Volunteer Training – coming soon online!
Somerset Council is preparing a Highway Safety Awareness Course to enable people 
such as volunteers or locally skilled people to undertake agreed types of work safely 
in the vicinity of the highway with the appropriate risk assessment.
The course will be available online when fully developed, however, an interim solution 
is available as an in person course held locally. Please register your interest with the Parish Clerk.
The course content covers safety matters and risk assessment preparing the volunteer 
to work safely in the vicinity of the highway. The activities covered are considered low 
risk activities, and do not include working at height, manual handling, chemical 
hazards and traffic management signing lighting and guarding. 
The scope of the course covers the following activities:
• Minor sign maintenance
• Clearing weeds
• Grass cutting
• Hedge cutting
• Cleaning gullies of detritus
• General cleaning and sweeping
• Litter picking
In conjunction with the training course, a Highway Volunteer Handbook is now available. This handbook has been designed to provide simple guidance 
to volunteers working alongside and adjacent to the highway. 
It provides information on where to find support if an incident occurs, as well as 
guidance to help ensure all volunteers remain safe whilst helping to enhance the local 
highways.