Traffic control person (or you can say flaggers) provide temporary traffic control in construction area and it is mandatory for them to wear high visibility clothes with a setting of glowing yellow-green or orange-red and retro-reflective material of white, yellow, silver, yellow-green or orange. Traffic control person use SLOW/STOP paddles, flags or paddles with light to control the traffic.

OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) has specified that any worker controlling traffic on a construction site are required to have traffic control person training. Any construction work that is performed on or next to a public road should take appropriate measure to control traffic in order to make sure that work goes on without any problem and without causing any harm to workers, public and property. The traffic control on construction site is important for these points –

· to discontinue movement of traffic whenever necessary for the completion of work, or else continue the movement of traffic at a slow speed for preventing any kind of hindrance and accident.

· For the protection of the public and workers present on the construction site by implementing traffic rules.

· To make sure that traffic movement has priority above construction equipment.

· To make sure that traffic movement continues safely, and

· To assure that construction work goes on efficiently and safely.

All these points can be achieved by having a traffic control person at the construction site that has appropriate training for the job and have information about all the important traffic laws to make sure the safety of workers and public. A person can be prepared for traffic control person job by making him participate in the Traffic Control Person Certification Training.

The online traffic control training program is an educational program developed to meet the requirements of OHSA and to educate workers about the safe method to control traffic. There are numerous traffic control persona training course present out there but you can give a try to course offered by Safe Training North America.

Safe Training North America is group of professionals who are experienced in safety training. They have years of experience in instructing and writing safety training courses. Their aim is to provide you finest online safety training courses and provide your workers safe working environment. To view the course you can visit their website on - safetraining.com

The Traffic Control Safety Training course offered by Safe Training North America aims to provide you and your workers skills and knowledge to control traffic for a temporary period in a safest way possible. After completion of this course, participants will learn about PPE (Personal Protective Equipment), right way of signaling, construction site preparation and safety, tasks and duties. This course is designed according to the safety standards of OHSA.

Duration and Evaluation – the duration of this course is just 60 minutes. Participants of this course will be evaluated by a test after providing theoretical knowledge. Participants are required to obtain minimum 80% marks to pass and get the certificate. Two extra chances to repeat the course are allowed to participants who were unable to pass.

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