Street Works

SQA offers a complete suite of Street Works qualifications for operatives and supervisors working on the roads/highways (reference to the unit specifications can be seen below). These Street Works qualifications meet the requirements of the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 (NRSW) which requires work involving the installation, renewal, maintenance and inspection of underground apparatus in the highway to be under the control of competent persons who are in possession of a valid Street Works card.

Qualifications are delivered through SQA approved centres. For further information please contact:

General enquiries form, T: Call 0345 279 1000

Centre form, T: Call 0303 333 0330

For more information email our Construction team

The unit specifications are available to download below, or please email the Construction team to have copies emailed to you.

Street Works Qualifications with Component Units and Codes (19 KB)

Due to changes in legislation, the card number has been removed from the title.

Compliance documents

These documents provide information on the requirements of each of the Street Work Schemes, these will assist you to ensure you meet and continue to the meet the necessary criteria.

If learners are working in Scotland or England they do not have to complete the awards listed and may undertake each unit individually, the awards are now only applicable in Wales and Northern Ireland.

Excavation, Backfilling and Reinstatement of Construction Layers with a Cold-lay Bituminous Surface - G9T6 45

Excavation in the Road/Highway - G9T8 45

Reinstatement of Concrete Slabs - G9TE 45

Reinstatement of Construction Layers in Hot-lay and Cold-lay Bituminous Materials - G9TF 45

Reinstatement of Modular Surfaces and Concrete Footways - SCQF Level 5 G9TG 45

Certificate in Signing, Lighting and Guarding - G9ND 45

If learners are working in Scotland or England they do not have to complete the awards listed and may undertake each unit individually, the awards are now only applicable in Wales and Northern Ireland.

Monitoring Excavation, Backfilling and Reinstatement of Construction Layers with Bituminous Materials - G9T7 46

Monitoring Excavation in the Road/Highway - G9T9 46

Monitoring Reinstatement of Concrete Slabs - G9TA 46

Monitoring Reinstatement of Construction Layers in Bituminous Materials - G9TC 46

Monitoring Reinstatement of Modular Surfaces and Concrete Footways - G9TD 46

Certificate in Monitoring Signing, Lighting and Guarding - G9NC 46

If learners are working in Scotland or England they do not have to complete the awards listed and may undertake each unit individually, the awards are now only applicable in Wales and Northern Ireland.

Please Note: Reassessment Units must be assessed by use of preset Multi-choice examination papers which sample the theory of the relevant Street Works Unit. The Examination for each unit must be obtained from SQA.

Reassessed Excavation, Backfilling and Reinstatement of Construction Layers with a Cold-lay Bituminous Surface - G9TH 45

  • Reassessed Location and Avoidance of Underground Apparatus (101) - F92F 04
  • Reassessed Signing, Lighting & Guarding (102) - F92G 04
  • Reassessed Excavation in the Road/Highway (103) - F92H 04
  • Reassessed Reinstatement and Compaction of Backfill Materials (104) - F92J 04
  • Reassessed Reinstatement of Sub-base and Roadbase in Non-Bituminous Materials (105) - F92K 04
  • Reassessed Reinstatement in Cold-lay Bituminous Materials (106) - F92L 04

Reassessed Excavation in the Road/Highway - G9TK 45

  • Reassessed Location and Avoidance of Underground Apparatus (101) - F92F 04
  • Reassessed Signing, Lighting & Guarding (102) - F92G 04
  • Reassessed Excavation in the Road/Highway (103) - F92H 04

Reassessed Reinstatement of Construction Layers in Hot-lay and Cold-lay Bituminous Materials - G9TV 45

  • Reassessed Location and Avoidance of Underground Apparatus (101) - F92F 04
  • Reassessed Signing, Lighting & Guarding (102) - F92G 04
  • Reassessed Reinstatement in Cold-lay Bituminous Materials (106) - F92L 04
  • Reassessed Reinstatement in Hot-lay Bituminous Materials (107) - F92M 04

Reassessed Reinstatement of Concrete Slabs - G9TT 45

  • Reassessed Location and Avoidance of Underground Apparatus (101) - F92F 04
  • Reassessed Signing, Lighting & Guarding (102) - F92G 04
  • Reassessed Reinstatement of Concrete Slabs (108) - F92N 04

Reassessed Reinstatement of Modular Surfaces and Concrete Footways - G9TW 45

  • Reassessed Location and Avoidance of Underground Apparatus (101) - F92F 04
  • Reassessed Signing, Lighting & Guarding (102) - F92G 04
  • Reassessed Reinstatement of Modular Surfaces and Concrete Footways (109) - F92P 04

Reassessed Signing, Lighting and Guarding - G9TX 45

  • Reassessed Signing, Lighting & Guarding (102) - F92G 04

If learners are working in Scotland or England they do not have to complete the awards listed and may undertake each unit individually, the awards are now only applicable in Wales and Northern Ireland.

Please Note: Reassessment Units must be assessed by use of preset Multi-choice examination papers which sample the theory of the relevant Street Works Unit. The Examination for each unit must be obtained from SQA.

Reassessed Monitoring Excavation, Backfilling and Reinstatement of Construction Layers with Bituminous Materials - G9TJ 46

  • Reassessed Location and Avoidance of Underground Apparatus (101) - F92F 04
  • Reassessed Monitoring Signing, Lighting and Guarding (110) - F92R 04
  • Reassessed Monitoring Excavation in the Road/Highway (111) - F92T 04
  • Reassessed Monitoring Reinstatement and Compaction of Backfill Materials (112) - F92V 04
  • Reassessed Monitoring Reinstatement of Sub-base and Roadbase in Non-bituminous Materials (113) - F92W 04
  • Reassessed Monitoring Reinstatement in Bituminous materials (114) - F92X 04

Reassessed Monitoring Excavation in the Road/Highway - G9TL 46

  • Reassessed Location and Avoidance of Underground Apparatus (101) - F92F 04
  • Reassessed Monitoring Signing, Lighting and Guarding (110) - F92R 04
  • Reassessed Monitoring Excavation in the Road/Highway (111) - F92T 04

Reassessed Monitoring Reinstatement of Construction Layers in Bituminous Materials - G9TM 46

  • Reassessed Location and Avoidance of Underground Apparatus (101) - F92F 04
  • Reassessed Monitoring Signing, Lighting and Guarding (110) - F92R 04
  • Reassessed Monitoring Reinstatement in Bituminous materials (114) - F92X 04

Reassessed Monitoring Reinstatement of Concrete Slabs - G9TN 46

  • Reassessed Location and Avoidance of Underground Apparatus (101) - F92F 04
  • Reassessed Monitoring Signing, Lighting and Guarding (110) - F92R 04
  • Reassessed Monitoring Reinstatement of Concrete Slabs (115) - F92Y 04

Reassessed Monitoring Reinstatement of Modular Surfaces and Concrete Footways - G9TP 46

  • Reassessed Location and Avoidance of Underground Apparatus (101) - F92F 04
  • Reassessed Monitoring Signing, Lighting and Guarding (110) - F92R 04
  • Reassessed Monitoring Reinstatement of Modular Surfaces and Concrete Footways (116) - F930 04

Reassessed Monitoring Signing, Lighting and Guarding - G9TR 46

  • Reassessed Monitoring Signing, Lighting and Guarding (110) - F92R 04

Updates and reports

We updated SOLAR, our digital assessment system, to improve the process of entering and resulting candidates for Street Works qualifications in September 2023.

This applies to the initial assessment units and reassessment units listed below.

In SOLAR, the Street Works assessments are available as standard (HTML) and legacy (Flash) versions. Please follow the steps below, noting the differences between the standard (HTML) and legacy (Flash) versions.

Guidance for standard (HTML) version

  • Entries: Please enter candidate details once, on SQA Connect, rather than entering them on both SOLAR and SQA Connect. The details will then automatically transfer to SOLAR. Please note, you may need to wait up to an hour for updated candidate details to display on SOLAR.
  • Initial Assessments: The initial assessment units listed below are assessed using a SOLAR assessment and a practical assessment. For this reason, results for the SOLAR assessment will not automatically pass to SQA Connect. Please enter results for these units manually on SQA Connect – Candidate Services when both assessments are completed, as per the current process.
  • Reassessments: For the reassessment units below, the results will automatically pass to SQA Connect once the candidate has completed the reassessment, without the need for any further input from you.

Guidance for legacy (Flash) version

  • Entries: Please enter candidate details once, on SQA Connect, rather than entering them on both SOLAR and SQA Connect. The details will then automatically transfer to SOLAR. Please note, you may need to wait up to an hour for updated candidate details to display on SOLAR. You will have to associate the candidate with the Street Works Initial Assessments or Street Works Re-assessments, as per the current process.
  • For both the initial assessment units and reassessment units below, you will still need to check results on SOLAR and input to SQA Connect as is the current process.

Changes to SOLAR access

We will provide you with access to the standard (HTML) versions of Street Works Initial Assessments and/or Street Works Re-assessments, depending on which qualifications you have approval for, if you do not already have access to these. This will be completed by Wednesday 13 September.

The standard (HTML) assessments work on multiple devices including Windows laptops/desktops, iPads, Chromebooks, and tablets.

If you no longer require access to the legacy (Flash) version of Street Works Initial Assessments or Street Works Re-assessments, please contact the Digital Services Support Helpdesk and we will remove these from your account.

Initial Assessment Units

  • Location and Avoidance of Underground Apparatus (001) - F932 04
  • Signing, Lighting and Guarding (002) - F8M5 04
  • Excavation in the Road/Highway (003) - F933 04
  • Reinstatement and Compaction of Backfill Materials (004) - F934 04
  • Reinstatement of Sub-base and Roadbase in Non-Bituminous Materials (005) - F935 04
  • Reinstatement in Cold-lay Bituminous Materials (006) - F936 04
  • Reinstatement in Hot-lay Bituminous Materials (007) - F937 04
  • Reinstatement of Concrete Slabs (008) - F938 04
  • Reinstatement of Modular Surfaces and Concrete Footways (009) - F939 04
  • Monitoring Signing, Lighting and Guarding (010) - F8M4 04
  • Monitoring Excavation in the Road/Highway (011) - F93A 04
  • Monitoring Reinstatement and Compaction of Backfill Materials (012) - F93C 04
  • Monitoring Reinstatement of Sub-base and Roadbase in Non-bituminous Materials (013) - F93D 04
  • Monitoring Reinstatement in Bituminous Materials (014) - F93E 04
  • Monitoring Reinstatement of Concrete Slabs (015) - F93F 04
  • Monitoring Reinstatement of Modular Surfaces and Concrete Footways (016) - F93G 04

Re-assessment Units

  • Reassessed Location and Avoidance of Underground Apparatus (101) - F92F 04
  • Reassessed Signing, Lighting & Guarding (102) - F92G 04
  • Reassessed Excavation in the Road/Highway (103) - F92H 04
  • Reassessed Reinstatement and Compaction of Backfill Materials (104) - F92J 04
  • Reassessed Reinstatement of Sub-base and Roadbase in Non-Bituminous Materials (105) - F92K 04
  • Reassessed Reinstatement in Cold-lay Bituminous Materials (106) - F92L 04
  • Reassessed Reinstatement in Hot-lay Bituminous Materials (107) - F92M 04
  • Reassessed Reinstatement of Concrete Slabs (108) - F92N 04
  • Reassessed Reinstatement of Modular Surfaces and Concrete Footways (109) - F92P 04
  • Reassessed Monitoring Signing, Lighting and Guarding (110) - F92R 04
  • Reassessed Monitoring Excavation in the Road/Highway (111) - F92T 04
  • Reassessed Monitoring Reinstatement and Compaction of Backfill Materials (112) - F92V 04
  • Reassessed Monitoring Reinstatement of Sub-base and Roadbase in Non-Bituminous Materials (113) - F92W 04
  • Reassessed Monitoring Reinstatement in Bituminous Materials (114) - F92X 04
  • Reassessed Monitoring Reinstatement of Concrete Slabs (115) - F92Y 04
  • Reassessed Monitoring Reinstatement of Modular Surfaces and Concrete Footways (116) - F930 04

Support

If you need support or information on SOLAR you can contact the Digital Services Support Helpdesk. There are several ways you can contact the team:

Our helpdesk is available from Monday to Friday between the hours of 9 am and 5 pm. Any breaks in this service will be noted in the ‘Latest updates’ section on the homepage of the SOLAR website .

If you need support on SQA Connect with regards to your candidate data, you can contact the Centre Support Team. There are several ways you can contact the team:

HAUC (UK) Assessment Comment Form (26 KB)

If you have a query regarding any of the questions or answers on the Street Works online Assessment, please complete the form and email it to construction@sqa.org.uk to investigate and raise it with HAUC (UK).

Alongside our standard quality assurance processes for Street Works qualifications, we also carry out enhanced quality assurance arrangements to comply with qualification and regulatory requirements. These additional measures comprise of two distinct components: unannounced activity and indirect claim status. 

Unannounced activity

Due to requirements in HAUCs assessment strategy, SQA conducts unannounced activity to ensure that standards and conditions of assessments are being met and maintained.

Centres delivering assessments for these qualifications must advise SQA a minimum of 5 working days prior to the assessment taking place by completing the MS Form available in the Quality Assurance section of the website

Indirect Claim Status

Indirect claim status will be applied to centres coming forward for approval for Street Works qualifications, either as a first time SQA centre, or at an existing SQA approved centre.

In practice, this means that prior to certificating candidates, a successful qualification verification activity has to take place. Further information and guidance on the indirect claim status process is available in the Quality Assurance section of the website