Place and fix vehicle restraint systems

This standard describes how to place and fix vehicle restraint systems (VRS). It covers placing, positioning and fixing posts and placing and fixing components to posts 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.

1. carry out your work in accordance with relevant environmental

   and health and safety legislation, risk assessment requirements

   and company policies and procedures

   2. wear suitable clothing and personal protective equipment (PPE)

   3. carry out your work in accordance with instructions and

   specifications

   4. select and prepare the required tools, equipment and resources

   5. check to confirm that a safe working environment has been

   established

   6. obtain components of the specified type, material, quality and

   grade required to carry out the work

   7. use industry recommended working practices to place and fix

   supports for vehicle restraint systems at specified lines, levels and

   angles in accordance with instructions and specifications

   8. use industry recommended working practices to assemble vehicle

   restraint systems to meet the instructions and specifications

   9. use industry recommended working practices to place, position,

   tension where required and securely fix assembled components

   at specified lines and levels

   10. maintain the integrity of protective finishes during fixing

   11. use, maintain and store tools, equipment and resources safely

   and in a clean and serviceable condition

   12. monitor and maintain signs and protective barriers in good

   working order, within your level of responsibility

   13. dispose of waste and excess materials safely to minimise

   environmental risk, in accordance with the relevant legal

   requirements

   14. carry out your work in a manner that causes minimal impact on

   the surrounding area, other users of the site and anyone else who

   may be affected

1. the relevant environmental and health and safety requirements

   associated with placing, positioning and fixing vehicle restraint

   systems

   2. the type of clothing and personal protective equipment (PPE)

   suitable for the task to be carried out

   3. the relevant requirements and procedures for gaining access to

   the site

   4. the reasons for traffic management when working adjacent to

   highways and other transport systems

   5. the types of signs and protective barriers used in the fencing

   industry

   6. the health and safety requirements associated with sign and

   barrier installation, including permit-to-work schemes

   7. where to obtain the instructions and specifications required to

   carry out your work

   8. the types of tools and equipment used for placing and fixing

   vehicle restraint systems and how to prepare, use and maintain

   these safely and correctly

   9. the different types and construction of vehicle safety fencing

   systems

   10. the components used in association with vehicle safety fencing

   and their uses

   11. the methods used for assembling vehicle safety fencing and

   fencing components

   12. the industry recommended working practices used for handling

   and positioning posts

   13. the industry recommended working practices used for providing

   temporary supports and aligning and levelling posts set in

   concrete

   14. the reasons for, and methods of, setting posts to allow for

   tensioning

   15. the factors that affect the positioning and the method of fixing

   posts and components

   16. the types of backfill and methods of consolidation

   17. the precautions to take to avoid distortion during the tensioning

   process

   18. the industry recommended working practices used for fixing fence

   materials to posts

   19. the issues that occur when joining different types of materials

   20. the different types of protective finishes used for vehicle restraint

   systems, why they are used and the methods of maintaining their

   integrity during fixing

   21. the reasons for the use of transitions and how they are installed

   22. the reasons for the use of a terminal and how it is installed

   23. the limits of your responsibility when dealing with difficulties that

   arise during the work

   24. the relevant legal requirements controlling the disposal of waste

   and excess materials

   25. the storage requirements for tools, equipment and resources

   26. the storage requirements for signs and protective barriers

   27. how to minimise the impact of your work on the surrounding area,

   other users of the site and anyone else who may be affected

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