Course Overview
This course aims to provide a sound understanding of the techniques of Street Works excavation, backfill and re-instatement. It complies with the mandatory requirements of the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991.
Who should attend
This Certification is for operatives who carry out excavation and reinstatement of various materials as part of their job in street works.
Course outline
- Unit LA - Location and Avoidance of Underground Apparatus.
- Unit O1 - Signing, Lighting and Guarding.
- Unit O2 - Excavation in the Highway.
- Unit O3 - Reinstatement and Compaction of Backfill Materials.
- Unit O4 - Reinstatement of Sub-Base and Road Base in Non-Bituminous Materials.
- Unit O5 - Reinstatement in Cold-Lay Bituminous Materials.
- Unit O8 - Reinstatement of Modular Surfaces.
At the end of the course candidates will:
Receive multiple CABWI Certificates and a Street Works Qualification Register (SWQR) Card.
CABWI - Awarding body for the water and utilities industry
SWQR - Street Works Qualifications Register
NRSWA - New Roads and Street Works Act 1991