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) - opens a new tab 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: Customer, T: Call at 0345 279 1000

Centre enquiries: My Centre, T: Call at 0303 333 0330

For more information e-mail our Construction team

The unit specifications are available to download below, or please e-mail 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.

Use the tabs below to open each section individually. Alternatively you can show all the sections.

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

18 May 2021 - Frequently asked questions and new content for implementing from 1 June

New versions of the Street Works assessments will be available before the 1 June deadline for switching to online assessment

The SQA SOLAR team will carry out the switchover on Sunday 30 May. To assist with this, we ask that you do not schedule any online assessments from Saturday 29 May until after the switchover has completed

All centres will be able to resume scheduling assessments as normal from 6.00 pm on Sunday 30 May.

If you have any questions about this, please get in touch with the SOLAR team via the SOLAR Helpdesk

The following frequently asked questions contain detailed information on the operation and equipment requirements for assessing Street Works online.

12 March 2021 - Update from HAUC UK on adapted and remote assessments

SQA has received an official update from HAUC UK for the attention of all Street Works centres:

This is accompanied by an addendum to the Street Works assessment strategy, which outlines the arrangements that can be put in place to support assessment during exceptional circumstances (such as local and national lockdowns):

It is not currently possible to remotely invigilate the knowledge assessment using SOLAR. However, we are working with our supplier to introduce this functionality to SOLAR and will provide a further update on this as soon as possible. In the meantime, please continue current arrangements for invigilation of knowledge assessments. 

If a centre has the appropriate technology, it can choose to remotely invigilate Street Works practical assessments using SQA's general guidance for centres on remote invigilation of assessments, which is available from the SQA website - opens a new tab.

This guidance does not apply to Street Works assessments specifically, though it may be helpful to refer to this guidance when considering options for remote invigilation of the practical assessment.

Our Transition to Digital Assessment webinar (see tab below) explains how to get started using SQA SOLAR. This will be followed by a frequently asked questions document.  

22 January 2021 - Revised deadline for online assessment of Street Works qualifications

HAUC UK has advised the previous deadline of 2 March 2021, for moving to online assessment of Street Works qualifications, has now been extended to 1 June 2021 to give centres more time to prepare for this change.

The change to online assessment applies to all Street Works qualifications.

From 1 June 2021, you can no longer use paper-based assessments. However, results for those papers can continue to be accepted up until 14 June 2021.

SOLAR - opens a new tab is SQA's free online e-assessment system which is used to deliver tests on a range of devices. If your centre still needs to register with SOLAR, please speak to your Account Manager in the first instance.

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 at DAS.Helpdesk@sqa.org.uk 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:

A recording of our webinar covering the step-by-step process to help you get started using SQA's digital assessment service, SOLAR.

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).

Enhanced quality assurance arrangements for Street Works qualifications

Due to requirements in HAUCs assessment strategy, SQA is implementing additional enhanced quality assurance arrangements from 2 May 2022 for centres delivering Street Works qualifications.

Centres offering these qualifications have a particular responsibility for the administration and conduct of assessments for the following reasons:

  • Centres are acting as agents of SQA and are responsible for ensuring that SQA rules regarding the conduct of assessments are applied consistently and fairly.
  • Centres must make sure that, where the candidates are not known to the invigilator or supervisor, sufficient identity/security checks are carried out prior to the examination/assessment to ensure the candidate is who they say they are.

Full details of requirements can be found in the Qualification Verification Criteria Guidance for Centres.

Centres delivering assessments for these qualifications must advise SQA a minimum of 5 working days prior to the assessment taking place by completing this form .

It is essential that you include the specific time that the assessment is taking place.  No candidate information is required when completing the form.

Assessments can only take place if SQA has been notified. Failure to notify us could result in sanctions being imposed on your centre.

We reserve the right to undertake unannounced activity to ensure assessments take place in line with qualification requirements.