Compliance
Safety and compliance
If you are hiring traffic control, you are transferring part of your own liability to someone else. You should be able to check that decision without a phone call.
01Framework
The regulatory framework
Three separate things govern work-zone traffic control in British Columbia. They overlap, and contractors routinely satisfy one while failing another.
WorkSafeBC — the worker safety obligation
Occupational Health and Safety Regulation places the duty on the employer to protect workers from vehicle traffic: a hazard assessment before work starts, controls appropriate to the assessed risk, and workers trained for the task. Traffic control is a control measure, not a substitute for the assessment.
BC Traffic Management Manual 2020 — the design standard
The reference for how a work zone is laid out: device selection, spacing, taper lengths, sign types and how the setup changes with posted speed. Municipal roads and provincial highways share this standard even where the permitting authority differs.
MoTI Traffic Management Manual for Work on Roadways
The Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure’s manual governs work on provincial highways and is the design reference municipalities generally point to as well.
02Certification
Crew certification
Traffic Control Persons are certified through the BC Construction Safety Alliance, which runs British Columbia’s established TCP program.
| Requirement | Standard |
|---|---|
| Prerequisites | None. Class 5 licence recommended; good spoken and written English expected |
| Course length | Two days |
| Written exam | 80% minimum to pass |
| Practical evaluation | 100% required |
| Certification | TCP Record of Completion card |
| Validity | Three years |
| Registration | BCCSA Gateway — required for all participants since 1 October 2022 |
03Practice
How we work
Before mobilisation
- Site-specific hazard assessment
- Plan drawn to TMM 2020 for the actual posted speed and geometry
- Permit requirements confirmed with the issuing authority
- Crew briefed off the plan they’ll be working to
On site
- Setup verified against the plan before work starts
- Devices monitored and reinstated through the shift
- Changes logged when conditions change
- Stand-down authority — a crew that judges a setup unsafe stops and escalates
After
- Site cleared and devices recovered
- Documentation returned to you
04Prequalification
Our credentials
This section is deliberately empty rather than vague. These are the documents a prequalification package asks for, and claiming them without the certificates in hand would be exactly the kind of unverifiable statement this page exists to avoid. Ask and we’ll send what we hold.
05Documentation
Documentation available
- Crew certification records for the personnel assigned
- The traffic management plan and any revisions
- Permit documentation
- Insurance and WCB clearance
- Daily records and incident reports where applicable