Introduction

New roads and street works are everywhere across the UK, keeping our roads safe and traffic moving. With so much reliance on quality, time, and safety of our roads and infrastructure, the works are subject to legislation that provides a compulsory framework for new roads and street works activities.

The New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 (NRSWA) sets out objectives to:

• Ensure safety
• Minimise inconvenience to people using a street
• Reduce inconvenience to people with a disability
• Protect the structure of the road and the apparatus in it

Overseeing works and monitoring the teams working on these often high-risk projects is a fundamental role on-site and one that requires acute attention to safety. A critical part of these works is preparation, with signage, lighting and guarding measures vital to overall site safety. But, it’s more than a few lights and the odd sign here and there, and supervisors on-site need to know what must happen and where.

This Certification and Assessment Board for the Water Industry (CABWI) certification delivers the necessary skills, knowledge, and understanding of this NRSWA Unit 10 Signing, Lighting and Guarding – Experienced Supervisors (S1) course. It is aimed at Supervisors who have experience of working on the highways and must now monitor the erection of signing, lighting and guarding for work on the roadways and highways.

Course Outline

With a mix of practical, video, and classroom-based exercises and tutorials, delegates will cover legislative and administrative knowledge and awareness while taking part in practical tuition, focusing on signage, lighting and guarding measures throughout.

The course reflects national standards and industry best practices and is fully accredited in line with regulations. In addition, choose to learn with Citrus, and delegates benefit from training in our custom-built training facilities and customer-first approach to how we do business.
 
Our occupationally and technically-experienced educators will assess delegates in this one-day course, with a written assignment and multiple-choice theory test leading to CABWI unit accreditation. 

A training group will contain a mix of both Supervisors and Operatives; with at least two operatives available for Supervisors to carry out monitoring exercises to aid and assess their development.

Course Programme

This training is essential for supervisors to learn the legislative framework, practical actions they must take, safety principles and more in overseeing NRSW signage, lighting and guarding measures. In addition, delegates will review legal requirements, ensure safety compliance, and understand procedures and appropriate documentation and classifications.

The course content includes;

• New Roads and Street Works Act
• Basic principles of signing, lighting and guarding
• Traffic control measures
• Practical use of the Code of Practice
• Portable traffic lights
• Practical use of equipment
• Using Stop and Go boards

On Completion

At the end of the assessment, successful delegates will:

• Understand the basic principles of the NRSW Act and CABWI standards
• Identify and use correct traffic control measures
• Monitor the erection and dismantling of signing, lighting and guarding safely following the supporting Code of Practice
• Monitor proper use of the equipment used by operatives

Once the delegate has their CABWI certificate, we will then send off for their SWQR card, which will enable them to gain access to the site.

Who Should Attend?

This CABWI Certification is for supervisors who have experience of working on the highways and are required to monitor signing, lighting and guarding for work.

Course Duration

This one-day comprehensive course assesses delegates to understand the challenges, processes and protocols of New Road and Street Works preparation and monitor operatives in their duty of care.

Why Citrus?

Quality and the customer experience are paramount to us here at Citrus. We work tirelessly to provide exemplary service to our clients and produce excellent results from our delegates. As a result, we are the leading UK-based provider of health, safety, and technical training and assessment services to the Built Environment and Utility sectors. 

We proudly work with 85 of the country’s top 100 building services companies providing courses nationwide. As a CABWI approved training provider, we deliver The Street Works scheme through our accredited centres in our custom-built, real-world training facilities, offering safe and realistic training simulations. 

Serving the sector for nearly 20 years, our dedicated trainers provide expert knowledge and occupational experience to deliver NRSW Courses. As a result, we’ve successfully delivered training for over 45,000 delegates across the New Roads and Street Works (NRSW) training category.

Things You Need to Know

This CABWI Certified course has practical elements, so delegates must inform their trainer if they have any serious health issues, physical problems, special considerations, or take any medication, which may create difficulties in taking this training course. 

Delegates need to provide a passport photograph on the day of training so we can issue their SWQR Cards.