Mark Armstrong and Nigel Griffith attended Auckland Motorways recent ‘Safe Working on the Road Induction,’ a mandatory workshop required by the Auckland Motorway Alliance for anyone who has to work on the motorway network.

Mark thought the content was excellent and detailed, “There was time to discuss issues and examples raised by attendees as a group, providing answers on what to do and what not to do in the future.”

Key areas covered included Health and Safety responsibilities both as an employer and as an employee; qualifications, powers and responsibilities of the STM; emergency incident procedures; Traffic Management Plans and why they are important; minimum levels of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) required; garments and types of flashing beacons allowed; safety of plant left on site or on the road side out of hours; mobile and special operations and Operational Requirements and Auckland Traffic Operations Control ( ATOC)

Project Manager, Steve Griffith recently attended the the first two days of the 27th Safe System Engineering Workshop in order to refresh his knowledge around road safety, and in particular the ‘Safe System Approach’.

“The biggest learning for me,” Steve says, “was obtaining a better understanding of what the Network Safety Assessment is all about.”

He was also pleased to see that an increased emphasis on addressing factors other than roadside infrastructure are delivering positive results over time. Safer drivers, safer speeds and safer vehicles are all essential parts of the Safe System Approach. “It was refreshing to learn that a more targeted way of investing in safety schemes can be achieved by looking at a network holistically,” he said.