If your streetworks card is about to or has already expired, you will need to take a NRSWA Streetworks reassessment course.

You are not able to work on a streetworks site with expired certificates. You can take reassessments at any time before your certificates expire and the remaining time left before expiry is now added to your new card. For example, if you take your reassessment with 6 months still remaining, it will be added to your new card when you receive it, resulting in 5 years and 6 months on your card expiry.

What can I do to renew my card?

If you completed your NRSWA Operative or Supervisor course with us, we will advise you that you will need to complete the reassessment course within 3 months of the expiry date. If your card has been expired for more than 5 years, you must complete the full operative, supervisor or both, again.

You have two options when it comes to renewing your certificate:

• Complete a 2-day training course reassessment, which includes some classroom refresher training before you take your multiple-choice exam
• Complete a 1-day course which involves just taking the reassessment in the form of the multiple-choice exam

The NRSWA (New Roads and Street Works Act 1991) exists to ensure safety and correct practice when carrying out any work on roads, highways and footpaths. It is there to minimise risk to both workers and the public. It is an act of legislation (a law or set of laws passed by Parliament). The qualifications required for operatives to undertake streetworks was updated in 2016. In the NRSW Act itself, there are lots of practical guidance given for the efficient co-ordination, ensuring safety and minimising disruption and inconvenience to the general public using the road or pavement.