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Acquired Awareness Training Centre have added some course dates for Ipswich & Toowoomba!

We will be running both the  Traffic Control & Traffic Management Implementation courses.

Ipswich
Traffic Control – 21 August 2018
Traffic Management Implementation – 22 & 23 August 2018 (Theory component to be done on the 22nd, then the 3 live site set-ups to be done on the 23rd)

Toowoomba
Traffic Control – 4th September 2018
Traffic Management Implementation – 5 & 6 September 2018 (Theory component to be done on the 5th, then the 3 live site set-ups to be done on the 6th)

If you would like to enquire into our courses, please call AATC on 3881 3008 (option 2) or click here to view our courses.

New AATC Traffic Management Training Vehicle

AATC is please to announce that we have taken delivery of our new purpose built traffic management training vehicle!

Now AATC can easily facilitate the three onsite setups for Traffic Management Implementation course participants.

To celebrate we have discounted our Traffic Controller refresher courses delivered on the Sunshine Coast until the end of August 2018 (Phone bookings only. Conditions apply.)

Traffic Control Refresher course,  Discount Price $140 

As Transport and Main Roads (TMR) licenced trainers, we specialise in delivery of Traffic Management Implementation (TMI) courses for industries including, Vegetation Management, NBN Subcontractors, Civil Projects and Councils.

We have delivered courses for Lend Lease, Ventia, BCC, GCCC, RoadTek and numerous other NBN Subcontractors.

Contact us today to organise your booking and we offer terrific group booking rates!

For more information on our courses, please click here or contact us on 3881 3008 (option 2 for training).

Acquired Awareness would like to say a HUGE thank you to all our Traffic Control staff who helped make the QBR in Brisbane a massive success. As representatives of AATM you made a great impression on all involved with the QBR and your professionalism shone through.

Acquired Awareness received terrific feedback from Brisbane City Council and Qld Police Service with written acknowledgement of what an outstanding job everyone from Acquired Awareness Traffic Management played in ensuring a seamless and clockwork precision event over two days.

We are extremely proud to have done such an outstanding job and this event will be remembered for all the right reasons which is fantastic.

Thank you again to everyone involved.

Traffic Controllers – WANT TO BECOME A UTE DRIVER?

AATM are seeking  Traffic Controllers who have a current Qld Traffic Control Industry Authority (level 1), manual drivers licence and wish to become Ute Drivers.

Successful applicants will be put through the AATC TMI course at our cost and then you will be place in our 2 week intensive Ute Driver Training Course.

In order to qualify for this opportunity you must have the following:

• Experience as Traffic Controller (STS)
• Current Traffic Control Industry Authority
• Manual drivers licence
• Fit and hard working
• Ability to think on your feet
• Good communication skills
• Flexible to work days, nights and weekends

The benefits of becoming a Ute Driver include:

1. Earn more
2. Company vehicle to travel to site rather than your own vehicle
3. Next step on the ladder to Team Leader, TMA Operator and Supervisor

If you think you fit the bill please forward an email and CV to [email protected]

Summer is well and truly upon us and already we have experienced some wild weather with storms, flash flooding, rain and excessive heat. Please ensure you have plenty of water with you at all times and are keeping up with your fluids regularly (only have the occasional electrolyte / energy type drinks). If you have any concerns, please seek medical advice or call the AATM WHS Team in 3881 3008.

For more information on Heat Stress, please look at the following informative links:

https://www.worksafe.qld.gov.au/agriculture/workplace-hazards/sun-safety

https://www.worksafe.qld.gov.au/injury-prevention-safety/hazardous-exposures/heat-stress

https://www.worksafe.qld.gov.au/injury-prevention-safety/hazardous-exposures/heat-stress/managing-exposure

https://www.worksafe.qld.gov.au/injury-prevention-safety/hazardous-exposures/heat-stress/health-effects

Acquired Awareness Training Centre and Acquired Awareness Traffic Management are delighted to be working with Max Employment to assist in training and employing unemployed clients of Max Employment.

We have been successful in placing a number of Max Employment clients and expect this fantastic opportunity to grow further this year.

This is a win win for the unemployed as they are trained in an industry that has high demand for good quality workers well into the future.

The Acquired Awareness Training Centre offers quality training in the following courses from our Brisbane, Gold Coast and Sunshine Coast training rooms.

• Traffic Control (Full Course and Refresher Course)
• Traffic Management Implementation (Full Course and Refresher Course)
• Traffic Management Design (Full Course)

For course dates, please click here. If you would like to book into or enquire about our courses, please feel free to contact us on 3881 3008 (select 2 for Training).

Thank you to all those who worked so hard to make 2017 such a great year for AATC.  From Friday 15^th December 2017 the AATC Team will be taking some well-deserved time off, returning on Monday 8^th January 2018.  Have a safe and enjoyable Christmas break and see you all in the New Year!

Sadly, a non-AATM Traffic Controller has passed away after being struck by a vehicle on 6^th November 2017 whilst performing Traffic Control duty on the Bruce Highway (Sunshine Coast).  Our thoughts and condolences are with the Traffic Controller’s family and friends at this time.

This tragic event is a timely reminder to ensure you:

• Always participate in the traffic control pre-works Risk Assessment, understand the identified hazards (site specific dangers) and the controls (how your worksite/tasks have been made safe)
• Have an unobstructed escape route that leads to ‘a safe location’
• Keep well clear of the ‘travel path’
• Do not turn your back on approaching traffic
• Have clear and concise UHF radio communications
• Do not stand, walk or work in a crush zone (e.g. between traffic and work vehicles or plant, behind trucks, TC utes or other plant)
• Do not reverse without a spotter

Have you become desensitised? Would you know if you are?

Completing the same tasks each day can lead to people becoming desensitised to how high-risk traffic control and other tasks are.  Do you find yourself doing any of the following:

• Standing in the travel path with no stopped vehicles?
• Not focusing on the high-risk task at hand?
• On the phone whilst performing Traffic Control duties?
• Are you following the TCASAP?

If you do believe that you have become desensitised to your work environment, you need to take a moment to stop and think about workplace dangers. Think about when you first started and how aware you were of your environment.