- 1.4
- Marshals, pilots and flaggers
- 1.1
- The general level underneath it, always required too
- Step 1
- 1.4 sits in step 1 and needs no exam at Trafikverket
Directing traffic by hand is used when the signing is not enough: one lane left, a pilot leading the cars through and a marshal at each end. The task looks simple, but whoever performs it stands with no protective device in front of vehicles arriving at whatever speed the driver chooses. That is why it carries a competence requirement of its own rather than sitting inside the general level.
What the level is about
- The duties of the marshal and the pilot, and the limit of what they may decide over the traffic.
- Signals and equipment, so that the same movement means the same thing to every driver.
- Positioning: where the marshal has to stand to be seen in time, and to have somewhere to go.
- Communication between the marshals at either end, and what happens when it breaks down.
- The practice of piloting, from the vehicle's position to how the queue is released.
1.4 does not replace 1.1
Whoever is to stand as a marshal or pilot needs both. The extension builds on the general level and presumes it is already there. That is the detail missing when a client spot-checks and somebody in the crew is holding the wrong paperwork — never because anyone was careless, but because the row looked complete.
Count on one person per task
The course covers marshalling, piloting and directing by hand, which is easy to read as one person being able to do all three. The competence allows it. The staffing rarely does: the tasks are performed in different places at the same time, and whoever leaves their post to drive the pilot vehicle has opened the end they were standing in. That is a planning question rather than a training one, but it is settled before the crew drives out.
Common questions
- We have someone with 1.1 who occasionally waves cars through. Is that enough?
- No. The moment anyone directs traffic by hand it is the task in 1.4, however often and however briefly. It is worth going through who in the crew actually does it — in practice they are more numerous than the ones on the staffing plan.
- Is 1.4 required for whoever drives the pilot vehicle?
- Yes, piloting is part of the level. The driver also needs the vehicle driver level if they otherwise drive within the site.
- Can we hire marshals in instead?
- You can, and the requirement follows the person. Ask for the records the same way you would for your own staff and put them in the summary — it is your contract the client spot-checks.
Train more people than the staffing plan lists
The online course can be completed in advance, so that whoever ends up waving a car through holds the level on the day it happens.
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