Mobile Traffic Control SWMS

Suits traffic management companies and road crews who protect moving work such as line marking, sweeping and maintenance. It follows the shift from the briefing and vehicle checks through convoy movements, directing traffic, lane changes and incidents to fatigue, weather and handover. Static sign set-up and general traffic planning are covered by separate SWMS.

Both pre-ticked items (road in use by traffic, powered mobile plant) apply where the moving work being protected is high risk construction work, which needs a SWMS (WHS Regulation s 299). If the work you are protecting is not construction work, such as routine sweeping, untick them and keep this as your safe work procedure.

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What Is Covered In Our Mobile Traffic Control SWMS?

The job steps run in the order the work is done, from pre-start checks to finishing up. The hazards and controls include:

• Shadow vehicle struck from behind
• Work vehicle struck by merging traffic
• Vehicles entering the gap in the convoy
• Traffic controller struck by a vehicle
• Driver abuse and aggression
• Attenuator or beacon failure
• Radio failure and missed instructions
• Reversing and turning movements
• Lane changes and turn-offs
• Contact with overhead power lines
• Fatigue on long shifts
• Poor visibility in rain and at night

High Risk Construction Work

These high risk construction work items (WHS Regulation 2011 (Qld) s 291) are already ticked because they are part of this work. Tick any others that apply to your job:

• Is carried out on, in or adjacent to a road, railway, shipping lane or other traffic corridor that is in use by traffic other than pedestrians
• Is carried out in an area at a workplace in which there is any movement of powered mobile plant

Licences, Training and Competency

• Queensland traffic controller accreditation (TORUM Accreditation Regulation 2015 ss 51, 54, 55), with the accreditation identity card carried while working as a traffic controller, as the Traffic Management for Construction or Maintenance Work Code of Practice 2008 sets out
• Current driver licence for the class of shadow, protection or work vehicle driven
• Driver training for the truck-mounted attenuator and arrow board from the supplier or the manufacturer’s instructions
• Working in Proximity to Traffic training for all workers on or next to a road, as the Traffic Management for Construction or Maintenance Work Code of Practice 2008 recommends
• General construction induction training card (white card) for construction work on or beside a road
• Radio communication competence and a briefing on the agreed call signs and signals
• Site induction and a briefing on the approved traffic management plan for the moving work

Legislation and Codes of Practice Referenced

• Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (Qld)
• Work Health and Safety Regulation 2011 (Qld)
• Traffic Management for Construction or Maintenance Work Code of Practice 2008
• Transport Operations (Road Use Management – Accreditation and Other Provisions) Regulation 2015 (Qld): traffic controllers, sections 51 to 55
• Traffic Controller Accreditation Scheme Approved Procedure (TCASAP)
• Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices Part 3 (MUTCD Part 3)
• Managing Risks of Plant in the Workplace 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
• Managing the risk of psychosocial hazards at work Code of Practice 2022
• Hazardous Manual Tasks Code of Practice 2021
• How to Manage Work Health and Safety Risks Code of Practice 2021
• First Aid in the Workplace Code of Practice 2021
• Safe Work Australia model Code of Practice: Managing the risk of fatigue at work (guidance)
• Electrical Safety Act 2002 (Qld)
• Electrical Safety Regulation 2026 (Qld): ss 10 to 13 and sch 2 (overhead power line exclusion zones and unsafe distances)

What You Get

• An editable Microsoft Word document (12 pages), laid out on A4 landscape pages
• Business, client, job and document details typed once and filled in on every page, plus a space for your logo
• The high risk construction work checklist, worded as WHS Regulation s 291, and the construction project question (s 292)
• A worker and health and safety representative consultation record
• Qualifications, plant, PPE, hazardous chemicals, safety equipment, permits, references and emergency arrangements filled in for this work
• A 5 x 5 risk matrix, and job steps with initial and residual risk scores and the people responsible
• Implementing, monitoring and review requirements, an additional controls log, revision history and a worker sign-on sheet

Review and adjust it for your site, your plant and the way your crew does the job, and talk it through with your workers before work starts. If you have any trouble downloading this SWMS, you can contact us at any time. Please make sure you read our Disclaimer before downloading this SWMS.