The Connecticut Department of Transportation requires all uniformed flaggers to be trained and certified by one of the department’s approved programs. A training course for Connecticut law enforcement personnel has been adapted from the FHWA Work Zone Training Law Enforcement Course, Publication FHWA-SA-06-04, and recommended by the Connecticut Highway Work Zone Safety Advisory Council established in 2008. Connecticut General Statutes Section 14-212f states that “The Highway Work Zone Safety Advisory Council established by section 14-212e shall develop a program curriculum and shall make available and recommend such curriculum to the Division of State Police, the Police Officer Standards and Training Council and each municipal police department.” The training is not mandatory but law enforcement agencies and academies are “encouraged to provide in each basic or review police training program conducted or administered by said division or council or by such department, training on highway work zone safety that includes, but is not limited to, the following: (1) Enforcement of statutory provisions concerning endangerment of a highway worker, as defined in section 14-212d; (2) techniques for handling incidents of unsafe driving in a highway work zone; (3) risks associated with unsafe driving in a highway work zone; (4) safe traffic control practices set forth in the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways published by the Federal Highway Administration under 23 CFR 655, Subpart F, as amended, such as the wearing of high-visibility safety apparel and the proper locating and positioning of law enforcement officers working in a highway work zone; and (5) general guidelines, standards and applications set forth in said manual, including, but not limited to, training on the proper use of traffic control devices and signs, and annual refresher training on such guidelines, standards and applications.”
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No and the test is open book BUT you may want to practice the demonstration portion of the exam. At the end of the class you must demonstrate how to Stop, Slow, and Release traffic, this is 50% of your grade, if you
fail this, you fail the class. It is not necessary to know the answers in the practice session before the class, the answers will be provided during the class.
You will have an opportunity to practice positioning the flagger again, after the course and right before the exam. You should focus on answering these correctly.
Make sure you have about 4-hours to complete the course and exam.
You will be provided a temporary certification good for 30 days that can be printed or saved by you and your supervisor. We will print and mail your official wallet card within a few days. Now as for the USPS, please allow up to 2 weeks for mail delivery.
Testing times can vary based on the individual’s familiarity with computers. For most students it will take between 3.5-4 hours.
If the student fails the WRITTEN part of the test, there are no test only retakes. The student must retake the WHOLE COURSE again. An additional purchase is not required
If you fail the DEMONSTRATION part of the test, you should review and practice the demonstration and then select the Retake Demonstration button. Please slow down, be more careful, honestly, there are no trick questions.
Important: During the DEMONSTRATION SECTION you can only make two mistakes and still pass. If you make a third mistake you fail and you will have to retake the DEMONSTRATION (not course) again. This
section is graded like strikes in baseball, third strike you are out.