12 Things to Know About Street Works Reassessment Training
Street works reassessment, also known as streetworks refresher training, is a required course for road workers seeking to renew their NRSWA Street works certificate, which is valid for five years. This training ensures that both street works operatives and supervisors are up to date on the latest rules, best practices and roadworks equipment.
If you are considering signing up for streetworks refresher training, have a look at some of these twelve top useful facts that every road works worker should know.
1. Purpose and Frequency
Streetworks refresher training is normally done every five years to ensure that road workers remain knowledgeable, compliant, and safe in road works.
2. Mandatory Requirement
The Street works operatives and supervisors course is a mandatory requirement for all road workers.
3. Assessment Topics
Delegates can expect a range of assessment topics covering the latest health and safety guidelines, road works regulations and operational procedures.
4. Format
The street works reassessment training program typically lasts two days and blends classroom instruction with hands-on evaluations. Participants will engage in group activities and lessons conducted in the classroom. Throughout the course, which is supplemented by video materials. A combination of supervisors and operators may be present in an NRSWA training group. Within the general framework, sessions will be varied to enable the candidate’s most efficient progress.
5. Location
Our Street Works Reassessment Training is available at our technical centre in Bordesley Green, located just a short distance from Birmingham City Centre and outside the clean air zone. We offer ample roadside parking and have local food amenities nearby. Training is also available at our centres in Boldmere (Birmingham), Walsall, and Nottingham.
6. Modules
The training consists of multiple modules, each designed to address various aspects of street works; for Operatives, it focuses on reinstatement and carrying out the work, and for Supervisors, on monitoring and managing the street works.
Please note, the reassessment modules and criteria may vary depending on what it is you require to refresh and requalify in.
Location and avoidance of underground services: Monitoring or carrying out Signing, lighting and guarding; coordination procedures and code of practice.
- Monitoring or Excavation in the highway; specifications, techniques, road types, materials.
- Monitoring or reinstatement and compaction of backfill materials.
- Monitoring or reinstatement of non-bituminous sub-base and road-base materials.
- Monitoring or carrying out laying practices and reinstatement of bituminous materials; specification and types of materials.
- Monitoring or reinstatement of modular surfaces and concrete highways.
7. Preparation
Preparation is not mandatory for a street works refresher course, but delegates can review relevant materials and guidelines online.
8. Renewal
Upon completion of the training, delegates can renew their Street Works Qualifications Register Card (SWQR) for another five years. In addition to your CAWBI accredited certificate of attendance (Operative, or Supervisors).
9. Cost
Our street works reassessment training costs £325 excluding VAT for the full two-day refresher course.
10. Certificate Registration
Upon successfully completing the course, we will register you for your Street Works Qualifications Register Card (SWQR) and confirm individual achievements with CABWI (Awarding Body for NRSWA).
11. Failure Protocol
If you fail the Street Works Operatives or Supervisor course, you’ll get feedback on where you fell short. Sometimes, you can retake the failed parts immediately. For more serious issues, you may need extra training and a later reassessment. You won’t get your certification until you’ve passed all sections.
12. Course Content
Remember, the aim of the Street Works Reassessment Training is to refresh key skills in excavation, tool use, and health and safety compliance while updating knowledge of the latest NRSWA regulations. The course includes theoretical assessments to test competency and ensure legal compliance in street works tasks.
The importance of streetworks refresher training
Ultimately, the aim of this re-assessment training is to ensure that skills and knowledge comply with the latest NRSWA regulations and that road workers adhere to health and safety practices. The training promotes safety on the job and establishes standards for road workers. Refresher or reassessment courses for both operatives and supervisors help minimise risks, avoid potential accidents, and maintain the standards of public roadways.
