New Roads & Street Works Act (NRSWA) Re-assessment Operatives

Course Overview

Street Works requalification course covering legislation knowledge required to carry out highways reinstatement work in line with NRSWA.

Who should attend 

The reassessments are for anyone that wishes to continue to work on the roads, and whose current qualifications are due to or have recently expired. The course is generally designed for those with streetworks experience.

Course outline

You will be refreshed in the units you currently hold, which could include one, some or all of the below. 

• LA – Location & avoidance of underground apparatus
• O1 – Signing, lighting and guarding
• O2  – Excavation in the highway
• O3  – Reinstatement & compaction of backfill materials
• O4  – Reinstatement of sub base & road in non bituminous materials
• O5  – Reinstatement of cold-lay bituminous materials
• O6  – Reinstatement of hot lay bituminous materials
• O7  – Reinstatement of concrete slabs
• O8  – Reinstatement of modular surfaces and concrete footway

At the end of the course:

After successful completion of the course you will be awarded a new certificate from the awarding body CABWI. Your refreshed qualification will then be registered on the Street Works Qualifications Register (SWQR), and you will receive a new SWQR ID card.

CABWI – Awarding body for the water and utilities industry 

SWQR – Street Works Qualifications Register 

NRSWA – New Roads and Street Works Act 1991