NEW ROAD & STREETWORKS FOR OPERATIVES & SUPERVISORS
Operatives:
This course covers 3 days of training plus 2 days of technical tests and teaches the skills you need to carry out work to the standards of the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 – the legal framework for street works.
It is for new roads and street work operatives who:
- locate underground apparatus
- set up equipment for works in the highway
- carry out excavation, backfill and reinstatement
Course Content:
- Location and avoidance of underground apparatus
- Signing, lighting and guarding units
- Excavation in the road/highway
- Reinstatement and compaction of backfill materials
- Reinstatement of sub-base and road-base in non-bituminous materials
- Reinstatement of cold-lay bituminous materials
- Reinstatement of modular surfaces and concrete footways
Optional units, which need to be pre-booked:
- Reinstatement of hot-lay bituminous materials
- Reinstatement of concrete slabs
The course includes:
- Practical tasks and observation exercises
- Classroom-based theory including written assignments
- Operatives and supervisors learn on the same course to replicate a team environment
Qualification:
- City & Guilds certificate or SQA (Scottish Qualifications Authority)
- The Street Works Qualifications Register Card
Supervisors:
This course covers 3 days of training plus 2 days of technical tests and teaches the skills supervisors need to carry out work to the standards of the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 – the legal framework for street works.
It is for new roads and street work supervisors who:
- locate underground apparatus
- set up equipment for works in the highway
- carry out excavation, backfill and reinstatement
Course Content:
You will become competent in the supervision of manual excavation and reinstatement on the highway, including:
- Location and avoidance of underground services
- Monitoring signing, lighting and guarding; co-ordination procedures and code of practice
- Monitoring excavation in the highway; specifications, techniques, road types, materials
- Monitoring reinstatement and compaction of backfill materials
- Monitoring reinstatement of non-bituminous sub-base and road-base materials
- Monitoring laying practices and reinstatement of bituminous materials; specification and types of materials
- Monitoring reinstatement of modular surfaces and concrete highways.
The course includes:
- Practical tasks and observation exercises
- Classroom-based theory including written assignments
- Operatives and supervisors learn on the same course to replicate a team environment
Qualifications:
- City & Guilds 6156/01 or SQA (Scottish Qualifications Authority)
- The Street Works Qualifications Register Card.
Categorised in: Roadworks / Utilities / Excavation