2022 Manitoba Workplace Safety and Health Act and Regulation

Use of warning signs
20.6.1 When an employer posts warning signs to advise persons that a
flagperson is present, the signs must
(a) have reflective surfaces; and
(b) be fluorescent yellow-green in colour.
M.R. 165/2012
Training certificate for flagpersons
20.6.2(1) The director may approve a person or organization to provide a
flagperson training program if the training program is consistent
with the requirements of flagperson training set out in subsection (2).
20.6.2(2) A flagperson training program must consist of a combination of in-
class coursework and practical application in the following:
(a) the requirements of
(i) the Manual of Temporary Traffic Control in Work Areas 
on City Streets referred to in City of Winnipeg Traffic By-
Law 1573/77, as it applies to flagpersons in the case of work
within the City of Winnipeg, or
(ii) the Manitoba Flagperson Training Manual issued by
Manitoba Infrastructure and Transportation, in the case of
work outside the City of Winnipeg;
(b) the impacts of environmental factors, including heat, cold, sun,
and hours of darkness;
(c) the use of personal protective clothing and equipment;
(d) working around heavy equipment;
(e) proper hand signal communication;
(f) communication with the travelling public, including responding
to aggressive drivers and violence prevention;
(g) positioning, signage and barrier usage;

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(h) identifying an escape route;
(i) reporting near misses and incidents;
(j) emergency procedures.
20.6.2(3) A person or organization that provides a training program that is
approved by the director must issue a certificate to a person who
successfully completes the program, and each such certificate must
(a) identify the person or organization that issued the certificate;
(b) specify the date it was issued and its expiry date, which must not
be more than three years after it was issued.
20.6.2(4) The director may, in a manner he or she determines, publish the
name and other relevant information of a person or organization
that provides a training program that is approved by the director.
M.R. 165/2012; 90/2014; 128/2019