Posted By Pete Moran Peter, your banksmen will need training in order to carry out this role safely. They will also need to be clearly identifiable on site by the use (normally) of a long sleeved hi-vis vest in orange and a red hard hat instead of white or any other colour. Some slinger/signaller courses that are available do include an element of reversing etc but the only one so far I have found that is specifically related to reversing construction-related vehicles is that provided by Matrix in Bristol on 01179681190 and run by Martyn Cox. Banksmen themselves are at great risk when carrying out this role and will benefit from this training. We now have in excess of 65 trained banksmen out of our workforce of 200 operatives. You will find the following HSE publication useful....don't forget the lorries themselves should be provided with all-round visibility as contained in PUWER. http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg148.pdf

Posted By Sam Rawcliffe Peter Works in the Public Highway are covered by the New Roads & Street Works Act and under Sections 65 & 124 the use of Traffic Management covered by the Safety at Street Works and Road Works Code of Practice. (£5.99) from the Stationary Office. Under Section 67 of the Act, Operatives and Supervisors working in the public highway must be trained, which leads to registration on the Street Works Qualification Register. However, since you are not excavating they would only require Units 002 and 010 for Signing & Guarding. (Similar to hire companies who provide and set up traffic lights). I would suggest you liase with the local authority highways/streetworks department and for further information, try: http://www.streetworks.fsnet.co.uk Regards Sam Rawcliffe