The Road Works (Reinstatement Quality Plans, Qualifications of Supervisors and Operatives and Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2023

Prescribed qualifications

6.—(1) For the purposes of section 61B(2)(a) of the Act, a person has a prescribed qualification as a supervisor for a type of work (S) listed in schedule 1 if that person is qualified in—

(a) S, and

(b) the following additional types of work—

(i) S1 – monitoring of signing, lighting and guarding, and

(ii) LA – location and avoidance of underground apparatus.

(2) For the purposes of section 61B(2)(b) of the Act, a person has a prescribed qualification as a trained operative for a type of work (T) listed in schedule 2 if that person is qualified in—

(a) T, and

(b) the following additional types of work—

(i) O1 – signing, lighting and guarding, and

(ii) LA – location and avoidance of underground apparatus.

(3) For the purposes of paragraphs (1) and (2), a person is qualified in a type of work if, in respect of that work—

(a) an approved body has issued a certificate of competence showing that the person has been assessed by an approved assessment centre as having the required level of competence, or

(b) a competent authority has issued a certificate of recognition stating that the person meets the requirements of regulation 29(1) (conditions for recognition) of the 2015 Regulations,

and the certificate is registered in the approved register.