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The Street Works (Qualifications of Supervisors and Operatives) (England) Regulations 2009

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Publication 2009-08-18

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Made: 18th August 2009

Laid before Parliament: 25th August 2009

Coming into force: 6th April 2010

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Citation, application and commencement

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Interpretation

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Amendment of the Street Works (Qualifications of Supervisors and Operatives) Regulations 1992

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Prescribed qualification for supervisors

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Prescribed qualification for trained operatives

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Freedom to provide services on a temporary basis

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Qualification registration

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Restrictions on qualifications

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Expiry of registration, reassessment and re-registration

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Prescribed qualifications gained pursuant to the 1992 Regulations

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SCHEDULE 1 — Units of Competence for Supervisors

Unit 1	Location and avoidance of underground apparatus.
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 roadbase 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.

SCHEDULE 2 — Certificates of Competence for Supervisors

Type of Supervisory Work	Units of Competence Required
1. Monitoring excavation in the highway.	Unit 1,10, 11.
2. Monitoring excavation, backfilling and reinstatement of construction layers with bituminous materials.	Units 1, 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14.
3. Monitoring reinstatement of construction layers in bituminous materials.	Units 1, 10 and 14.
4. Monitoring reinstatement of concrete slabs.	Units 1,10 and 15.
5. Monitoring reinstatement of modular surfaces and concrete footways.	Units1, 10 and 16.
6. Monitoring signing, lighting and guarding.	Unit 10.

SCHEDULE 3 — Units of Competence for Trained Operatives

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 roadbase 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.

SCHEDULE 4 — Certificates of Competence for Trained Operatives

Type of Work	Units of Competence Required
1. Excavation in the highway.	Units 1,2 and 3.
2. Excavation, backfilling and reinstatement of construction layers with a cold-lay bituminous surface.	Units 1,2,3,4,5 and 6.
3. Reinstatement of construction layers in hot-lay and cold-lay bituminous materials.	Units 1,2,6 and 7.
4. Reinstatement of concrete slabs.	Units 1,2 and 8.
5. Reinstatement of modular surfaces and concrete footways.	Units 1,2 and 9.
6. Signing, lighting and guarding.	Unit 2

SCHEDULE 5 — Reassessment Units of Competence for Supervisors

Unit 1	Reassessed Location and avoidance of underground apparatus.
Unit 10	Reassessed Monitoring signing, lighting and guarding.
Unit 11	Reassessed Monitoring excavation in the road.
Unit 12	Reassessed Monitoring reinstatement and compaction of backfill materials.
Unit 13	Reassessed Monitoring reinstatement of sub-base and roadbase in non-bituminous materials.
Unit 14	Reassessed Monitoring reinstatement in bituminous materials.
Unit 15	Reassessed Monitoring reinstatement of concrete slabs.
Unit 16	Reassessed Monitoring reinstatement of modular surfaces and concrete footways.

SCHEDULE 6 — Reassessment Certificates of Competence for Supervisors

Type of Supervisory Work	Units of competence required
1. Reassessed Monitoring excavation in the road.	Reassessed Units 1, 10 and 11.
2. Reassessed Monitoring excavation, backfilling and reinstatement of construction layers with bituminous materials.	Reassessed Units 1, 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14.
3. Reassessed Monitoring reinstatement of construction layers in bituminous materials.	Reassessed Units 1,10 and 14.
4. Reassessed Monitoring reinstatement of concrete slabs.	Reassessed Units 1,10 and 15.
5. Reassessed Monitoring reinstatement of modular surfaces and concrete footways.	Reassessed Units 1, 10 and 16.
6. Reassessed Monitoring signing, lighting and guarding.	Reassessed Unit 10.

SCHEDULE 7 — Reassessment Units of Competence for Trained Operatives

Unit 1	Reassessed Location and avoidance of underground apparatus.
Unit 2	Reassessed Signing, lighting and guarding.
Unit 3	Reassessed Excavation in the road.
Unit 4	Reassessed Reinstatement and compaction of backfill materials.
Unit 5	Reassessed Reinstatement of sub-base and roadbase in non-bituminous materials.
Unit 6	Reassessed Reinstatement in cold-bay bituminous materials.
Unit 7	Reassessed Reinstatement in hot-lay bituminous materials.
Unit 8	Reassessed Reinstatement of concrete slabs.
Unit 9	Reassessed Reinstatement of modular surfaces and concrete footways.

SCHEDULE 8 — Reassessment Certificates of Competence for Trained Operatives

Type of Work	Units of competence required
1. Reassessed Excavation in the Road.	Reassessed Units 1,2 and 3.
2. Reassessed Excavation, backfilling and reinstatement of construction layers with a cold-lay bituminous surface.	Reassessed Units 1,2,3,4,5 and 6.
3. Reassessed Reinstatement of construction layers in hot-lay and cold-lay bituminous materials.	Reassessed Units 1,2,6 and 7.
4. Reassessed Reinstatement of concrete slabs.	Reassessed Units 1,2 and 8.
5. Reassessed Reinstatement of modular surfaces and concrete footways.	Reassessed Units 1,2, and 9.
6. Reassessed Signing, lighting and guarding.	Reassessed Unit 2.

Signed

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport

Sadiq Khan — Minister of State — 2009-08-18

Explanatory note

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Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1991 c.22. Functions of the Secretary of State, so far as exercisable in relation to Wales, are transferred to the National Assembly for Wales by the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999, S.I. 1999/672, article 2, Schedule 1.

[^f00002]: S.I. 1992/1687.

[^f00003]: S.I. 2007/2781.

[^f00004]: The Scottish Qualifications Authority is the relevant competent authority for the United Kingdom under the 2007 Regulations (see regulation 4 and Part 1 of Schedule 1) for regulating Road/Street Works Operatives and Road/Street Works Supervisors.

[^f00005]: “Adaptation period” and “aptitude test” are defined respectively in regulations 23 and 24 (Compensation measures – adaptation periods and aptitude tests) of the 2007 Regulations.

[^f00006]: This was formerly the Certification and Assessment Board for the Water Industry which was set up in 1991 to award NVQs for people working in the water industry. The name was changed to CABWI Awarding Body in 1998.

[^f00007]: See regulation 5(1).

[^f00008]: S. S. I. 1992/162; see regulation 5(1).

[^f00009]: S. R. (NI) 1992 No 20; see regulation 4(1).

[^f00010]: OJ No L 255, 30.9.2005, p.22, as amended by Council Directive 2006/100/EC of 20th November 2006, OJ No L 363, 20.12.2006, p.141.

Expiry of registration, reassessment and re-registration

Prescribed qualifications gained pursuant to the 1992 Regulations

Editorial notes

[^key-71464471ab8e21832932b6705f12a55b]: Regulations revoked (6.4.2017) by The Street Works (Qualifications of Operatives and Supervisors) (England) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/1147), regs. 1(c), 17(a)

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