Street Works Operatives

A New Roads and Street Works Act Operative training course covers the legal duties, safety guidelines, and practical skills required to excavate, backfill, and reinstate roads and highways.

The course is a blend of classroom training and multiple-choice tests, with practical training and assessment

Successful candidates will gain their SterrtWorks Operatives Skills Card

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Course Details

Who is the course for?

Course Duration

The full course is 5-day, including training, practical assessments and test

Where

This training is delivered at our training centre in Redditch

Cost

The full 5-day Street Works Operatives course including card if £675 plus VAT

Course Content

The content for the Operatives’ New Roads and Street Works Act (NRSWA) training course includes

Unit 1 (LA) – Location and avoidance of underground apparatus: Safe use of locating devices to identify buried services, cables, and pipes.
Unit 2 (O1) – Signing, lighting and guarding: Setting up safe temporary traffic management, pedestrian walkways, and warning signs around the site.
Unit 3 (O2) – Excavation in the highway: Safe digging techniques, breaking surface layers, and supporting excavations.
Unit 4 (O3) – Reinstatement and compaction of backfill materials: Correctly filling excavations and compacting layers to specification.
Unit 5 (O4) – Reinstatement of sub-base and road base in non-bituminous materials: Laying and compacting non-bituminous foundational layers.
Unit 6 (O5) – Reinstatement in cold-lay bituminous materials: Applying and compacting cold-lay asphalt products.
Unit 9 (O8) – Reinstatement of modular surfaces and concrete footways: Re-laying block paving, slabs, and footways.

The content for the Supervisor’s New Roads and Street Works Act (NRSWA) training course includes

Unit 1 (LA) – Location and Avoidance of Underground Apparatus
Unit 2 (S1) – Monitoring Signing, Lighting and Guarding
Unit 3 (S2) – Monitoring Excavation in the Highway
Unit 4 (S3) – Monitoring Reinstatement and Compaction of Backfill
Unit 5 (S4) – Monitoring Reinstatement of Sub-base and Road Base in Non-Bituminous Materials
Unit 6 (S5) – Monitoring Reinstatement in Bituminous Materials
Unit 7 (S7) – Monitoring Reinstatement of Modular Surfaces and Concrete Footways