Flagger training and certification requirements

From Minnesota Department of Transportation Special Provisions for all trunk highway construction projects:
“I Flagging Operations

I.1          Flaggers and Pilot Drivers must attend a training session taught by a MnDOT-Qualified Flagger Trainer. The trainer must have completed a ‘MnDOT Flagger Train the Trainer Session’ within the last five years and be on file as a qualified Trainer with MnDOT. Provide all flaggers with the MnDOT Flagging Handbook.  Flaggers must be in possession of the handbook while flagging on the Project. Furnish the signed ‘Checklist for Flagger Training’ or ‘Flagger Qualification Card’ to the Engineer any time a new flagger reports to work on the Project. The ‘Checklist for Flagger Training’ and other forms and information is found at: http://www.dot.state.mn.us/const/wzs/flagger.html“