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This course is offered as part of Road Safety School, Good Roads’ four-day training event dedicated to road safety practice in Ontario. Road Safety School brings together municipal professionals from across the province for a shared day of Safe System learning followed by three days of specialized, discipline-specific training.
Road Safety School opens on Tuesday, October 6 with a full-day Safe System Principles Workshop led by Kenn Beer, attended by all participants. You will gain the foundational context for understanding how all the Road Safety School courses support Vision Zero goals and the Safe System approach. That context is central to everything in the three days that follow.
Starting Wednesday, October 7, you move into three intensive days of Road Safety Audit training. A road safety audit is a formal examination of a future or existing road project in which a qualified team identifies conditions with the potential to cause crashes. It is not a compliance check. Standards are not always written with safety as a primary objective, and adherence to them does not guarantee safe outcomes. A Road Safety Audit goes further, considering the safety of all users and making specific recommendations to remove or reduce risk.
The course combines theory, practical exercises, and fieldwork. On Day 3, participants travel by bus to real road sites to conduct a live audit in small groups. Teams then return to prepare a mock Road Safety Audit report and present their findings to the full group.
Registration covers the full four-day program including continental breakfast, lunch, and refreshments each day.
No formal prerequisites. A professional background in transportation, engineering, or planning is helpful but not required.
Kenn Beer, BEng (Hons), MPIA, RPEng, RPEQ, RPEV
Kenn is the Principal Engineer of Safe System Solutions Pty Ltd - a specialist road safety engineering consultancy and is a world leader in applied road safety engineering. Before founding Safe System Solutions Pty Ltd in 2013, Kenn worked for VicRoads (the Victorian road authority) in a variety of roles including Manager Planning, Manager Program Development and Team Leader Road Safety Engineering. During his career Kenn has undertaken over 400 Road Safety Audits on some of the world’s most high profile and complex infrastructure projects. Kenn has been the lead trainer for road safety technical training courses in Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Thailand, The Philippines and the USA. Austroads appointed Kenn as the specialist technical advisor for SAG2060 and SAG6221 – updating the Guide to Road Safety Part 6: Road Safety Audit, and he led the update to the Austroads Guide to Road Safety Part 2: Safe Roads. Kenn is a registered road safety engineer, Senior Road Safety Auditor and transport planner, with further qualifications in training and assessment. Listen to Kenn Beer as he discusses Road Safety Audits with Thomas and Jared of the Good Roads Podcast: https://youtu.be/QO6U4m56zjg
Question:
Do I need an engineering background to attend?
Answer:
The course is designed for a range of professionals including engineers, planners, and road safety practitioners. A technical background is helpful but not required.
Question:
Will I be a certified Road Safety Auditor after completing this course?
Answer:
Road Safety Auditor is not a regulated profession in Ontario. Upon successful completion of this course, you are eligible to register with Good Roads as a Road Safety Auditor and be placed on our registry.
Question:
Does the course include fieldwork?
Answer:
Yes. The course combines classroom instruction, practical exercises, and fieldwork.
