May 13, 2010
Book 7 Training is Ontario's traffic manual
The Ontario traffic manual Book 7 was developed to provide basic requirements for traffic control in work zones during roadway, or utility construction and maintenance operations on, or adjacent to public highways, including ramps and municipal roads and streets, as well as other public ways to which road traffic has access.
Training in Book 7 is intended for employees working for provincial, municipal, and private road authorities in Ontario and their contractors and utilities, contractors, and others who may have approval to work on public roadways.
Safety for workers and motorists is paramount, including workers setting up, operating, and removing traffic control. The purpose of this training is to provide the basic guidelines for traffic control by persons or agencies performing construction, maintenance, and utility work on any street or highway open to the public in the Province of Ontario, in order to achieve satisfactory levels of safety for workers and motorists.
The latest Ministry of Labour Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA) and construction regulations provisions for traffic control and worker protection have been in effect since June of 2000, and have been carried forward into subsequent editions. These require employers to train workers exposed to traffic hazard, or construction vehicles, and to develop traffic protection plans for workers who may be exposed to traffic and vehicular hazard.
This one-day course is for installers and supervisors responsible for or working on non‐freeways only. This course will benefit employers, provincial and municipal road authorities, contractors, engineers, designers, contract administrators, utilities, supervisors, workers, and inspectors.
Sessions are held throughout the year. Contact Marco D'Angelo at 647‐346‐4050, or marco@otc.org.
The full version of the Ontario Traffic Manual can be downloaded by clicking here.
The Ontario traffic manual Book 7 was developed to provide basic requirements for traffic control in work zones during roadway, or utility construction and maintenance operations on, or adjacent to public highways, including ramps and municipal roads and streets, as well as other public ways to which road traffic has access.
Training in Book 7 is intended for employees working for provincial, municipal, and private road authorities in Ontario and their contractors and utilities, contractors, and others who may have approval to work on public roadways.
Safety for workers and motorists is paramount, including workers setting up, operating, and removing traffic control. The purpose of this training is to provide the basic guidelines for traffic control by persons or agencies performing construction, maintenance, and utility work on any street or highway open to the public in the Province of Ontario, in order to achieve satisfactory levels of safety for workers and motorists.
The latest Ministry of Labour Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA) and construction regulations provisions for traffic control and worker protection have been in effect since June of 2000, and have been carried forward into subsequent editions. These require employers to train workers exposed to traffic hazard, or construction vehicles, and to develop traffic protection plans for workers who may be exposed to traffic and vehicular hazard.
This one-day course is for installers and supervisors responsible for or working on non‐freeways only. This course will benefit employers, provincial and municipal road authorities, contractors, engineers, designers, contract administrators, utilities, supervisors, workers, and inspectors.
Sessions are held throughout the year. Contact Marco D'Angelo at 647‐346‐4050, or marco@otc.org.
The full version of the Ontario Traffic Manual can be downloaded by clicking here.