This unit deals with the supervisory requirements and planning for setting up a temporary works site on the public highway. This unit is available for supervisors only

At the end of the course the candidate will be able to:

• Carry out an on-site risk assessment to identify hazards and risks with the intended site
• State the action required to minimise risk and ensure a safe system of work
• Provide detailed plan for an intended site preferably from a real road showing all distances and dimensions in accordance with the safety at streetworks and road works code of practice
• Make formative decisions and recommend remedial action from a given plan.
• Observe an operative surveying a work site and record observations and remedial action required from the site plan
• Observe an operative setting up and taking down a site
• Record observations made and explain reasons for agreeing or disagreeing with site operations and working practices
• Explain any remedial action required

On completion of the course delegates will will receive a CAWBI certificate and this unit can also go towards an overall streetworks qualification.