Course Description
Is the Signing Lighting and Guarding course accredited by an official body?
In most cases the awarding body (NRSWA) will audit the centre to ensure the correct standard of teaching. Visit NRSWA web site
What is the NRSWA - Signing Lighting and Guarding course?
Category: Street-Works
Level: Beginner
The NRSWA signing, lighting and guarding (SLG) Operative Unit 2 course is designed to improve the skillset of operatives who work on the roadways and use road signs and traffic lights to protect motorists, pedestrians and the workforce on the highway.
Signing, Lighting and Guarding teaches delegates how to carry out daily tasks in lighting and guarding systems. It will enable you to take adequate measures to minimise any inconvenience to the general public, and to maintain a safe environment for the public, pedestrians, vehicles and members of the streetworks team.
How long is the NRSWA - Signing Lighting and Guarding certificate valid for?
The NRSWA Signing Lighting and Guarding course certificate has 5 years validity.
It is recommended that you check with your course tutor for information on NRSWA - Signing Lighting and Guarding refresher courses and their recommended frequency or the next step qualification.
Who is the NRSWA - Signing Lighting and Guarding course designed for?
The NRSWA signing, lighting and guarding (SLG) Operative Unit 2 course is for anyone who anyone who needs to set up signs, lighting or guarding on the road. It is designed for all personnel employed by local authorities, utilities and their contractors for the purpose of Signing, Lighting and Guarding of any road works in the highway.
What subjects does the NRSWA - Signing Lighting and Guarding course cover?
Understand the safety implications of carrying out Streetworks, with particular reference to the protection of persons engaged on the works and avoidance of danger to the general public.
Appreciate the need to maintain the free movement of vehicular and pedestrian traffic at the site, if the works are to comply with the restrictions imposed by the works and the adoption of safe working practices.
Demonstrate the correct layout of appropriate signs, barriers, lamps, warning notices etc in compliance with the relevant advisory documents.
Recognise conditions that may necessitate the introduction of special measures such as the installation of portable traffic signals, traffic diversion, road closure etc.
Maintain the correct operation of portable traffic signals and reposition equipment as work.
How is the NRSWA - Signing Lighting and Guarding course assessed?
Assessment is carried out during the course and delegates are also required to complete a question paper. Delegates must also provide evidence from the work place where the assessment is carried out on a simulated site.
What certificate do I get for passing the NRSWA - Signing Lighting and Guarding course?
NRSWA - Signing Lighting and Guarding
