- 2.2
- Signing supervisor
- One
- The role is held by a named person, not shared by the crew
- Exam
- The certification exam is taken at Trafikverket
The signing is what explains the site to a driver passing at ninety kilometres an hour who has never seen it before. That explanation has to hold together the whole way, from the first advance warning to the road being normal again — and one person has to be appointed to answer for it.
What the responsibility covers
- Road signs and traffic devices on the site: which ones are needed and where they go.
- That the signing matches the traffic arrangement plan applying to the work.
- That it follows the work when the work moves, and is removed when it is finished.
- Checks while work is in progress, because signs blow over and get hit.
- The handover between shifts and between contractors, which is where most of the gaps appear.
Appointing somebody is not enough
The role has to be held by a person who has the competence level, and for 2.2 that means a passed certification exam at Trafikverket on top of the course. A signing supervisor named in the documents but without the exam behind them is an empty row in a folder, and it is a row the client reads.
Check the signing throughout the work
The most common finding at an inspection is not what went up but what stayed up. Signs pointing at work that has moved on, a closure left over the weekend, an advance warning with nothing left to warn about. The responsibility runs for the whole of the work, and in practice it is the routine for checking that decides whether the role functions.
Common questions
- Can the site manager be the signing supervisor?
- Yes, if they hold the level. The role is common among supervisors, site managers and production managers. What decides is the competence and that somebody is appointed — not the job title.
- Does the signing supervisor need the step 1 levels as well?
- For the work they perform on the road themselves, yes. The levels stack. A signing supervisor moving inside the closure is doing road work like anyone else.
- What is the difference from 1.3?
- 1.3 is the road worker handling signing on site as part of their work. 2.2 is the person answering for the signing as a whole being right. One performs, the other is responsible.
Appoint the role in good time
The course can be taken whenever. The exam slot at Trafikverket is harder to get at short notice, so book it as soon as you know the role is needed.
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