Streetworks/NRSWA

Streetworks training provides operatives and supervisors with the essential knowledge and practical skills required to work safely on public highways. Delivered in accordance with the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991, the training ensures individuals understand their legal responsibilities, safe systems of work, and how to protect both the workforce and the public during road and street activities.

The training covers a wide range of core topics, including signing, lighting and guarding, excavation techniques, backfilling, reinstatement, and traffic management. Learners are taught how to correctly set up and maintain safe working areas using guidance from the Safety at Street Works and Road Works Code of Practice, ensuring compliance with industry standards while minimising disruption to road users and pedestrians.

A strong emphasis is placed on hazard awareness, risk assessment, and environmental considerations. Candidates learn how to identify potential dangers such as underground services, unstable ground conditions, and live traffic, as well as how to implement control measures to reduce risks. This helps create safer working environments and supports consistent, high-quality work across the utilities and construction sectors.

Operative streetworks training is designed for those carrying out the physical tasks on site. It focuses on hands-on skills such as excavation, reinstatement, and the correct placement of signage and barriers. Operatives are trained to follow safe working practices, use equipment correctly, and work efficiently while maintaining compliance with legal and industry requirements.

Supervisor streetworks training is aimed at those responsible for overseeing works on site. It covers planning, monitoring, and ensuring that all activities are carried out safely and in line with regulations. Supervisors learn how to manage teams, carry out inspections, and ensure that works meet the required standards for safety, quality, and compliance.

The full streetworks qualification framework is made up of 16 units, covering both operative and supervisor roles. These include units for signing, lighting and guarding; excavation in the highway; reinstatement and compaction of backfill materials; reinstatement of sub-base and roadbase in both flexible and rigid constructions; and reinstatement of cold-lay and hot-lay bituminous materials. Additional units cover modular surfaces such as block paving and concrete slabs, as well as monitoring and overseeing works for supervisors, ensuring a comprehensive understanding of all aspects of streetworks operations.

Streetworks Units

LA – Location and Avoidance of Underground Apparatus (common to both operative & supervisor)