New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 (c. 22)

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there is no requirement to hold any particular combination of (non-key) certificates - you can tailor these certificates to the work you actually do LA - Location & avoidance of underground apparatus KEY CERTIFICATE O-series certificates, for operatives only: You won’t need to be reassessed in the key certificates more than once every five years. As long as they are current, you can add as many other certificates as you like, and when you like.

When serving a notice under NRSWA on Highways England as authority for the strategic road network, you must use the TRSG version of the street reference.Table 1: operative certificate equivalents for England Certificates below(1) issued in Wales, Northern Ireland, Scotland before 4/9/17(2) and England before 6/4/17 If a key certificate expires, you won’t lose the other certificates altogether - they will become valid again once the expired key certificate is renewed. Sections of Highways England’s roads fall within Local Highways Authority (LHA) areas, but the LHAs have no responsibility as a highway authority or street authority for the Highways England road network.

Trunk Road Street Gazetteer (TRSG). This is the Highways Agency’s own gazetteer of the strategic road network.O8 - Reinstatement of modular surfaces, concrete footways S-series certificates, for supervisors only: When a certificate approaches expiry you will be able to renew it at any time in its last year without losing the unexpired portion. For example, if you renew a certificate with 10 months life left in it, the renewed certificate will last for 5 years and 10 months from the date of renewal. A certificate is not valid once it has expired but it can be renewed any time up to 5 years after this date. This may be useful if you stop doing street works for a while then decide to return to the industry later. 6. Converting to the new style street works card

The centre of your choice will assess you in theoretical knowledge and practical skills in your chosen subjects. You can ask for training before assessment if you want but training is not compulsory. This will happen automatically when your old style card expires - there is no need for you to convert to the new style by a certain date. However, if you add a new certificate to your old style card, the replacement card will be to the new style. You will be able to renew any certificate at any point in its lifetime. Training is not compulsory when renewing but assessment centres can provide it if you want it.There is no requirement to hold any particular combination of non-key certificates. As long as you hold the key certificates, you can choose to hold as many or as few of the others as you like to suit the work that you do. For example, if you only wanted to be qualified to carry out reinstatement in hot-lay bituminous materials, you would need the two key operative certificates plus certificate O6. This principle applies similarly to supervisors. the changes do not affect your existing certificates or street works cards - they will remain valid until they expire These MAC/ ASC/ DBFO/ PFI contractors have authority to exercise Highways England’s legal powers and obligation under the Highways Act 1980 and New Roads & Street Works Act ( NRSWA) 1991. It follows that an English operative will need to hold LA, O1 and O2 to be technically equivalent to holding Excavation in the highway in Wales/Northern Ireland or Excavation in the road in Scotland. There were 16 units before - now there are 16 certificates, namely LA, O1 to O8, and S1 to S7 (the units have become individual certificates). There are 3 key certificates and the new certificate structure is as follows: Common to operatives and supervisors: