Hi John Last time I was involved in this training was for Slinger/Banksman, which is more for construction type vehicles. If you ask Mr Google he will bring up a raft of training providers including RoSPA. However I suspect what you really need is vehicle marshal training - possibly semantics. Ray

Having looked at this recently, may I suggest that if you are going to give training to the person guiding the vehicle, that the driver also needs to know what the hand signals mean. Another title I have come across is reversing assistant. Could you not create something an do in-house. Regards Chris

As a basis for training of vehicle reversing signallers try L64, P 24 and Schedule 1.

Please note L64 has an error on page 43 Schedule 1 the pictogram for Horizontal movement is incorrect. It shows the signal for end not horizontal movement. you may like this http://www.hse.gov.uk/wo...ns/banksman/banksman.htm Chris

This has come up recently - search 'banksman' - but I have taken liberty of copying Ian A-H response directly to save the bother of finding the link. Ian A-H: "What you need are reversing assistants, not banksmen. The HSE and the waste industry (WISH) collaborated a number of years ago following a spate of reversing bin truck fatalities. Take a look at this: http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/waste04.pdf You should be able to knock up a 1-hour session, including practical. Just needs adapting to your circumstances. Or you can use it to evaluate outside providers." Banksman / signaller protocols too complicated but Rev Ass possibly too simple (refuse vehicles have cameras so the driver is responsible for not hitting objects), so devise your own from references given. Key point is that both assistant and driver need clear and simple instructions, to include the absolute MUST stop if assistant disappears from view. Rev Asst must know where to look and where to stand to be safe. 2 signals - 1. safe to manoeuvre (driver responsibility) and 2. STOP. (manoeuvre not in spell check!) I have a reversing aid on my car so I can't hit bollards unknowingly - there may be some of your vehicles where this installation is justifiable too, although they don't see pedestrians etc until they are actually behind.

There's also N133 Plant Machinery Marshall, someone who controls traffic on site. Found this one on our training provider's website (btw. I recommend their services): http://www.ecosselifting.com/services.html

I have delievered such a course to four guys on a site. I gave them a run down of the laws applicable. I guided them through their own risk assessments, rgearding vehicle hazards. I then set up a compound with cones. Showed them a short film with hazards in. And then we did a practical of reversing and moving off. I kept on coaching through out the practical to ensure they could see what the dangers might be