The New Roads and Street Works Act Courses.
Training courses within this category relate to the New Roads and Street Works Act (NRSWA). The New Roads and Street Works Act (NRSWA) sets out the procedures and guidelines for personnel employed by local authorities, utilities companies and their contractors for the purpose of any road works in the highway or on footpaths. The Act and associated Codes of Practice cover issues such as, the notification requirements, safety to highway users and the standards required of the reinstatement of all excavations on the highway, standards for signing, lighting and guarding, etc.
Training courses for NRSWA will cover one or more units dependent on requirements
Operatives Units are from 1 to 9
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 in cold-lay bituminous materials.
Unit 7 - Reinstatement in hot-lay bituminous materials.
Unit 8 - Reinstatement of concrete slabs.
Unit 9 - Reinstatement of modular surfaces and concrete footways.
Supervisors Units are from 10 to 16
Unit 10 - Monitoring signing, lighting and guarding.
Unit 11 - Monitoring excavation 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
These cources are designed for all personnel employed by local authorities, utilities and their contractors for the purpose of any road works in the highway.
To meet the legal requirements of people excavating in the highway
PQMS run both Operative and Suppervisor cources on a regular basis and we will take individual and group bookings
Contact Liam on 07717 437027 or e mail training@pqms.ie for additional information.