NRSWA New Roads & Street Works for Operatives:

(New Roads & Street Works Act 1991)

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Achieve the skills and knowledge to carry out work in compliance with the NRSW Act 1991 and join the Street Works Qualifications Register.

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Who’s it for?

The NRSWA Street Works for Operatives training course is for operatives who locate underground apparatus, set up equipment for works within the highway, or carry out excavation, backfill and reinstatement using cold-lay bituminous materials.

What qualification will I achieve?

On successful completion of the NRSWA training course candidates will have the skills and knowledge to carry out work to the standards required by the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991. This is the legal framework for street works.

You will receive a SCOTVEC card. Your details will also be added to the SWQR “The Street Works Act 1991 (NRSWA).

The SWQR is maintained in Glasgow, at the invitation of the Department for Transport. The SWQR holds details of qualified Supervisors and Operatives who have gained the appropriate qualifications in relation to the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 (NRSWA).

Operative units

  • Location and Avoidance of Underground Apparatus (001)
  • Signing, Lighting and Guarding (002)
  • Excavation in the Road/Highway (003)
  • Reinstatement and Compaction of Backfill Materials (004)
  • Reinstatement of Sub-base and Roadbase in Non-Bituminous Materials (005)
  • Reinstatement in Cold-lay Bituminous Materials (006)
  • Reinstatement in Hot-lay Bituminous Materials (007)
  • Reinstatement of Concrete Slabs (008)
  • Reinstatement of Modular Surfaces and Concrete Footways (009)

Entry requirement checklist

In some instances, we may offer you additional training to ensure that you are at the required level to undertake the training.

A reasonable level of mobility

The ability to lift and move loads of 25kg

A good understanding of spoken and written English

Assessment and exams

  • Practical tasks and observation exercises
  • Electronic multiple-choice assessments

Duration

  • Five days

Delivery locations

  • Customer Site - Site must adhere to SQA specifications
  • Corby, Northamptonshire
  • Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
  • Birmingham, Midlands
  • Reading, Berkshire

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