Vehicle Marshal / Banksman

Vehicle Marshal / Banksman are operatives trained to direct vehicle movement on or around site. They are often called traffic marshals. Our 1/2 Day Traffic Marshal (Banksman) Course is a very important ticket to have for anyone working in construction, security, manufacturing, hospitality, parking enforcement or anyone with the responsibility of loading, unloading and movement of vehicles.

The course is aimed at supervisors, managers and anyone who wishes to control vehicles on and around site.

Every year there are numerous incidents involving reversing vehicles in British workplaces. Just under half of all incidents involving being struck by a moving vehicle involved reversing. Many other reversing accidents do not result in injury, but cause costly damage to vehicles, equipment and premises. Most of these incidents can be avoided by taking simple precautions.

• Health & Safety Law on Traffic Management
• Traffic Management
• Traffic Risk Assessment
• Responsibilities of a Traffic Marshal/Banksman
• PPE & Safety Signs
• Dangerous Manoeuvres – Reversing
• HSE Hand Signals
• Assessment

Every year, there are over 5000 accidents involving transport in the workplace. About 50 of these result in people being killed (www.hse.gov.uk/statistics). Around a quarter of all deaths involving vehicles at work occur as a result of reversing. It also results in considerable damage to vehicles, equipment and property. Proper Vehicle Banksman/Traffic Marshall training will help to reduce the risk of site accidents.