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Assured Professional Certificate in Highway Safety Inspection - City & Guilds Assured Programme

Highways (Assured Programmes)

Who should attend?

All those who are responsible for carrying out safety inspections of highways that are maintainable at public expense, including the administration and supervisory staff.

Course aim

This course aims to provide delegates with:

A detailed understanding of what Safety Inspections are, what they consist of, any associated documentation, and related timelines.

The required knowledge of highway structures, elements etc and how these criteria figure in inspections.

An understanding of how defects are categorised, based on their own local Highway Management Plan and/or the national Code of Practice.

Learning objectives

By the end of the course delegates will be able to:

Explain their responsibilities under the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974 and other relevant regulations

Discuss areas of potential danger associated with their job and the procedures in place Carry out a straightforward risk assessment

Explain the correct reporting procedures

Identify the different types of structures, elements etc so that they can be inspected & assessed correctly

Be aware of how their own responsibilities have an effect on the implementation of safety inspections

Be aware how legislation relates to/affects the outcome of safety inspections with regards to claims and the authorities ability to be able to challenge those claims successfully

Have a basic knowledge of Signing, Lighting & Guarding a work-site

Recognise defects then categorise & record them correctly

Course content

Background of the Well-Managed Highways Infrastructure – Code of Practice

The HAUC Specification

Highways Act 1980

Roadwork ‘Theory & Practice’ the black book

Local Highway Management Plan

Road categories, structures, highway elements

Legal requirements

Safety at Streetworks & Roadworks a Code of Practice ‘red book’

Road Classification & hierarchy + traffic sensitivity

Record Keeping and Risk Assessment

NRSWA 1991

Woolf Protocols

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Location	Date(s)	Length	Price (excl. VAT)	Availability
New Southgate, N11 1HE	02/12/2024 09:00 - 05/12/2024 09:00	4 days	£1,100.00	10 Spaces
New Southgate, N11 1HE	03/02/2025 09:00 - 06/02/2025 09:00	4 days	£1,100.00	12 Spaces
New Southgate, N11 1HE	24/03/2025 09:00 - 27/03/2025 09:00	4 days	£1,100.00	12 Spaces