On 6 April 2017, new regulations come into force in England, The Street Works (Qualifications of Operatives and Supervisors) (England) Regulations 2016.
This has led to a change in certification for the Streetworks Excavation and Reinstatement qualification, where each of the 16 units can now be certificated.
There will now be two key certificates for operatives - Location & avoidance of underground apparatus and Signing, lighting and guarding. As well as two key certificates for supervisors - Location & avoidance of underground apparatus and Monitoring 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.
These qualifications are for those employed in carrying out and monitoring works on the highway and cover a range of skills from those who need to safeguard their work by signing lighting and guarding to carrying out excavation and re-instatement work. They are available for both operators and supervisors.
These qualifications provide routes to registration or re-registration on the Street Works Qualifications Register (SWQR) required under the New Roads and Streetworks Act 1991. Re-registration is required every 5 years.
Reassessed Excavation in the Road/Highway - Unit 022 or 522
Reassessed Location and Avoidance of Underground Apparatus - Unit 020 or 520
Reassessed Monitoring Excavation in the Road/Highway - Unit 030 or 530
Reassessed Monitoring Reinstatement and Compaction of Backfill Materials - Unit 031 or 531
Reassessed Monitoring Reinstatement in Bituminous materials - Unit 033 or 533
Reassessed Monitoring Reinstatement of Concrete Slab - Unit 034 or 534
Reassessed Monitoring Reinstatement of Modular Surfaces and Concrete Footways - Unit 035 or 535
Reassessed Monitoring Reinstatement of Sub-base and Roadbase in Non-bituminous Materials - Unit 032 or 532
Reassessed Monitoring Signing, Lighting and Guarding - Unit 029 or 529
Reassessed Reinstatement and Compaction of Backfill Materials - Unit 023 or 523
Reassessed Reinstatement in Cold-lay Bituminous Materials - Unit 025 or 525
Reassessed Reinstatement in Hot-lay Bituminous Materials - Unit 026 or 526
Reassessed Reinstatement of Concrete Slabs - Unit 027 or 527
Reassessed Reinstatement of Modular Surfaces and Concrete Footways - Unit 028 or 528
Reassessed Reinstatement of Sub-base and Roadbase in Non-bituminous Materials - Unit 024 or 524
Reassessed Signing, Lighting & Guarding - Unit 021 or 521
6157-02 re-assessments are suitable for operatives and supervisors who work on highways in England, are already registered on the SWQR and need to renew their registration.