What training does a Traffic Officer receive?
Training is undertaken over a period of time. Firstly 4 weeks in a classroom, learning about • our role • the theory of traffic management • the law • handling and giving evidence • health and safety • people skills • diversity and first aid A further week is then spent on a “mock” motorway at either Throckmorton, or Alconbury airfields, putting skills learned into practice. This is followed by a further week of advanced driver training out on a variety of roads, and also learning to safely carry out manoevers such as reversing up hard shoulders, reversing onto observation platforms and using emergency crossing points and access roads, which most motorists don’t even know exist! This is then followed by a period of work spent restricted to duties on the hard shoulder. Traffic officers then undergo a period of “live lane” assessment with an external assessor (mostly retired traffic police officers), before becoming “designated” and able to work in live lanes, using their legal powers in
