PREVENT - Develop a training programme to improve network zone safety |
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The scope of the project PREVENT was to provide appropriate training to the main actors involved in work zone accidents: the workers and the drivers. To achieve this, PREVENT has developed dedicated and life-long vocational training schemes for highway repair and maintenance worker training personnel, and driving instructors. The ultimate goal of PREVENT was to increase safety around work zones and reduce the number or work zone related accidents. PREVENT learning actions are still aimed at SMEs and in particular at driver training schools and their unions. |
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Added value for SMEs PREVENT brings numerous benefits to the economy and society and still has the following impacts: - Enhance highway repair and maintenance worker training personnel training skills with state-of-the-art educational tools, technical material and knowledge regarding the appropriate ways to position temporary traffic controls and divert traffic around work zones in a way that minimizes the potential for accidents. This results in the proper, specialized training of highway workers on work zone safety and has the potential to reduce the accident risk around work zones. - Assist driving instructors in acquiring new skills and tools to educate drivers on work zone safety and driver behaviour. The objective of this educational program is to alert drivers as to what to expect and how to behave as they approach a work zone, minimizing their perception-reaction time and aggravation, and reducing the accident risk. |
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Download the project description in PDF. |
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More information: http://www.hit.certh.gr/prevent/ |
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