The New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 (Section 67) requires that all organizations
who work on the highway will require their supervisors to have
City and Guilds 6156 qualifications within 2 years from August 5th 1992 and at
least one member of the operatives team will require qualifications within 5
years of the same date. Employers have a responsibility to ensure that their
supervisors and operatives are competent by providing necessary training and
assessment. This course is recommended for experienced personnel.
The course is CITB approved for grants.
The Course Covers
All City and Guilds 6156 Operatives and Supervisors Units and Qualifications. ScotVec registered.
Operatives Units and Qualifications
UNIT 1 Location and avoidance of underground apparatus.
UNIT 2 Signing, Lighting and Guarding
UNIT 3 Excavation in the Highway.
UNIT 4 Reinstatement and compaction of backfill materials
UNIT 5 Reinstatement of sub-base and road base in non-bituminous
materials.
UNIT 6 Reinstatement of cold-lay bituminous materials
UNIT 7 Reinstatement of hot-lay bituminous materials.
UNIT 8 Reinstatement of concrete slabs.
UNIT 9 Reinstatement of modular surfaces and concrete footways.
Q.1 Excavation in the highway. Units 1, 2 and 3.
Q.2 Excavating backfill and cold-lay reinstatement. Units 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
and 6.
Q.3 Reinstatement of hot and cold lay bituminous materials. Units 1, 2, 6
and 7.
Q.4 Reinstatement of concrete slabs. Units 1, 2 and 8.
Q.5 Reinstatement of modular surfaces and concrete footways. Units 1, 2
and 9.
Supervisors Units and Qualifications
UNIT 1 Location and avoidance of underground apparatus
UNIT 10 Monitoring signing, lighting and guarding.
UNIT 11 Monitoring excavations in the highway.
UNIT 12 Monitoring reinstatement and compaction of backfill materials.
UNIT 13 Monitoring reinstatement of sub-base and road base in
non-bituminous materials.
UNIT 14 Monitoring reinstatement in bituminous materials.
UNIT 15 Monitoring reinstatement of concrete slabs.
UNIT 16 Monitoring reinstatement of modular surfaces and concrete
footways.
Q.6 Monitoring excavation in the highway. Units 1, 10 and 11.
Q.7 Monitoring excavation, backfilling and reinstatement of bituminous
materials. Units 1, 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14.
Q.8 Monitoring reinstatement of bituminous materials. Units 1, 10 and 14.
Q.9 Monitoring reinstatement of concrete slabs. Units 1, 10 and 15.
Q.10 Monitoring reinstatement of modular surfaces and concrete footways.
Units 1, 10 and 16.