When it comes to roadworks and temporary traffic management systems, two crucial certifications come into play: the CSCS Health & Safety at Roadworks and Signing, Lighting, and Guarding at roadworks qualifications. Though both certifications focus on maintaining safety standards, they differ in their approach, content, and scope. Understanding these distinctions can help workers, managers, and companies choose the correct training, avoid hazards, and comply with legal requirements.
What is the CSCS Health & Safety at Roadworks Certification?
The Construction Skills Certification Scheme (CSCS) card for Health & Safety at Roadworks is a crucial qualification for general roadwork labourers, supervisors, and operatives. This certification ensures that workers understand general health and safety principles applicable to roadworks environments, focusing on minimizing hazards, protecting workers, and ensuring that legal safety requirements are met.
Key Elements of the course include:
- General Principles, hazards, risks and risk assessments.
- PPE, Welfare Facilities and First Aid.
- Temporary Traffic Management Elements & Traffic Control Methods.
- Works in different roadside environments.
- Evacuations, Falls and Falling Objects & Underground and Overhead Services.
What is the Signing, Lighting, and Guarding Certification?
The Signing, Lighting, and Guarding at Roadworks (SLG) qualification focuses specifically on traffic management around roadworks. It ensures that workers have the necessary skills to set up and maintain safe traffic management systems, minimizing disruption to road users and ensuring the safety of workers on-site. This course is aimed at supervisors, road operatives, and those who directly handle traffic control measures. It is particularly relevant for those in utilities, local authorities, and highway maintenance companies.
Key Elements of the course include:
- Sign Placement and Visibility.
- Traffic Control.
- Lighting Requirements.
- Guarding Roadworks.
- Legal Compliance.
Key Differences Between CSCS Health & Safety at Roadworks and Signing, Lighting, and Guarding
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Differences |
CSCS SLG |
CSCS Health & Safety at Roadworks |
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Course Duration |
3 Days |
1 Day |
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Can work alone setting up Signing, Lighting and Guarding Arrangements |
Yes |
No |
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Can work under CSCS SLG Card Holder |
N/A |
Yes |
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Can make changes to SLG Arrangements without permission |
Yes |
No |
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Can clean/correct/replace a sign that might have been moved or displaced |
Yes |
Yes |
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Safe Pass Required |
Yes |
Yes |
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Must be over 18 years old |
Yes |
Yes |
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Experience Required |
9 Months in the past 2 years |
Have some experience in the past 2 years |
While both the CSCS Health & Safety at Roadworks and Signing, Lighting, and Guarding at Roadworks (SLG) certifications are designed to ensure safety at roadwork sites, they serve distinct purposes. The CSCS Health & Safety at Roadworks focuses on general safety measures for workers, addressing hazards, personal protective equipment (PPE), and emergency procedures, while the SLG certification is specifically tailored to managing traffic around roadworks, ensuring minimal disruption and protecting both workers and road users. Understanding the differences between these certifications is essential for selecting the right training and maintaining compliance with safety regulations. Whether managing general roadwork safety or overseeing traffic management, both certifications are crucial to achieving safe and legally compliant operations in the field of roadworks.
Contact our team now on 046 901 2407 for more information and to book yourself on to our next SLG or Health and Safety at Roadworks courses!