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NRSWA Revision Street Works · England

Street works · England

O3 — Reinstatement & Compaction of Backfill Materials

Putting the hole back: choosing backfill materials, surrounding apparatus correctly, compacting in the right layer thicknesses with the right number of passes, and dealing with surplus material.

98 practice questions 10 look-up drills 13 free on this site
O3

Who holds this certificate

Operatives reinstating an excavation.

What it covers

5 topics, 98 questions between them.

Roads, Footways & Layers

15 questions · 2 with a diagram

Try 10 free

Backfill Materials

25 questions · 1 with a diagram

In the app

Surround & High-Risk Areas

20 questions · 3 with a diagram

In the app

Compaction

25 questions · 3 with a diagram

In the app

Surplus Materials & Safe Working

13 questions · 2 with a diagram

In the app

Find It in the SROH

Open-book questions are not really memory tests — they test whether you can find the right page quickly. These 10 drills give you a heading and ask which document and section it sits under, so looking things up under time pressure becomes automatic.

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The theory test

O3 is assessed by a theory test of 20 multiple-choice questions in 45 minutes. You need 16 out of 20 to pass. The app draws a fresh mock from this certificate's own bank each time and marks it against that pass mark.

Format described as published at the time of writing — confirm it with your assessment centre before you sit the test.

Written against

Every O3 question cites one of these, and the explanation names the clause or paragraph so you can check it yourself.

  • Specification for the Reinstatement of Openings in Highways (SROH)
  • Safety at Street Works and Road Works (the Red Book)
  • HSG47 — Avoiding danger from underground services
  • Streetworks UK Volume 1
  • DfT qualifications guidance
  • New Roads and Street Works Act 1991
  • The Street Works (Qualifications of Supervisors and Operatives) Regulations

NRSWA Street Works Revision is independent revision material. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by or approved by HAUC(UK), SWQR, any awarding organisation or the Department for Transport, and it does not award a qualification or a card.