New Roads and Street Works Training

This course is designed for operatives who carry out excavation, backfill and reinstatement of various materials for undertaking street works. The course aims to provide students with the skills and knowledge to perform operative duties to the standards prescribed by City & Guilds in-line with the NRSW Act 1991, in order to safeguard themselves and others.

The course consists of the following:

• Location of underground apparatus
• Signing, lighting & guarding
• Excavation in the highway
• Reinstatement of compaction and backfill materials
• Reinstatement of sub-base and road base non bituminous materials
• Reinstatement of cold-lay bituminous materials
• Reinstatement of hot-lay bituminous materials
• Reinstatement of concrete slabs
• Reinstatement of modular surfaces and concrete footways

Operatives Qualifications gained:

• Excavation in the highway (Units 1-3)
• Excavation, backfill & reinstatement of construction layers with a bituminous surface (Units 1-6)
• Reinstatement of construction layers in hot-lay and cold-lay bituminous materials (Units 1, 2, 6 & 7)
• Reinstatement of concrete slabs (Units 1, 2 & 8)
• Reinstatement of modular surfaces and concrete footways (Units 1, 2 & 9)

By the end of the course students will be able to:

• Summarise the requirements of the NRSW Act 1991
• Select appropriate personal protective and safety equipment as required to carry out street works activities
• Perform duties of each unit and/or qualification as prescribed by City & Guilds standards in-line with current legislation, and ACOP where applicable
• Provide a safe working environment for themselves and others

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