Business View Oceania | Volume 3, Issue 12

41 42 BUSINESS VIEW OCEANIA VOLUME 3, ISSUE 12 BUSINESS VIEW OCEANIA VOLUME 3, ISSUE 12 TRAFF I C MANAGEMENT ASSOC I AT ION OF AUSTRAL I A ( TMAA) companies are appropriately qualified, compliant with safety regulations, conditions and financially viable. TMAA also encourages industry stakeholders and government to invest heavily in innovative technologies and safety measures, to further streamline the traffic management process and keep traffic controllers out of the line of fire on roads and sites. High-visibility signage, safety barriers, traffic lights, TMAs etc are some of the current innovations being used. Ms Van Ristell shares. “What we want to see is a lot more technology on our roads directing cars, and therefore a lot less people putting themselves at risk. The statistics for workplace accidents, injuries, and fatalities on our roads are frightening. And this is why we are working really hard in our advocacy and awareness space, to not only lobby government for regulation development and support, but also to educate the public around the importance of their safe conduct when they interact with a traffic managed area.” TMAA would like to conclude with their thanks to their members and vital industry partners, including SARAH Group, AfPA, Roads Australia, the Civil Contractors Federation (CCF), RIAA, Austroads, ARRB, Standards Australia, and Australian government and road authorities. Moving forward, TMAA will continue to work collaboratively with their members and industry partners across their four pillars of action towards the eventual realisation of a safe and zero harm traffic management industry across Australia. management companies, to help cross border access to qualified staff and consistency of training and accreditation. Mrs. Van Ristell explains, “We have no lack of work, thanks to the pandemic’s infrastructure upgrade and project innovation boom. What we do have a shortage of staff to facilitate the work. And while some areas may have enough people to fill those spots for others, training in each state is different. So, if a traffic controller lives in Northern New South Wales, they may not be able to go into Southern Queensland to help out on a job. That’s a real problem because it not only prevents our traffic controllers from supplementing their income with interstate work; it also means we have a number of job sites across Australia that are severely understaffed.” As well as training and qualification uniformity, TMAA is working with Austroads, to develop a national pre-qualification scheme through which government and buyers of traffic management services can ensure traffic management