Streetworks qualifications are for those employed in carrying out and monitoring works on the highway and cover a range of skills from those who need to safeguard their work by signing lighting and guarding to carrying out excavation and reinstatement work. They are available for both operators and supervisors.
These qualifications provide routes to registration or re-registration on the Street Works Qualifications Register (SWQR) required under the New Roads and Streetworks Act 1991. Re-registration is required every 5 years. On 6 April 2017, new regulations came into force in England, The Street Works (Qualifications of Operatives and Supervisors) (England) Regulations 2016. This has led to a change in certification for the Streetworks Excavation and Reinstatement qualification, where each of the 16 units can now be certificated. There will now be two “key certificates” for operatives; Location & avoidance of underground apparatus; and Signing, lighting, and guarding. As well as two “key certificates” for supervisors; Location & avoidance of underground apparatus; and Monitoring signing, lighting, and guarding. As long as you hold the key certificates, you can choose to hold as many or as few of the other units to suit the work that you do. Please note there have been no further changes to the units or assessments at this time. These changes will not affect your existing certificates or street works cards, and they will remain valid until they expire.
These qualifications provide routes to registration or re-registration on the Street Works Qualifications Register (SWQR) required under the New Roads and Streetworks Act 1991. Re-registration is required every 5 years. On 6 April 2017, new regulations came into force in England, The Street Works (Qualifications of Operatives and Supervisors) (England) Regulations 2016. This has led to a change in certification for the Streetworks Excavation and Reinstatement qualification, where each of the 16 units can now be certificated. There will now be two “key certificates” for operatives; Location & avoidance of underground apparatus; and Signing, lighting, and guarding. As well as two “key certificates” for supervisors; Location & avoidance of underground apparatus; and Monitoring signing, lighting, and guarding. As long as you hold the key certificates, you can choose to hold as many or as few of the other units to suit the work that you do. Please note there have been no further changes to the units or assessments at this time. These changes will not affect your existing certificates or street works cards, and they will remain valid until they expire.
Operative
- LA: Location and Avoidance of Underground Apparatus.
- Unit 01: Signing, Lighting and Guarding.
- Unit 02: Excavation in the Highway.
- Unit 03: Reinstatement and Compaction of Backfill Materials.
- Unit 04: Reinstatement of sub-base and road base in non-bituminous materials.
- Unit 05: Reinstatement in cold-lay bituminous materials.
- Unit 06: Reinstatement in hot-lay bituminous materials.
Assessments of the following additional units can be added at any time and available upon request.
- Unit 07: Reinstatement of concrete slabs.
- Unit 08: Reinstatement of modular surfaces and concrete footways
Supervisor
- LA: Location and Avoidance of Underground Apparatus.
- Unit S1: Monitor Signing, Lighting, and Guarding.
- Unit S2: Monitor Excavation in the Highway.
- Unit S3: Monitor Reinstatement and Compaction of Backfill Materials.
- Unit S4: Monitor Reinstatement of sub-base and road base in non-bituminous materials.
- Unit S5: Monitor Reinstatement in bituminous materials.
Assessments of the following additional units can be added at any time and available upon request.
- Unit 06: Monitor Reinstatement of concrete slabs.
- Unit 08: Monitor Reinstatement of modular surfaces and concrete footways
Useful Links
- For further information on Streetworks: http://www.dft.gov.uk/ha/standards/mchw/index.htm
- You can change your alert options and set a reminder for card expiry at any time on the Street Works site
