Highway Maintenance

This course teaches civil engineering principles as well as the processes involved in health and safety, and levelling and setting out. 

Course content

The course includes:

• Establishing work are protection
• Segregation of highway works
• Locating and protecting utilities in the highway
• Excavation
• Reinstatement of highways.

You’ll also study personal skills. These include:

• Maths
• English
• Communication
• Employment responsibilities and rights
• Health and safety
• Drug and alcohol awareness
• Safe use of ladders
• Manual handling
• Safe use of small plant
• Teaching and assessment.

Knowledge, skills and behaviours

• Interpreting information
• Estimating resources
• Basic building methods
• Building elements.

Teaching and assessment

16 weeks of training over 24 months.

Week 1: Induction

Weeks 2 to 16: Theoretical and practical training at NCC Scotland in two-week blocks, with work-based SVQ assessment

Regular assessment by:

• Written and practical assessments
• Verbal questioning and presentation
• Multiple-choice testing
• College and site-based activity journals
• Evidence of work experience completed through OneFile

What you get

1. SVQ Road Building and Maintenance SCQF Level 5
2. Certificated core skills in literacy, numeracy, and ICT

Entry requirements

Academic requirements:

You’ll need to complete a skills learning exercise to help us assess your suitability for this course. Further tests at college are also possible.

General requirements:

1. Good level of physical fitness. This course includes strenuous physical activity.
2. Comfortable working at heights.
3. Comfortable working in confined spaces.
4. Comfortable wearing PPE/RPE.
5. Able to work to deadlines.
6. Valid form of ID. See accepted forms of ID.

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