New Roads and Street Works Act (NRSWA) Reassessment

SQA certified – Operatives and Supervisors.

It is a legal requirement to hold and carry your SWQR card. Re-Assessment for the New Roads and Street Works qualification came into place in April 2011. This applies to all delegates (operatives and supervisors) that hold the qualification who live and work in England. Delegates applying for Re-registration are reminded that their cards are valid for 5 years, and they can apply to renew their cards anytime during that 5 years and up to 3 months after the card validity date. If a card is no longer valid and has been invalid for more than 3 months it cannot be renewed, and a completely new assessment will have to be undertaken. There is no appeals process if delegates do not renew their card. If the delegate cannot pass the exams they may re-sit the course instead.

Programme

WS Training offers this re-assessment as a 1 or 2 day refresher training course depending on what units are being re-assessed.

Exams

As of June 2021 re-assessments will be conducted electronically under exam conditions. Each unit has a multiple choice timed exam (45 minutes). Delegates are able to take their books into the exam (as long as they are current and haven’t been written in). Current plublications are also available in the exam room for use during the exam.

All exams can only be conducted in English; use of a scriber or a reader is permitted for delegates who have reading/writing issues. No interpreters are permitted.

Units to be assessed:

Operatives Units

1. Location and avoidance of underground apparatus

2. Signing, lighting and guarding

3. Excavation in the highway

4. Re-instatement and compaction of backfill materials

5. Re-instatement of sub base and road base in non-bituminous materials

6. Re-instatement of cold lay bituminous materials

Operatives Additional Units

7. Re-instatement of hot lay bituminous materials

8. Re-instatement of concrete slabs

9. Re-instatement of modular surfaces

Supervisors Units

10. Monitoring signing, lighting and guarding

11. Monitoring excavation in the highway

12. Monitoring reinstatement and compaction of backfill materials

13. Monitoring reinstatement of sub base and road base in non-bituminous materials

Supervisors Additional Units

14. Monitoring reinstatement in bituminous materials

15. Monitoring reinstatement of concrete slabs

16. Monitoring reinstatement of modular surfaces and concrete footways

All delegates MUST bring their SWQR card. You are NOT required to bring a passport photo. Your photo will be taken on the day of the assessment