Excavate, prepare and form foundations for vehicle restraint systems
Overview
This standard describes how to excavate, prepare and form foundations for vehicle restraint systems (VRS). It covers excavating, preparing and forming foundations for VRS in accordance with instructions and specifications. If you are using equipment or machinery you need to be trained, and hold current certification where required, in line with relevant legislation. This standard is suitable for VRS installers working on highways.
Performance criteria
You must be able to:
carry out your work in accordance with relevant environmental
and health and safety legislation, risk assessment requirements
and company policies and procedures
wear suitable clothing and personal protective equipment (PPE)
carry out your work in accordance with instructions and
specifications
select and prepare the required tools, equipment and resources
check to confirm that a safe working environment has been
established
- use industry recommended working practices to excavate and
prepare the ground in line with the required instructions and
specifications
- place concrete and compact to form for foundation strength, size,
profile and finish for vehicle restraint systems in accordance with
instructions and specifications
- establish required provision to support the future installation of
posts
- use, maintain and store tools, equipment and resources safely
and in a clean and serviceable condition
- monitor and maintain signs and protective barriers in good
working order within your level of responsibility
- dispose of waste and excess materials safely to minimise
environmental risk, in accordance with the relevant legal
requirements
- carry out your work in a manner that causes minimal impact to the
surrounding area, other users of the site and anyone else who
may be affected
Knowledge and Understanding
You need to know and understand:
the relevant environmental and health and safety requirements
associated with excavation work
- the type of clothing and personal protective equipment (PPE)
suitable for the task to be carried out
- the relevant requirements and procedures for gaining access to
the site
- the reasons for traffic management when working adjacent to
highways and other transport systems
- the types of signs and protective barriers used in the fencing
industry
- the health and safety requirements associated with sign and
barrier installation, including permit-to-work schemes
- where to obtain the instructions and specifications required to
carry out your work
- the types of tools and equipment used for excavating post holes
and strip trenches and how to prepare, use and maintain these
safely and correctly
- the procedures to follow when uncharted services or
substructures are located
the procedures to follow if services or substructures are damaged
how and when temporary supports should be used to support
excavations
- the precautions to take when shafts or hidden substructures are
located
- the methods and ratios used for mixing, placing, compacting,
finishing and curing concrete
- the methods used for forming pockets in concrete for future
installation of posts K
the techniques used for casting-in fixing items
how to form a foundation in soft or unstable ground
the limits of your responsibility when dealing with difficulties that
arise during the work
the storage requirements for tools, equipment and resources
the storage requirements for signs and protective barriers
the relevant legal requirements controlling the disposal of waste
and excess materials
- how to minimise the impact of your work on the surrounding area,
other users of the site and anyone else who may be affected
Scope/range
Scope Performance
Scope Knowledge
Values
Behaviours
Skills
Glossary
Instructions and specifications could include:
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plans/drawings
schedules
method statements
Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
manufacturers guidelines
customer requirements
quality standards e.g. BSI, CE
verbal instructions