Codes of Practice

This General Guide provides information on how to manage traffic risks at a workplace. It is supported by specific guidance material on traffic management for shopping centres, construction workplaces, warehouses, events and an Information Sheet for small business.
Who should use this Guide? Traffic at a workplace includes: vehicles such as cars, trucks, vans and buses
„„ powered mobile plant such as forklifts, and cyclists.
This General Guide applies to all businesses or undertakings where there is a risk of traffic colliding with people in the workplace. However this does not apply to work which is carried out on or near a public road, for example constructing or repairing a road or working on a footpath or nature strip adjacent to a road.
If your work involves a public road you should contact your local road authority for the relevant traffic management requirements and guidelines.