Streetworks Refresher Training (NRSWA)
Under the New Roads and Street Works Act (1991) (NRSW) the installation, renewal, maintenance, and inspection of underground apparatus in any street or road must be undertaken by competent people. The Street Works scheme is a recognised licence to practice showing competence in the excavation and reinstatement of the road/highway. It allows competent persons who are in possession of a valid Street Works card to be in control of works being carried out.
The Act requires a qualified operative to be on site at all times, when street works are in progress. It also requires that the site is supervised by a person who holds the relevant supervisor certificates.
We offer a complete suite of Street Works qualifications for operatives and supervisors working on the roads/highways. These qualifications meet the legislative requirements that apply to your main country of work across all devolved nations.
When do my certificates expire?
Street Works certificates* are valid for 5 years after which they require to be renewed as per the legislation covering your main country of work. For England and Scotland, it is via Re-assessment and for Wales and Northern Ireland it is Re-registration.
What is Re-assessment? (England and Scotland)
Candidates attend a training/assessment centre to undertake a series of multiple-choice on-line examinations covering each of the certificates they currently hold.
The examinations contain 20 questions with a pass mark of 80%. There is no training element to these, but a candidate can choose to undergo training if they so wish, prior to the examinations.
What is Re-registration? (Wales and Northern Ireland)
For candidates working in Wales and Northern Ireland, there is no multiple-choice examination.
Candidates submit an application form, along with the relevant fee and a passport style photograph, to the Street Works Qualifications Register and their certificate registration will be renewed for a further 5 years.
Renewal is only permitted up to a maximum of 3 months after the current certificate expiration date. If left any later than this, Operatives and Supervisors can either undergo the initial assessment again or undergo Re-assessment as in England and Scotland.
If they choose to use Re-assessment to update their certificates, they will no longer be able to Re-register as before and must continue to Re-assess in the future.
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*See card renewal
Mandatory Re-assessed Units for Operatives
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Mandatory Re-assessed Units for Supervisor
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England and Scotland
If you work in England and/or Scotland you have to take a re-assessment with a Centre. The re-assessment can be taken between the first year of the ID card life and up to five years after the card has expired. The application form must be submitted to us before the end of the 5 year cut off. If the application is received after this date, it can no longer be processed, regardless of when the re-assessment/s were certificated.
For information on centres in your local area please contact any or all of the Awarding Organisations listed above.
Please note - once the expiry date on the card has passed, the card is no longer valid and must be renewed.