Three new risk-based Temporary Traffic Management (TTM) micro-credentials are now available.
TTM training has shifted toward a risk-based framework, as outlined in the New Zealand Transport Authority Waka Kotahi’s New Zealand Guide to Temporary Traffic Management (NZGTTM). In late 2024, Connexis released the first of a new suite of micro-credentials developed to align with the requirements of the NZGTTM.
The first two micro-credentials were Temporary Traffic Management Risk Assessment (Level 4), aimed at professionals with a health and safety role or responsibility in ensuring safe outcomes for activities conducted in, or impacting, the road corridor; and Temporary Traffic Management Design (Level 4), which is aimed at professionals who design, plan and develop TTM plans with the goal of ensuring good health and safety outcomes for activities conducted in, or impacting on, the road corridor.
The three additional new micro-credentials released are: TTM Applying Controls to Low-risk, Low-impact Activities in the Road Reserve (Level 3), TTM Assist with TTM within the Road Reserve (Level 3), and TTM Mobile Operations (Level 3). These micro-credentials are designed for frontline teams who set up and work on the road corridor and road reserve.
Micro-credentials are short, NZQA nationally-recognised training courses of between five and 40 credits which can lead to a full qualification or offer specific training in specialised skills. Connexis is the first training provider to offer the new micro-credentials.
Connexis Executive Director Kaarin Gaukrodger says the organisation is extremely pleased with the level of interest in the new programmes.
“Temporary traffic management is such a vital part of any infrastructure or local civil works project. It’s the key project requirement that protects the safety of both workers and the public as they interact with a worksite. By managing that risk, it is also key to managing the timely and on-budget successful completion of a project.
“The three new micro-credentials extend the risk-based TTM offering to those implementing the strategies on-site where the risks are most immediate and visible to the public. It is essential that these teams are well-trained and confident in their ability to execute traffic safety plans. We’re excited to see all the hard work that’s gone into designing these micro-credentials be rolled out to support the safety of our workers and communities.”
Gaukrodger adds that the roll out of the TTM programmes is particularly timely given the Government’s prioritising of 149 Fast Track infrastructure projects.
“Those projects represent a huge undertaking for New Zealand’s infrastructure workforce and all stakeholders will be monitoring those initiatives for smooth, safe completion and the ability to keep the country moving around them as they’re delivered.
“This suite of micro-credentials may seem like a minor detail given the scale of some of those projects but having highly skilled staff able to effectively and safely plan and implement traffic management, working to a risk-based framework, will play a vital role in their successful execution,” she says.
To find out more about TTM micro-credentials, go to TTM page on our website or talk to a Connexis Customer Service Account Manager.