Banksmen, often called traffic marshals or signallers, play a vital part in maintaining workplace safety. They are operatives trained to direct vehicle movement on or around site including supervising safe movement of vehicles and safe crane lifts.
This banksman course considers the various roles of a banksman and details the accepted banksman signals and verbal code words as recommended by the Health and Safety (Safety Signs and Signals) Regulations 1996.
Any person who is directly involved in the supervision of moving plant, vehicles and/or machinery requires formal training and instruction. It’s advisable that those planning route and vehicle management also have a good understanding about the role, and ultimately, it’s the responsibility of the employer to assess risk and ensure Vehicle Banksman are appropriately trained and sufficient numbers are available across site to control movement activities.