Street Works (CABWI)
Under the New Roads and Street Works Act (1991), the installation, renewal, maintenance and inspection of underground apparatus in any street or road must be undertaken by competent people.
The Street Works scheme provides the mechanism for recognising competence in excavation and reinstatement in the highway.
There are 16 units of competence in total; 9 units apply to operatives and 8 to supervisors. One of these units (Location and avoidance of underground apparatus) applies to both groups.
Street Works units:-
Operatives
- LA (Location and avoidance of underground apparatus) – Unit 1
- O1 (Signing, lighting and guarding) – Unit 2
- O2 (Excavation in the highway) – Unit 3
- O3 (Reinstatement and compaction of backfill materials) – Unit 4
- O4 (Reinstatement and compaction of sub base and base) – Unit 5
- O5 (Reinstatement of cold lay tarmac) – Unit 6
- O6 (Reinstatement of hot lay tarmac) – Unit 7
- O7 (Reinstatement of concrete slabs) – Unit 8
- O8 (Reinstatement of modular surfaces) – Unit 9
Supervisors:
- LA (Location and avoidance of underground apparatus) – Unit 1
- S1 (Monitoring Signing, lighting and guarding) – Unit 10
- S2 (Monitoring Excavation in the highway) – Unit 11
- S3 (Monitoring Reinstatement and compaction of backfill materials) – Unit 12
- S4 (Monitoring Reinstatement and compaction of sub base and base) – Unit 13
- S5 (Monitoring Reinstatement of bituminous materials) – Unit 14
- S7 (Monitoring Reinstatement of concrete slabs) – Unit 15
- S8 (Monitoring Reinstatement of modular surfaces) – Unit 16
If you don’t have access to the course material, then you may find these documents produced by NRSWA useful.
