CSCS SLG Roadworks case studies
CSCS SLG Roadworks · Put your knowledge to work in context.
The CSCS SLG Roadworks test is a specialist-level health, safety and environment assessment for people who work on or alongside the highway - roadworks operatives, street works teams, reinstatement crews and the supervisors who set out and maintain traffic management. It sits above the general operatives test: instead of only asking about site hazards in the abstract, it tests the decisions you make on a live carriageway, where the consequences of getting signing, lighting and guarding wrong are measured in seconds. The CSCS SLG Roadworks case studies are 5 cases and about 4,456 words.
1Night lane closure with failed street lighting
Your crew is carrying out a 30 m resurfacing patch in lane 1 of a two-lane 50 mph single carriageway between 22:00 and 05:00. The layout is a standard taper and lane closure with advance warning signs, two flashing lamps on the first cone and a works vehicle with a light bar at the rear of the closure.
863 words, about 4 min2Unrecorded duct and a cracking trench
You are excavating a 1.4 m deep trench in the verge of a 30 mph residential road to connect a new street lighting column. Utility plans show an 11 kV cable crossing the trench line at about 0.8 m and a 300 mm water main running parallel 1.5 m away; no telecoms are shown.
933 words, about 5 min3Excavator tail swing beyond the cones
You are managing a drainage repair on the wide grass verge of a 40 mph dual carriageway. The layout closes lane 1 with a 30-cone lane closure about 2.5 m wide; the works themselves are in the verge, outside the carriageway.
946 words, about 5 min4Pressure to reopen a soft reinstatement
On a Friday afternoon a works supervisor is running a 40 m trench reinstatement in a residential cul-de-sac. The bitmac has been laid but the surface is still soft and must not be trafficked for a further two hours.
826 words, about 4 min5Disc cutter, a beard and a school run
Your gang is cutting out a failed reinstatement in a residential street outside a primary school. The work needs a petrol disc cutter for about 40 minutes, with a breaker to follow.
888 words, about 4 min