The Street Works scheme is derived from two sets of regulations which cover England, Wales and Scotland, made under the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991. (These regulations were introduced in Northern Ireland in 1997.)
The sixteen units of competence are for Operatives and Supervisors and fall into two groups: nine units for Operatives and eight units for Supervisors. One of these units is applicable to both groups.
Below are the sixteen units of competence.
The units for Operatives are marked ‘O’
The units for Supervisors are marked ‘S’.
Unit 1 - O & S
Location and Avoidance of Underground Apparatus
Unit 2 - O
Signing, Lighting and Guarding
Unit 3 - O
Excavation in the Highway
Unit 4 - O
Reinstatement and Compaction of Backfill Materials
Unit 5 - O
Reinstatement of Sub-base and Roadbase in Non-Bituminous Materials
Unit 6 - O
Reinstatement of Cold-lay Bituminous Materials
Unit 7 - O
Reinstatement of Hot-lay Bituminous Materials
Unit 8 - O
Reinstatement of Concrete Slabs
Unit 9 - O
Reinstatement of Modular Surfaces and Concrete Footways
Unit 10 - S
Monitoring Signing, Lighting and Guarding
Unit 11 - S
Monitoring Excavation in the Highway
Unit 12 - S
Monitoring Reinstatement and Compaction of Backfill Materials
Unit 13 - S
Monitoring Reinstatement of Sub-base and Roadbase in Non-bituminous Materials
Unit 14 - S
Monitoring Reinstatement in Bituminous Materials
Unit 15 - S
Monitoring Reinstatement of Concrete Slabs
Unit 16 - S
Monitoring Reinstatement of Modular Surfaces and Concrete Footways
Candidates receive a unit certificate for each Street Works unit that they achieve. In addition, the achievement of various combinations of units leads to full Street Works awards. There are ten full qualifications, which are listed below along with the units required to achieve them. When a CABWI candidate achieves all of the required units for a full award, CABWI issues the full award certificate automatically.
Full Street Works Qualifications for Operatives:
S001
Certificate in Excavation in the Highway
(Units 1, 2 and 3 are required for this certificate.)
S002
Certificate in Excavation, Backfilling and Reinstatement of Construction Layers
(Units 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 are required for this certificate.)
S003
Certificate in Reinstatement of Construction Layers in Hot-lay and Cold-lay Bituminous Material
(Units 1, 2, 6 and 7 are required for this certificate.)
S004
Certificate in Reinstatement of Concrete Slabs
(Units 1, 2 and 8 are required for this certificate.)
S005
Certificate in Reinstatement of Modular Surfaces and Concrete Footways
(Units 1, 2, and 9 are required for this certificate.)
Full Street Works Qualifications for Supervisors:
S006
Certificate in Monitoring Excavation in the Highway
(Units 1, 10 and 11 are required for this certificate.)
S007
Certificate in Monitoring Excavation, Backfilling and Reinstatement of Construction Layers with Bituminous Materials
(Units 1, 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14 are required for this certificate.)
S008
Certificate in Monitoring Reinstatement of Construction Layers in Bituminous Materials
(Units 1, 10 and 14 are required for this certificate.)
S009
Certificate in Monitoring Reinstatement of Concrete Slabs
(Units 1, 10 and 15 are required for this certificate.)
S010
Certificate in Monitoring Reinstatement of Modular Surfaces and Concrete Footways
(Units 1, 10, and 16 are required for this certificate.)