Road Safety Inspections Inspection Team Qualifications

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1 Road Safety Inspections Inspection Team Qualifications December 2017

2 TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE IRELAND (TII) PUBLICATIONS About TII Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) is responsible for managing and improving the country s national road and light rail networks. About TII Publications TII maintains an online suite of technical publications, which is managed through the TII Publications website. The contents of TII Publications is clearly split into Standards and Technical documentation. All documentation for implementation on TII schemes is collectively referred to as TII Publications (Standards), and all other documentation within the system is collectively referred to as TII Publications (Technical). Document Attributes Each document within TII Publications has a range of attributes associated with it, which allows for efficient access and retrieval of the document from the website. These attributes are also contained on the inside cover of each current document, for reference. TII Publication Title TII Publication Number Road Safety Inspections Inspection Team Qualifications Activity Asset Management & Maintenance (AM) Document Set Technical Stream Safety (STY) Publication Date December 2017 Document Number Historical Reference NRA HD 17 TII Publications Website This document is part of the TII publications system all of which is available free of charge at For more information on the TII Publications system or to access further TII Publications documentation, please refer to the TII Publications website. TII Authorisation and Contact Details This document has been authorised by the Director of Professional Services, Transport Infrastructure Ireland. For any further guidance on the TII Publications system, please contact the following: Contact: Standards and Research Section, Transport Infrastructure Ireland Postal Address: Parkgate Business Centre, Parkgate Street, Dublin 8, D08 DK10 Telephone: infopubs@tii.ie

3 TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE IRELAND (TII) PUBLICATIONS TII Publications Activity: Asset Management & Maintenance (AM) Stream: Safety (STY) TII Publication Title: Road Safety Inspections Inspection Team Qualifications TII Publication Number: Publication Date: December 2017 Set: Technical Contents 1. Introduction Qualifications... 2 Page i

4 Updates to TII Publications resulting in changes to Road Safety Inspections Inspection Team Qualifications Date: December 2017 Page No: 2 Section No: 2.0 Amendment Details: This document supersedes the July 2012 version of. The principle changes are as follows: a) Inspection Team Leader criteria has been changed. b) Inspection Team Member criteria has been changed. c) The Definitions section has been removed; see Standard AM-STY Road Safety Inspection for required definitions. Page ii

5 Contents Table 1. Introduction General Qualifications Inspection Team Leader (ITL) Inspection Team Member (ITM)... 2 Page iii

6 1. Introduction 1.1 General The objective of this document is to set out the current qualification requirements for a Road Safety Inspection Team, appointed to carry out Inspections in accordance with AM-STY Road Safety Inspections on the national road network. Page 1

7 2. Qualifications 2.1 Inspection Team Leader (ITL) An Inspection Team Leader will be a Chartered Engineer or equivalent with at least two years experience of collision investigation and remedial measures, will have a Certificate of Competence in Road Safety Audit and will have taken part in ten road safety audits as team member. An Inspection Team Leader will have within the preceding three years done at least five road safety audits and taken part in further road safety training of at least one day s duration. An Inspector who is not a Chartered Engineer may become an Inspection Team Leader subject to TII approval, where it is shown that the Inspection Team Leader has done at least ten road safety audits within the preceding three years and has taken part in further road safety training of at least one day s duration. An Inspection Team Leader must have experience on a wide variety of scheme types and audit stages including experience on national roads. 2.2 Inspection Team Member (ITM) An Inspection Team Member will be a road safety engineer, road design engineer or road traffic engineer. They will have taken part as a trainee in five road safety audits and will have attended an accredited three to five-day course in road safety audit theory and practice. Page 2

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