Street Works Supervisor

This course is for Site Supervisors: Appointed personnel legally required to hold an NRSWA Qualification to oversee operatives on public highways.

It is also for New and Aspiring Supervisors: Professionals in civil engineering, utilities, or highways transitioning into a management or monitoring role and for Experienced Personnel: Workers looking to formally validate their knowledge or renew/upgrade their credentials.

Note: Supervisors monitor and inspect work quality and safety compliance; they do not perform the physical manual labor

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Who is the Course for?

The Street Works Supervisor training course (NRSWA Supervisor) is for individuals who plan, monitor, and oversee road, street, and highway excavation and reinstatement works, or those stepping into a supervisory role

Course Duration

The course is 5-days, including training, testing and practical assessments

Where

This course is delivered at our training centre in Redditch

Cost

The full 5-day course cost £675 plus VAT including the skills card

Course Content

Unit LA (Location and Avoidance of Underground Apparatus): Using utility plans, cable avoidance tools (CAT and Genny), and safe digging practices to locate buried services.

Unit S1 (Monitoring Signing, Lighting, and Guarding): Setting up safe temporary traffic management, pedestrian walkways, and warning signs according to the Code of Practice.

Unit S2 (Monitoring Excavation in the Highway): Overseeing safe excavation methods, dimensions, shoring, and categorizing excavated materials.

Unit S3 (Monitoring Reinstatement and Compaction of Backfill Materials): Checking backfill layers, layer depths, and compaction standards.

Unit S4 (Monitoring Reinstatement of Sub-base and Base in Non-Bituminous Materials): Supervising the correct placement and compaction of granular non-bituminous road layers.

Unit S5 (Monitoring Reinstatement in Bituminous Materials): Monitoring the laying, compaction, and cooling procedures for hot-lay and cold-lay tarmac/bituminous materials.

Unit S7 (Monitoring Reinstatement of Modular Surfaces and Concrete Footways): Checking the accurate relaying of paving blocks, concrete flags, and modular surfaces.