To become an authorized Work Zone Flagger Instructor, NSC requires that you first obtain NSC Flagger Novice Certification.
Upon acknowledgement of your Flagger Novice certification status, the National Safety Council has made it easy for you to become an Authorized Work Zone Flagger Instructor through our blended learning approach. To get started, take three (3) eLearning Modules produced in an interactive, web-based environment. You will learn about NSC, our proven-effective facilitation techniques as well as foundational training skills to deliver a successful Work Zone training program.
Upon completion of the eLearning modules you will then need to take the one-day (Module 4) Instructor Led Training portion. An authorized Work Zone Flagger Instructor Trainer will take you through the following agenda topics and objectives:
- About the Flagger Training
- Identifying the structure of the Flagger Training
- Define the MUTCD
- Role of Flaggers in a Work Zone and Working Safely
- Identify the role of flaggers in work zones
- Teach about safety equipment and flagging commands and signals
- Flagger Station and Operations
- Teach Flagger Station Setup and Procedures
- Outdoor Exercise and Evaluation
- Setting up the outdoor exercise using Parking Lot Diagram
- Pairs activity: one person demonstrates the skill and the other coaches then switch roles
- Prepare to Teach
- Sections are assigned and candidate instructors prepare to teach their section
- Teach Back - teach a section of the Flagger 4th Edition training