GUIDELINES
AND APPLICATION FORM
FOR
SENIOR ROAD SAFETY AUDITOR
PREQUALIFICATION
Edition: July 2012
DPTI SENIOR ROAD SAFETY AUDITOR PREQUALIFICATION
GUIDELINES
Disclaimer
Other persons and organisations seeking to deal with a Department of Planning, Transport
and Infrastructure (DPTI) prequalified Senior Road Safety Auditor must rely on their own
independent enquiries and judgment. DPTI and its officers, employees and agents do not
represent that any prequalified Senior Road Safety Auditor is technically, financially or
otherwise sound.
This Guideline outlines the minimum requirements of DPTI and Austroads ‘Guide to Road
Safety, Part 6, Road Safety Audit, section 2.5 Experience’. DPTI reserves the right to amend
and tailor these requirements or any of the processes outlined in this Guideline as
appropriate at any time without notice.
To the extent permitted by law, DPTI and its officers, employees and agents are not liable for
any costs, loss, damage or injury (howsoever caused) incurred by any person as a result of
the exercise of the discretion, without the provision of reason, to grant or cancel a senior
road safety auditors prequalification.
1. Introduction
Organisations who undertake road safety auditing on behalf or for the consideration of DPTI
must as a minimum employ the services of a DPTI prequalified Senior Road Safety Auditor.
DPTI’s prequalification is to ensure that road safety audits undertaken by an audit team on
behalf or for the consideration of the department are guided by a team leader (Senior Road
Safety Auditor) who satisfies the minimum requirements of Austroads ‘Guide to Road Safety,
Part 6, Road Safety Audit, section 2.5 Experience’.
Note that prequalification is not a measure of the accuracy or quality of a Senior Road Safety
Auditors work. DPTI and its officers, employees and agents do not represent that any
prequalified senior road safety auditor is technically, financially or otherwise sound.
Once prequalified, a Senior Road Safety Auditor must maintain their professional experience
by undertaking at least one road safety audit per year.
2. Minimum Prequalification Requirements
Applicants must attach a copy of their certificate demonstrating successful completion of an
appropriate road safety audit training course of at least two days and confirm that they have:
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at least five years experience in a relevant road design, road construction or traffic
engineering field, &
undertaken at least five formal road safety audits, including at least three at design
stages.
3. Maintenance of Prequalification
To retain prequalification, it is the responsibility of each prequalified Senior Road Safety
Auditor to annually undertake at least one road safety audit and advise the Manager, Traffic
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and Access Standards by completing and signing the attached annual maintenance form
prior to 30 June. Prequalified Senior Road Safety Auditors failing to forward their annual
maintenance form prior to 30 June annually may have their prequalification cancelled without
notice.
4. Application for Prequalification
Applications for prequalification must be addressed to:
Manager, Traffic & Access Standards Section
[email protected]
Enquiries may be made to:
Unit Manager, Statewide Traffic Operations
Phone: (08) 8343 2166
5. No Guarantee of Work
Prequalification is not to be construed as a guarantee of work. Prequalification only
determines a Senior Road Safety Auditors eligibility to consider for work (e.g. tender), subject
to meeting any further requirements.
6. Publication of Prequalification Status
Once prequalified, the Senior Road Safety Auditor will be listed on the following web site:
http://www.dpti.sa.gov.au/documents/contractsandtenders/prequalification.
Prequalified Senior Road Safety Auditors may also seek prequalification by DPTI to be a
restricted access vehicle (RAV) route assessor. Refer to the above link.
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APPLICATION/ANNUAL MAINTENANCE FORM
Auditor Full Name:
…………………………………………………………………………………
Company Name:
…………………………………………………………………………………
Australian Business Number:
ABN……………………………………ACN………………………………
Address of Registered Office:
…………………………………………………………………………………
Postal Address:
…………………………………………………………………………………
Telephone:
…………………………………………………………………………………
Mobile:
…………………………………………………………………………………
Fax:
…………………………………………………………………………………
E-mail:
…………………………………………………………………………………
Applicants must attach a copy of their certificate demonstrating successful completion of
an approved road safety audit training course.
I ............................................... declare that in accordance with Austroads ‘Guide to Road Safety,
Part 6, Road Safety Audit’ that I have at least five years experience in a relevant road design, road
construction or traffic engineering field and have undertaken at least five formal road safety audits
as part of an audit team (which includes at least one DPTI prequalified Senior Road Safety
Auditor), including at least three at design stages.
Signed:
……………………………………
Date: ………………….
Maintenance of Prequalification
To retain prequalification, it is the responsibility of each prequalified Senior Road Safety Auditor to
annually undertake at least one road safety audit and advise the Manager, Traffic and Access
Standards by completing this form and signing the following declaration prior to 30 June each year.
Auditors failing to do so will have their prequalification cancelled without notice.
I ............................................... declare that in accordance with DPTI and Austroads ‘Guide to
Road Safety, Part 6, Road Safety Audit’ that I have personally undertaken as part of an audit team
at least one road safety audit within the past 12 months and wish to remain on DPTI’s prequalified
list of Senior Road Safety Auditors.
Signed:
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Date: ………………….
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