Manually clear snow and treat highways and land for ice
Overview
This standard is about clearing snow and ice from highways and then treating them for ice manually using equipment such as brushes and shovels. It is important that all work is completed in a way that does not cause damage to the environment and possible personal harm to others. This standard is for those who keep the highways free from
Performance criteria
You must be able to:
Treat and Clear snow and ice from highways and land
- follow all health and safety and work procedures and instructions
throughout the treating and clearing process
- use Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) in accordance with
organisational procedures
- deploy any specified traffic measures for the task
- check the condition of the area that needs to be treated in
accordance with work instructions and the amount of treatment
required
- select and use clearance and treatment methods and equipment
that are fit-for-purpose and are in accordance with work instructions
- clear and remove loose snow to designated place in accordance
with work instructions and environmental regulations and requirements
- scatter the treatment evenly in a way that will prevent freezing
- avoid scattering the treatment beyond the area to be treated
- leave the finished area in a condition that is as safe as possible for
other users of the highway/land
- communicate the completion of the work activity to designated
personnel
- carry out your job responsibilities and report to managers all
incidents outside of own responsibility
Knowledge and Understanding
You need to know and understand:
General
- how to identify work-related hazards and risks
- details of operational procedures and documentation
- how to work with colleagues and other people and resolve
disagreements
- operational procedures and why it is important to comply with them
- how to use personal protective equipment (PPE) in line with
operational
procedures
- the limits of the job responsibility and when to report to managers
- how to work safely on or near the highway and any specific
measures that must be put in place including traffic measures and
signage
- why you must check the type and amount of treatment required
- the various removal processes are and how they may vary according
to the type and amount of snow or ice
- where loose snow should and should not be cleared to
- the different methods for gritting and salting
- the types of risks that users of surfaces could be faced with and
how to decide how much treatment is necessary to reduce these risks
- the problems that you may find during treatment the correct action
to take
- Your job responsibilities and when to report to managers