NRSWA New Road & Street Works Training – Operative

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NRSWA New Road & Street Works Training – Operative

Total Qual. Time

5 Days

The New Roads and Street Works Act requires that anyone who executes, works for, or on behalf of a utility company, is qualified for the activities being carried out. Any street works site must have at least one qualified Operative on site at all times during the works and the site must have a qualified Supervisor appointed to the site who can oversee the works.

Who should attend

This course is suitable for those who carry out excavation, backfill and reinstatement in footpaths and highways using various materials

NRSWA Operative Course Duration: 5 days

NRSWA Operative Course Content

Unit 001 – Location and avoidance of underground apparatus

Unit 002 – Signing, lighting and guarding units

Unit 003 – Excavation in the road/highway

Unit 004 – Reinstatement and compaction of backfill materials

Unit 005 – Reinstatement of sub-base and road-base in non-bituminous materials

Unit 006 – Reinstatement of cold-lay bituminous materials

Unit 007 – Reinstatement of hot-lay bituminous materials

Unit 009 – Reinstatement of modular surfaces and concrete footways

There are two “key certificates” for operatives; Location & avoidance of underground apparatus; and 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.

Common combination of units for operatives:

Units 1 – 6 & 9 or;

Units 1 – 7 & 9 (This includes Hotlay Tarmac)

More information

NRSWA Operative Course Certification:

This is a nationally recognised qualification which is valid for a period of 5 years and a 2 day re-assessment is required prior to the expiry of the card issued upon successful completion of the original course.