For those with some construction site experience and ready to work for utilities, road repair or road building companies.
New Roads and Street works Act 1991
It is essential that all contractors working on our roads and highways both work safely and leave a safe place for us all to walk and drive.
The HAWC. Highways agency utilities committee guidelines are set out in a suite of criteria which forms the Qualification approved by the awarding body. SQA. It is a legal requirement for All workers in the highway to carry this certificate.
The Qualification targets two distinctive groups. Operative and supervisor. Maximum 8 people per group.
The 5 day course is as follows (there is an on-line 20 multiple choice question at the end of each day. With time and opportunity for re-sits if required.
Location
Working Wonders Ltd,Course Fee
Funded
Places Available
Yes
Course Length
5 Days
Upcoming Dates
Identify different road types from Motorway to quiet B roads and how they as labelled. It then looks at identification and location of buried services including an outside exercise to support this.
Here we look at setting out signs, traffic lights and safe working Zones, again a practical exercise supports this training.
Today we look at safe excavation or different surface and ground material.
This covers the reinstatement of material. What to do if the regulatory materials are not present and compaction and cold lay Bitumous material.
Reinstatement of surfaces that includes block paving. Concrete, and flags. We also have a delivery of hot bitumous material that must be layed in layers with correct compaction.