 40 to 47), remote or isolated work (s 48), airborne contaminants (ss 49 and 50), noise (ss 56 to 58), psychosocial risks (ss 55A to 55H), manual tasks (s 60), high risk work licences (ss 81 to 85 and Schedule 3), plant (chapter 5, including powered mobile plant in ss 214 and 215), construction work, high risk construction work and SWMS (chapter 6, including ss 289 to 303, 309 and 316), hazardous chemicals (chapter 7), asbestos (chapter 8), crystalline silica (chapter 8A), and the dictionary (Schedule 19)
• Transport Operations (Road Use Management – Accreditation and Other Provisions) Regulation 2015 (Qld): the term and renewal of an accreditation (s 10), producing the accreditation document (s 11), the function of a traffic controller, who may be accredited and the offences about engaging a person who is not a traffic controller (ss 51 to 55), and the statutory condition that a traffic controller must not direct traffic inconsistently with the TCASAP or part 3 of the MUTCD (Schedule 1 Part 3 item 10)
• Work Health and Safety (Codes of Practice) Notice 2022 (Qld): the list of approved codes of practice
• Electrical Safety Regulation 2026 (Qld): overhead and underground electric lines (ss 10 to 13 and Schedule 2), electrical equipment and safety switches for service and office work at the depot (ss 138 and 139) and for construction work (s 140), and notifying and preserving the site of serious electrical incidents and dangerous electrical events (ss 292 and 296)
• Workers’ Compensation and Rehabilitation Regulation 2025 (Qld): the criteria for appointing a return to work coordinator (s 149)
• Building Fire Safety Regulation 2008 (Qld): not obstructing an evacuation route at the depot (s 7)
• Transport Operations (Road Use Management – Driver Licensing) Regulation 2021 (Qld): the licence class for the vehicle a person drives on a road
• Transport Operations (Road Use Management – Road Rules) Regulation 2009 (Qld): the road rules road users follow, named by title only
• Environmental Protection Regulation 2019 (Qld): named by title only
• Traffic Management for Construction or Maintenance Work Code of Practice 2008
• How to Manage Work Health and Safety Risks Code of Practice 2021
• Work Health and Safety Consultation, Co-operation and Co-ordination Code of Practice 2021
• Managing Risks of Plant in the Workplace Code of Practice 2021
• Hazardous Manual Tasks Code of Practice 2021
• Managing Noise and Preventing Hearing Loss at Work Code of Practice 2021
• Managing the Work Environment and Facilities Code of Practice 2021
• First Aid in the Workplace Code of Practice 2021
• Managing Risks of Hazardous Chemicals in the Workplace Code of Practice 2021
• Labelling of Workplace Hazardous Chemicals Code of Practice 2021
• Preparation of Safety Data Sheets for Hazardous Chemicals Code of Practice 2021
• How to Manage and Control Asbestos in the Workplace Code of Practice 2021
• Managing respirable crystalline silica dust exposure in construction and manufacturing of construction elements Code of Practice 2022
• Managing the risk of psychosocial hazards at work Code of Practice 2022
• 1 Queensland approved codes of practice, named in full in the manual

What You Get

• An editable Microsoft Word manual (about 430 pages), A4 portrait, with a cover page ready for your business name and logo, a contents list, Part A (23 numbered chapters) and Part B (64 policies and procedures)
• Business details and document control typed once and filled in on every page, plus a space for your logo
• A WHS policy statement with an approval sign-off
• Roles, procedures, a risk matrix, record-keeping periods, definitions and references
• Part B: the full text of 64 policies and procedures, each starting on a new page
• Links by name to the matching SWMS, forms and registers in our range

Review it and adjust it to suit your business, your sites and the way your team works, and talk it through with your workers. If you have any trouble downloading this template, you can contact us at any time. Please make sure you read our Disclaimer before downloading.