NRSWA Street Works Training
& Reassessments
Get your SWQR Card. Accredited training for Operatives and Supervisors.
The Essentials
These core units are required for both Operative and Supervisor qualifications.
Location & Avoidance of Underground Apparatus
Cat & Genny training for safe excavation around buried services including gas, electric, water, and telecoms.
- Using Cable Avoidance Tools (CAT)
- Signal Generator operation
- Interpreting service plans
Signing, Lighting & Guarding
Setting up traffic management, cones, barriers, and temporary traffic lights to Chapter 8 standards.
- Chapter 8 compliance
- Traffic control equipment
- Night work requirements
Choose Your Qualification Path
Select your role to view the relevant training units.
Operative Units
The "hands-on" units – for those carrying out the physical work on site.
Safe excavation techniques including trench support, shoring methods, and working in confined spaces. Covers hand and mechanical excavation methods.
Proper backfilling techniques and compaction methods. Includes material selection, layer depths, and achieving the required compaction standards.
Laying sub-base materials to specification. Covers Type 1, Type 2, and other approved materials with correct compaction and level tolerances.
Tarmac and asphalt reinstatement techniques. Includes surface preparation, material application, and achieving a flush finish with existing surfaces.
Working with hot-applied asphalt and bituminous materials. Covers safe handling of hot materials, application techniques, and achieving specification compliance.
Reinstatement using concrete and concrete slabs. Includes formwork, mixing, pouring, curing requirements, and achieving correct surface finishes.
Reinstating paving blocks, slabs, and other modular surfaces. Covers pattern matching, cutting techniques, and proper bedding and jointing.
Supervisor Units
Monitoring units – for those overseeing and inspecting the work on site.
Supervising excavation work and ensuring compliance with safety standards. Includes inspection of trench support, shoring methods, and documentation requirements.
Overseeing backfill reinstatement and compaction work. Covers quality checks on material selection, layer depths, and achieving required compaction standards.
Supervising sub-base and roadbase reinstatement using non-bituminous materials. Includes inspection of Type 1, Type 2, and other approved materials with correct compaction and level tolerances.
Overseeing cold-lay and hot-lay bituminous reinstatement work. Includes temperature monitoring, quality inspection, surface preparation checks, and compliance verification.
Supervising concrete slab reinstatement work. Includes inspection of formwork, mixing, pouring, curing requirements, and achieving correct surface finishes.
Supervising paving blocks, slabs, and modular surface reinstatement including concrete footways. Covers quality standards, pattern matching inspection, bedding, jointing, and final sign-off.
Reassessments
Streetworks qualifications must be renewed periodically to remain valid on the SWQR register. We offer reassessment training for all operative and supervisor units.
Operative Reassessments
- RLA Location & Avoidance of Underground Apparatus
- RO1 Signing, Lighting & Guarding
- RO2 Excavation in the Road/Highway
- RO3 Reinstatement & Compaction of Backfill Materials
- RO4 Reinstatement of Sub-base & Roadbase in Non-bituminous Materials
- RO5 Reinstatement in Cold-lay Bituminous Materials
- RO6 Reinstatement in Hot-lay Bituminous Materials
- RO7 Reinstatement of Concrete Slabs
- RO8 Reinstatement of Modular Surfaces & Concrete Footways
Supervisor Reassessments
- RLA Location & Avoidance of Underground Apparatus
- RS1 Monitoring Signing, Lighting & Guarding
- RS2 Monitoring Excavation in the Road/Highway
- RS3 Monitoring Reinstatement & Compaction of Backfill Materials
- RS4 Monitoring Reinstatement of Sub-base & Roadbase in Non-bituminous Materials
- RS5 Monitoring Reinstatement in Bituminous Materials
- RS6 Monitoring Reinstatement of Concrete Slabs
- RS7 Monitoring Reinstatement of Modular Surfaces & Concrete Footways
Reassessment candidates must already hold both mandatory units (LA & O1 or LA & S1) before reassessing additional units. Contact us to book your reassessment.
All our NRSWA training follows the "Safety at Street Works and Road Works: A Code of Practice"
The official Department for Transport guidance that all highway authorities expect contractors to follow.
Need a specific combination of units?
We can create a bespoke training package to meet your exact requirements. Whether you need individual units, group bookings, or on-site training – we're flexible.
