Modes of Instruction:
Safety Links offers this course in the following formats:
- "Open" enrollment in Central Florida
- At your site anywhere in North America
Course Introduction/ Synopsis:
According to the Florida Department of Transportation all employees, contractors, consultants, surveyors, utility company personnel, local maintaining agency, or any other appropriate person responsible for flagging shall satisfactorily complete a MOT basic, or flagger, training course.
Course Details:
The MOT Basic or Flagging course certifies a person to direct traffic through a construction site or other temporary traffic control zone past an area using signs or flags. They are responsible for maintaining the safety and efficiency of traffic, as well as the safety of road workers, while allowing construction, accident recovery or other tasks to proceed. Flaggers are commonly used to control traffic when two way roads are reduced to one lane, and traffic must alternate in direction.
How long is the certification good for?
Flagger re-training is required every (4) four years to continue to be qualified.
What is the length of the courses?
Basic Training- 4 hours